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iWS ITCHCOLOR FILMS Three Significantly Improved Color-Print Films by Jack and Sue Drafahl Have you ever won- i V7, 'M dered who makes all those private-label n &nv* films you see at the counter of your favorite K-mart or Target retail stores? Have you ever run out of film and hurried into a retail store only to be confused by all the brand names? Wonder no longer! Most of those retail private-label films are really new 3M print films offered under the ScotchColor label. 3M not only makes color-negative films under its own label, but specializes in packaging over 70 private labels, as well. At last year's Photokina, 3M intro- duced improved versions of the Scotch- Color 100 and 200 color-negative films. Similar improvements will be made to the 400 color negative, and it will be re- leased in mid-1991. All these materials come in distinctive new packaging characterized by the Scotch globe logo on a horizontal gold background. SCOTCHCOLOR 100 This 100-speed color-negative film is designed for the photographer who shoots outdoor scenics, macro, still life, and situations where maximum sharp- ness and color saturation are the main considerations. The new emulsion includes an im- proved blue spectral sensitizer and UV trimmer,which, in effect, improves the color saturation of blue-colored objects and minimizes the blue cast associated with scenes illuminated by the north- ern sky or shade. The optical improve- ments in these blue-sensitive layers also f. .-• improve the green and red sharpness in the final image. Improved color repro- duction of cyan and green objects is gained through the use of a new yellow filter layer. Finally, the antihalation backing was restructured, increasing overall image sharpness. FIELD TESTS: Most of our tests with the 100 film concentrated on still life, macro, and situations where we had to- tal control over movement of the sub- ject. We found that the film was really about '/$ stop faster than its ISO 100 rating. We assume that this is to com- pensate for any variance in exposure with different cameras, but it may also have been the batch of film we were sent to test. The resulting overexposure 82 PHOiographic/February 1991 5 6 7 8 ALL PHOTOS BY THE AUTHORS 1. For this flash-filled backlit portrait of under the eave of a roof reproduced stayed within ten points of our stand- Sarah Brubaker, we used ScotchColor beautifully on ScotchColor 200, and the ard printing packs. 100 in a Nikon N6006 with a 28-85mm negative printed with normal filtration. 1 Additional shots were made of a zoom lens. Exposure was /i2$ at f/11. The shot was made with a Nikon N6006, model, with her back to the sun, in or- The negative printed properly with our and 28-85mm zoom. der to test the color balance between normal filter pack. 5. The new ScotchColor films come in 2. This spider web was also recorded on new, brightly colored boxes, indicative sun and shade. The resulting prints ScotchColor 100, this time using a Nikon of the brightly colored prints the films showed very little color change from N6000 with 60mm macro lens and SB-21 contained therein can produce. sunlight to shade, making ScotchColor ring flash. Again, the negative printed 6. Another example of ScotchColor 100 s 100 ideal for sun/shade mixtures. with the normal filter pack. brilliant color reproduction is this shot of 3. As several raccoons invaded our ga- a leaf on colored metal in full sunlight. SCOTCHCOLOR 200 rage for cat food, we sat in the doorway 7. An interior shot at the Portland Con- The 200-speed color-negative film is and used various focal lengths to crop in vention Hall on ScotchColor 400 printed designed for situations where lighting on one, two, three, or all five of the ban- well when corrected for the red shift is less than that required for the 100 dits. We recorded this invader on caused by the tungsten lights. ScotchColor 200, using a Nikon N8008, 8. This twilight shot, made on ScotchCol- film, or when action in the scene re- 28-85mm zoom lens, and SB-24 flash or 400 in downtown Portland, printed quires a faster film. The 200 film in- unit. The negative printed easily with beautifully with filtration correction for cludes a new Super DIR coupler that normal filtration. the magenta-blue shift caused by the 20- improves the color of green subjects. In 4. This bag of onions on a colored wagon second exposure time. addition to the improvements found in the ISO 100 film, the ScotchColor 200 has a new cyan coupler, which helps had no effect on the quality of the im- tremely sharp, with a very tight grain correct cyan highlights that occur in ages; in fact, it kept the contrast up on pattern. Because many of these web some of the processing labs that have those negatives that were slightly un- scenes were predominantly black, our bleaching problems. derexposed. Exposure latitude for the camera meter was fooled, and thus The ISO 200 film would be an excel- 100 film is +3 stops to -2 stops, more overexposed many of the negatives by lent choice for family activities that mi- than any autoexposure camera would at least two stops. Realizing this, we grate from sunlight to shade and back vary from the correct exposure. corrected the camera for some of the again. Birthday parties, graduations, Sharpness tests were made using a shots and left it unconnected for others. and family reunions all would be ideal variety of local dew-dropped spider When printing these negatives, we candidates for this film. webs, with and without occupants. We found that even with this two-stop FIELD TESTS: During the entire testing found the resulting negatives to be ex- overexposure, color-printing filtration procedure, we kept three cameras load- PHorographic/February 1991 83 NATIONAL RICOH KR-10M SCOTCH COLOR PHOTOGRAPHER (Continued from page 81) (Continued from page 83) James E. Ayotte ed with the three different-speed films. SPECIFICATIONS HAWAII When unexpected situations arose, we CAMERA: Ricoh KR-10M selected the camera loaded with 200 EGYPT TYPE: 35mm SLR with focal-plane shutter GALAPAGOS and automatic electronic exposure film. Such a situation occurred when control we heard a sound from the garage. INDIA LENS MOUNT: Ricoh system R-K mount When we opened the door, we were TANZANIA EXPOSURE MODES: Aperture-priority AE, BELIZE metered manual greeted by five large raccoons in the Vhoto Safari METERING: TTL center-weighted process of cleaning out all the cat food. ISLE ROYAL averaging via SPD; EV range 0-18 (ISO The largest raccoon didn't want to sign International ZANZIBAR 100, 50mm f/1.4 lens) a model release and left immediately, FILM-SPEED RANGE: ISO 25-5000 In 2843 Eastern Ave SE '/3-step increments but the other four stayed. Grand Rapids, Ml 49508 DX ENCODING: Yes; non-DX films are set We proceeded to shoot two rolls of Ph: 616/247-0026 • FAX: 616/247-8810 to ISO 100; other film speeds can be set ScotchColor 200 negatives, using flash, circle #317 on Reader Service Card using exposure-compensation function and found that the resulting shots were SHUTTER SPEEDS: Auto: 32 sec. to Viooo; manual: 16 sec. to v?ooo, plus B well-exposed and sharp, and repro- LEARN CAMERA VIEWFINDER: Field of view covers 91%; duced the black-and-white bandits as REPAIR 0.6X magnification though they were still there. As with VIEWFINDER DISPLAY: AE lock, under- or the ScotchColor 100, we found the ac- No costly school to attend. 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