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.
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.
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.
Further Reading
- Analogue Adventures Landing Page
- Leica M lens reviews
- Review: Laowa 15mm 2.0 M
- Review: Voigtländer VM 75mm 1.9 Ultron
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