The same company that produces GP3 black and white film (SHJC aka ‘Shanghai Jiancheng Technology Pty Ltd’) launched a color film this year, a 400 ISO color negative film.
I see that you are using a wide-angle lens -- if I remember, do you have the 20mm for your Nikon? These look like 24mm or wider to me. Yes -- the diffusion filter is making highlights bloom a bit and that might be making the images look a little overexposed -- the exact same exposure without the filter you might find OK. I think that I had read somewhere that Shanghai Film actually has production facilities and did produce its own color film 'back in the day' -- so maybe they have brought that production line back to life -- that would be good! I like the subdued colors -- definitely not the saturated warmth of a Kodak consumer film, or the saturated greens of the (now gone?) Fuji 200/400 consumer stocks. Definitely grainier than a Portra 400, but the grain is rounded and smooth -- so not obnoxious. I noticed in the interior shot 'banding' in the grain on the upper-portion of the wall -- I don't see it elsewhere, so what at first I thought was a grain/film artifact actually seems to be some subtle texture in the wall that the film did pick up -- that's a good thing! To me these feel 'mellow' -- in a good way -- like a relaxed, not too hot, not too super-sunny, day. I guess that I will be ordering some of this and see if I can get it in time for my vacation to the Finger Lakes in August! Thank you, Molly-Kate!!! Cheers!
I see that you are using a wide-angle lens -- if I remember, do you have the 20mm for your Nikon? These look like 24mm or wider to me. Yes -- the diffusion filter is making highlights bloom a bit and that might be making the images look a little overexposed -- the exact same exposure without the filter you might find OK. I think that I had read somewhere that Shanghai Film actually has production facilities and did produce its own color film 'back in the day' -- so maybe they have brought that production line back to life -- that would be good! I like the subdued colors -- definitely not the saturated warmth of a Kodak consumer film, or the saturated greens of the (now gone?) Fuji 200/400 consumer stocks. Definitely grainier than a Portra 400, but the grain is rounded and smooth -- so not obnoxious. I noticed in the interior shot 'banding' in the grain on the upper-portion of the wall -- I don't see it elsewhere, so what at first I thought was a grain/film artifact actually seems to be some subtle texture in the wall that the film did pick up -- that's a good thing! To me these feel 'mellow' -- in a good way -- like a relaxed, not too hot, not too super-sunny, day. I guess that I will be ordering some of this and see if I can get it in time for my vacation to the Finger Lakes in August! Thank you, Molly-Kate!!! Cheers!
Thanks for sharing your results! I’ve only used two rolls of color so far (both Kodaks) so this is helpful!
oh neat! There's a bunch to try and have fun with!