Another sample shot of this lost film

Absolutely gutted that this film is discontinued, hate Fuji for doing it.

Here is a sample shot that I am happy about

if you want high iso with color films, you don't have a lot of opportunities. Really like the colors (blue and green), a little bit grainy, but it's fine. I didn't shoot skin tones so I don't have an opinion about that but for outdoor, nature, wildlife, it was a great choice, you've got to give it a try.

Only wanted to try this before it left us forever, like Natura :(. Took it out on a very sunny day in NYC (no more p400 in my pocket!) and it ended up becoming my favourite roll from the trip, and one of my absolute fav stocks overall. I've been able to adapt it to varying situations while maintaining such a silky soft rendition of colours, very natural looking but with a nice fuji-style green pop. Wonderful yellows too.

I like the extra grain and speed boost but on scans, colours are nice but I had to spend some time getting rid of the colour cast, even though I use silverfast and it has a profile for this film. Development error? Maybe.

Good contrast and faithful saturation. The deeper blue sky is more down to the polarisation effect with your position to the sun overhead.No polarising filter was used.

A Fuji marketing chart had Venus 800 as a high contrast low saturation film.Left on this quadrant type chart was low saturation and right high saturation. Up on this chart was high contrast and down low contrast. Venus 800 sat high left but below Fuji premium 400 in terms of contrast, which itself sat below the now/latest Fuji unobtainium Natura 1600.

In terms of saturation Premium 400 on this chart sat to the right of Venus 800 meaning higher saturation, yet Premium is marketed cheaper by Fuji. A quick click through Analogue Wonderland's trusted description of Premium 400 has the chart agreeing with this site. If you follow the chart logically high right is where Fujichrome would sit, high contrast high saturation (or possibly off the chart!). Point being Premium 400 sits closer to Fujichrome than Venus 800 at a lower price point.

Having said all this Venus 800 is a safe pair of hands so to speak, giving you an honest representation in terms of colour fidelity during daytime shooting. Given a low light situation i'm sure Fuji Venus 800 would give a stellar performance going by its daylight response.Until i shoot this film in low light as intended, i'll give this film a punchy 3 stars.

Heard some great reviews of this, particularly in low-light so thought I'd give it a go. It has all the usual Fuji colour palatte(colder feel, heavy on the greens/blues) and a truly unique look(the best shots on my first roll had a bit of a synthwave/vaporwave aesthetic/colour scheme). However, the shots I got on my first roll of it came out just a little too grainy for my liking, both in daylight and at night. As much as I love that Fuji are still making this and REALLY wanted to like this film more, I've used Superia X-Tra 400 since and had much better results for what I needed in all situations. Might revisit in future and see if I was just unlucky!

I accidentally shot this film in broad daylight and around sunset thinking I still had a 400 ASA film loaded. The resulting pictures were still pleasing with tones familiar to Fuji users.

I've bought some more to play with in actual low light. I'll post a follow up review once I've shot it again. Example pics of my accidental daylight shoot attached.

The film performs better in good light than I expected, and very well in low light. I struggled a bit to get consistency, but this is not down to the film this is down to me not having much experience with high speed film. Not a film I would recommend to beginners, but with the right know how you can definitely get some excellent results, I'll be sure to have a few more goes with this film, as I really like the natural colours, as they are not super saturated.

Took this film up to Lapland, Finland and shot a series in low light conditions (just after sunset in arctic winter) and got some very pleasant results. Did not notice a green/yellow tint in the results. Pleasant grain, soft contrast and overall a good performer. I've attached some examples (in real life the scene was much darker).

I bought a couple of rolls of Venus 800 as I really liked Fuji Superia 800 in the past, and it's getting harder to find now. The two emulsions are a bit different - I'd say Venus is a bit less saturated, and leans a bit more towards the yellow tint than Superia. It doesn't pop quite as much as Superia 800, but still a good film for low light.

This film turned out quite grainy. Shot primarily dark scenes, since it is high ISO. Some shots turned out better than others.

Venus 800 has been one of the most fun films i've shot with so far due to its versitility and range. I find it brings out tungsten lights while but maintains green and yellows hues the most, which can often lead to photos being abit washed in those colours, but I find that with most fuji films in genral.

High speed colour films are a tricky thing, given that there are relatively few stocks still being produced. The Fujifilm Venus 800 is less accessible than its' chief competition, Portra 800, being a Japanese market film stock. These high speed stocks both show significant, but not neccesarily bad warming of tones.
The Venus 800 is slightly less sensitive to blues than the Portra 800, giving Venus a delicate green/yellow tinge when shooting a predominantly blue scene, such as under night skies. Whether you wish to correct this in print or post is your choice and is not a difficult task to a trained developer, but does add a layer of complexity to the workflow.
If you're after a unique look from your film, the Venus 800 certainly provides. Using this in a point-and-shoot or with a direct flash will certainly evoque scenes from times recently past, but don't expect studio quality colour reproduction.
Saving this film for abstract work or light-demanding scenes will be your best bet. Prints produced from Venus 800, when corrected for green tint where necessary, can look almost like paintings. Black tones appear as if painted onto the paper. Careful use of chiaroscuro may allow you to produce very unique portraits.
Overall: A solid quality fast colour film from Fujifilm that just misses out to Portra in terms of colour neutrality, but gives an exceptionally unique character to prints. The Japanese print box and can are lovely collectibles too!