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Analogue, Color Negative, Travel-Report

Analogue Photography: Part 7 — Gran Canaria with Kodak Portra 400

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Introduction

Gran Canaria is one of the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, just off the northwest coast of Africa. A popular holiday destination for Europeans, the island is often described as a miniature continent, thanks to its remarkably diverse landscapes and microclimates. Long beaches and sweeping sand dunes give way to lush ravines, rugged volcanic mountains, and picturesque villages.

Kodak Portra 400 | Nikon F80

When I traveled to Gran Canaria earlier this year, I wanted to bring a roll of analog film to capture the island’s varied landscapes. From the Continue reading Analogue Photography: Part 7 — Gran Canaria with Kodak Portra 400 →

Analogue, Color Negative, Leica M, Mr. Ding Studio

Analogue Adventures – Part 54: Kodak Ektar 25 (expired) C-41

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Kodak Ektar 25

Kodak Ektar 25 was a professional low ISO colour negative film first released in 1989. This film was already discontinued in 1994 and that probably makes it one of the oldest films I had a look at here. 
Processing (C-41) and scanning was done at urbanfilmlab in Germany, the pictures in this article are from one roll of film. I also took into account it expired some time ago and chose ISO12.

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Hexar RF | Kodak Ektar 25 C-41 | Mr. Ding 35mm 1.8 Pactcron | f/4.0
mr ding studio optics 35mm 1.8 classic summilux summicron leica m10 m11 m6 review contrast sharpness bokeh vignetting coma flare 42mp 61mp 24mp
Hexar RF | Kodak Ektar 25 C-41 | Mr. Ding 35mm 1.8 Pactcron | f/8.0
mr ding studio optics 35mm 1.8 classic summilux summicron leica m10 m11 m6 review contrast sharpness bokeh vignetting coma flare 42mp 61mp 24mp
Hexar RF | Kodak Ektar 25 C-41 | Mr. Ding 35mm 1.8 Pactcron | f/1.8
mr ding studio optics 35mm 1.8 classic summilux summicron leica m10 m11 m6 review contrast sharpness bokeh vignetting coma flare 42mp 61mp 24mp
Hexar RF | Kodak Ektar 25 C-41 | Mr. Ding 35mm 1.8 Pactcron | f/1.8
mr ding studio optics 35mm 1.8 classic summilux summicron leica m10 m11 m6 review contrast sharpness bokeh vignetting coma flare 42mp 61mp 24mp
Hexar RF | Kodak Ektar 25 C-41 | Mr. Ding 35mm 1.8 Pactcron | f/1.8
mr ding studio optics 35mm 1.8 classic summilux summicron leica m10 m11 m6 review contrast sharpness bokeh vignetting coma flare 42mp 61mp 24mp
Hexar RF | Kodak Ektar 25 C-41 | Mr. Ding 35mm 1.8 Pactcron | f/1.8

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Analogue Adventures – Part 53: Harman Phoenix 200 ECN-2

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Harman Phoenix 200

This Harman Phoenix 200 is said to be a newly designed colour negative analogue film that hit the market in early 2024. Many people did not expect anyone except for Kodak and Fuji even being able to produce a (new) color negative film, so it created quite the buzz. I already had this film developed in C-41 and I wasn’t too happy with the results, so this time I tried the ECN-2 process.
Processing (ECN-2) and scanning was done at Silbersalz in Germany. The pictures in this article are from one roll of film. Per recommendation when having the film ECN-2 developed I shot it at half box speed (ISO 100).

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Nikon F80 | Harman Phoenix 200 | ECN-2 | Sigma 50mm 1.4 EX | f/5.6
harman phoenix 200 review nikon f analogue film tübingen ecn-2 f80 f100 f5 f6
Nikon F80 | Harman Phoenix 200 | ECN-2 | Sigma 50mm 1.4 EX | f/4.0
harman phoenix 200 review nikon f analogue film tübingen ecn-2 f80 f100 f5 f6
Nikon F80 | Harman Phoenix 200 | ECN-2 | Sigma 105mm 1.4 | f/1.4
harman phoenix 200 review nikon f analogue film tübingen ecn-2 f80 f100 f5 f6
Nikon F80 | Harman Phoenix 200 | ECN-2 | Sigma 105mm 1.4 | f/1.4
harman phoenix 200 review nikon f analogue film tübingen ecn-2 f80 f100 f5 f6
Nikon F80 | Harman Phoenix 200 | ECN-2 | Sigma 50mm 1.4 EX | f/1.4

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Analogue Photography: Part 6 – Kodak Gold 200

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Saab 35 Draken – a light single-engine supersonic interceptor and fighter aircraft

After finishing a roll of Kodak ColorPlus 200, I decided to try another Kodak classic: Kodak Gold 200.

The film was developed by bildskanning.com, and digitized using a Valoi easy120 system and TTArtisan 100mm macro 2X. The scans were then processed in Negative Lab Pro.

With this roll in the camera, I set out to explore two very different museums.

The first was the Flygvapenmuseum, (The Swedish Air Force Museum).

The Focke-Wulf Fw 44 Stieglitz , mid 1920s
Finnish Air Force biplane, Gloster Gladiator
Saab 17 – reconnaissance dive-bomber aircraft of the 1940s

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Analogue, Color Negative, Review

Analogue Photography: Part 5 – Kodak ColorPlus 200 at Nostalgic Car Show

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Update January 12, 2026:
After the first publication, several people noted that the colours were off, so I reworked the colour conversion for all the images.
This time I used the Negative Lab Pro software for conversion.
What you see now are the updated versions.

Introduction

In my previous articles, I explored two of the most classic and iconic black-and-white films: Kodak Tri-X and Ilford HP5 Plus. Now I turn my eye to a classic colour negative stock — Kodak ColorPlus 200.

This film is said to be based on an older emulsion technology, one tracing back to the 1970s and 1980s (Kodacolor II / Kodacolor VR). That actually makes it older than Kodak Gold, which many already consider to have a vintage look. So this one should offer an even more vintage feel. Let’s have a look at the images.

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