Description
SantaColor 100 35mm film was born from the success of Santa's workshop with high-speed B&W film (Santa Rae 1000). He felt pretty confident that his elves could make something magical with colour. And after a 2021 IndieGoGo campaign that raised nearly $200,000 he had the funds to do so!
It is a well known air surveillance film (makes sense for Santa 😂) made by a major manufacturer in the USA.
The film is a fine-grain, colour negative film compatible with the C41 process, yielding results with punchy reds and lush greens. It is more saturated than the Kodak Portra series, but less saturated and with a longer contrast curve than Kodak Ektar 100.
SantaColor 100 is flexible and can be pushed to 800 ISO with only a minor loss of colour accuracy and a minor increase in grain. Shot at 400 ISO and pushed +2 stops in development, the film exhibits accurate colours and an almost grainless look, typically associated with films like Kodak Ektar 100 or Kodak Portra 160.
The film is freshly made and is a 100 ISO colour negative film compatible with the normal C41 process. As this is not a movie film, it does not have any special (remjet) backing and can therefore easily be processed by the WonderLab.
Specification
| Format: | 35mm |
| Colour: | Colour |
| Type: | Negative |
| ISO: | 100 |
| Exposures: | 36 |
| Pack size: | 5 / 1 |
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Very new to photography so please take this review with a pinch of salt!
The film itself did really bring out greens and reds but outside of this (and this may bey skill set) I didn't particularly enjoy how many of my photos came out
Good rendition of reds and greens with nice grain. Quite high contrast though
I picked up some Santacolor in Copenhagen after hearing that it pushed exceptionally well (my light conditions were poor), had fine grain, and vibrant colour. Well it delivered on the latter two points, but I felt the film didn’t push well at all (I pushed two stops) and was very prone to underexposure. Definitely meter for the shadows with this one and lean towards overexposing. I have another roll so I may come back and change my mind, but right now santacolor has left me cold (pun intended)
As a beginner I found that I struggled to make the most of the stunning contrast this film offers especially considering the price point. I might try it again once I have more experience!
I really enjoy Santa Color and it has quickly become a favourite of mine. The colour rendition, contrast and general quality of the images it produces is amazing.
I find it easy to shoot with and have to do minimal editing of the scans to achieve results I am happy with. Definitely a great film to play with.
