"New" Kodak Royal Gold 400 Examples
(type 400-3)
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All Photos ©2000 Kerry Davison unless otherwise noted
The photo on this page was taken with a Nikkor 24-120mm/f3.5-5.6 zoom at 24mm
with the newest Kodak Royal Gold 400 film exposed at EI 400. Exposure was by matrix
metering. According to Kodak, you will be purchasing the new generation
of Royal Gold 400 if you buy film with an expiration date of 4/2002 or later.
After processing, the new film can be differentiated from the old by checking the edge of the negatives, where
you should find that it is labeled at 400-3 instead of 400-2.
The first image shown below is a full frame scan, resized to web dimensions. The
second and thrid images are 2700 dpi segments of the photo
which are intended to reveal the grain of the film. The "grain" images were
all scanned direct from the negative on a Nikon LS30 scanner at 2700 dpi with Nikon's bundled
software. No digital Dust & Scratch removal nor sharpening was
performed on the "grain" images. The first image, showing
the full picture, was scanned with the Nikon LS30 with Vuescan software
at 900 dpi and outputted to 48 bit TIF. Dust & Scratch removal was performed using Vuescan's
"Clean" algorithm. Subsequently, colors of the full-frame imag were adjusted with
PhotoShop's "Levels" and then the images were resized to web dimensions and sharpened
with Photoshop. The color adjustment was necessary because Vuescan's settings which normally work
fairly well for the older generation of Royal Gold 400 did not work very well in this case.
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Original Image with only adjustment being color balancing by Photoshop "Levels"
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Segment of the above image scanned at 2700 dpi |
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| Segment of the above image scanned at 2700 dpi |
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Segment of the above image scanned at 2700 dpi |
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| Segment of the above image scanned at 2700 dpi |
Other Royal Gold 400-3 2700 dpi grain examples
Kodak Supra 400 Grain Examples
Kodak Max Zoom 800 Grain Examples
2700 dpi scan of "New" Fuji Superia 400 under similar conditions
Agfa Ultra 50
Grain & Portraiture Example
Kodak Ektapress PJ400 Grain Example
Fuji Reala Grain Example
Examples
of Perspective Control with Nikon PC Lenses for 35mm Photography
Examples of Perspective Control with a Nikon CP950 Digital Camera
Examples of Perspective Control with an Olympus Stylus Epic Camera
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