I mentioned the other day about posting some colour medium format pictures from my trip to Lincoln. Those are still to come, but I almost forgot about the partial roll of colour 135 shots I took as well!
These are shot on Kodak Pro Image film – the first time I’ve ever shot this stock. I bought a pro-pack of five rolls a few years ago – long enough back that they’re now expired. Luckily, they’ve been cold-stored since I bought them and so show no signs of age.
I was very pleasantly surprised at the results I got. They converted very nicely in Negative Lab Pro, producing good results from the off with little tweaking required. I like the colours too, nothing brash, just nice, slightly pastel tonality. Some of the later shots from the roll were shot on an overcast day and those look nice too.
I took another roll of the film on my recent holiday in Spain, so it will be interesting to see how those turn out when I get them back from the lab, but overall I’m happy with the film and will probably buy more when my existing colour stash runs a bit drier.
Olympus OM-10, Zuiko Auto-S 35mm f/2.8 & Kodak Pro Image. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted using Negative Lab Pro.
Taken on 1 March 2025
Steel City Snapper photography 
While ProImage 100 is not a favorite stock of mine, I’m always pleasantly surprised on how it delivers. I don’t shoot a lot of ISO 100 color stock as conditions have to be right (namely summer and long days), but I prefer ProImage over Ektar, and it doesn’t hurt that it’s cheaper.
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I’m reserving judgement until I’ve shot all five rolls, but on the basis of the first one it’s looking like it may be a good option. I guess it competes with Ektar in the speed stakes, but it lacks that saturation its more expensive sibling provides (although that’s not necessarily a bad thing, depending on the subject).
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I’ve always been pleased with this film – there is an austerity to it which I like.
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It’s not quite a cheap as it used to be, unfortunately, but still more affordable than a lot of the Kodak films.
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Nice shots. I used to buy Pro Image in 5-packs for $10, so $2 a roll. Yeah, no joke… It was designed to be an extremely affordable film (so much for that) that survived well in warmer climates without the need for refrigeration. That said, it’s one of my favorite color stocks. It along with Color Plus are my two favorites because of their more traditional grain structure and pastel palettes. All mine is now expired also because I refuse to pay today’s ridiculous prices.
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ISTR I paid around £25 when I bought my 5-pack. It’s close to double that now, sadly.
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