Shadow drop off

June 13, 2025 fishyfisharcadeLeave a comment

One thing I noticed with this first roll of Kodak Pro Image is that a few shots seemed to lose a lot of shadow detail, including the one below. I actually cropped this one as the lower bottom left of the image fell to mush, although you can still see some of the effect in the hedge. I had another shot from the roll that looked similar too.

I’m not sure if my camera just metered badly in these cases as all other images on the roll are well exposed. It’ll be interesting to see if I spot any similar issues when I scan the next roll.

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

35mm · Film photography · Photography

Pastel coloured houses

June 12, 2025 fishyfisharcadeLeave a comment

While Kodak Pro Image isn’t grain free, it’s still pretty fine and it renders a lot of detail in scenes. Its colour rendering works nicely with these two houses gentle paint schemes.

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

35mm · Film photography · Photography

Lincoln Cathedral on my first roll of Kodak Pro Image

June 11, 2025 fishyfisharcade6 Comments

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.