Santacolor100 was introduced via a crowdfunding campain run by the guys from Kamerastore.com in Finland and is actually respooled Kodak Aerocolor 125 air surveillance film (not to be mistaken for the Aerochrome, more on that later). This is one of the few affordable color negative films these days, so of course I had to give it a try.
Processing (C-41) and scanning was done at urbanfilmlab in Germany, the pictures in this article are from one roll of film.
Most of the “new” films that surface these days are usually on the “experimental” side of things, meaning low resolution, high grain and unnatural colors. There seems to be a market for that, but personally I see little appeal in those films.
With this Santacolor100/Aerocolor125 I actually also didn’t have high expectations, but I was positively surprised.
Due to the name “Aerocolor” this film might be mistaken for the famous “Aerochrome”. While both are originally air surveillance films they are completely different, unlike the Aerochrome this one won’t turn your green foliage into something red.
This film does have fine grain and a pretty good reproduction of colors. The red is a bit too strong for my taste – especially when it comes to skin tones – but that can also be adjusted in post to some degree.
Now there is one problem I have with this film, and this is a problem I have with so many of these new options. The lowest price I have seen this film going for is 13.50 € for one roll. Once more this is more than Kodak Gold 200. And while I am not saying that Kodak Gold 200 is my most favorite film stock (it isn’t) I don’t really see anything here that would make me buy this Santacolor 100 for more money than Gold 200.
If you fell in love with the colors from this film you might have a different opinion on that though.
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No, I do not like the colors.
To much reds and it looks as if the palette is missing a lot of colors. Not much contrast.
Looks a bit like my old diapositives where colors were lost over time…