{"id":77964,"date":"2026-07-01T06:05:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T05:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phillipreeve.net\/blog\/?p=77964"},"modified":"2026-07-01T06:05:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T05:05:41","slug":"analogue-adventures-part-54-kodak-ektar-25-expired-c-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phillipreeve.net\/blog\/analogue-adventures-part-54-kodak-ektar-25-expired-c-41\/","title":{"rendered":"Analogue Adventures \u2013 Part 54: Kodak Ektar 25 (expired) C-41"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kodak Ektar 25<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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. 
\nProcessing (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.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Hexar RF | Kodak Ektar 25 C-41 | Mr. Ding 35mm 1.8 Pactcron | f\/4.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hexar RF | Kodak Ektar 25 C-41 | Mr. Ding 35mm 1.8 Pactcron | f\/8.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hexar RF | Kodak Ektar 25 C-41 | Mr. Ding 35mm 1.8 Pactcron | f\/1.8<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hexar RF | Kodak Ektar 25 C-41 | Mr. Ding 35mm 1.8 Pactcron | f\/1.8<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hexar RF | Kodak Ektar 25 C-41 | Mr. Ding 35mm 1.8 Pactcron | f\/1.8<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hexar RF | Kodak Ektar 25 C-41 | Mr. Ding 35mm 1.8 Pactcron | f\/1.8<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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This film most likely expired 30 years before I exposed it and with such films you never know what to expect. Considering that, the results from this film look surprisingly good: low grain, contrasty, mostly pleasing colors – I did not expect that.<\/p>\n

Of today’s few films still in production Ektar 100 is one of my favorites, guess I would have also liked this slower one back in the day.<\/p>\n

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Hexar RF | Kodak Ektar 25 C-41 | Mr. Ding 35mm 1.8 Pactcron | f\/2.8<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hexar RF | Kodak Ektar 25 C-41 | Mr. Ding 35mm 1.8 Pactcron | f\/4.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hexar RF | Kodak Ektar 25 C-41 | Mr. Ding 35mm 1.8 Pactcron | f\/4.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hexar RF | Kodak Ektar 25 C-41 | Mr. Ding 35mm 1.8 Pactcron | f\/5.6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hexar RF | Kodak Ektar 25 C-41 | Mr. Ding 35mm 1.8 Pactcron | f\/8.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hexar RF | Kodak Ektar 25 C-41 | Mr. Ding 35mm 1.8 Pactcron | f\/4.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hexar RF | Kodak Ektar 25 C-41 | Mr. Ding 35mm 1.8 Pactcron | f\/2.8<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hexar RF | Kodak Ektar 25 C-41 | Mr. Ding 35mm 1.8 Pactcron | f\/1.8<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hexar RF | Kodak Ektar 25 C-41 | Mr. Ding 35mm 1.8 Pactcron | f\/5.6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hexar RF | Kodak Ektar 25 C-41 | Mr. Ding 35mm 1.8 Pactcron | f\/1.8<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Further Reading<\/h2>\n