Kodak Royal Gold 100

Pros: Very Fine Grain, great color saturation, one of the best ISO 100 print films
Cons: The fact that the bean counters at KODAK discontinued it!!!!

This was a fine film that has come and gone because KODAK decided to discontinue its manufacture. The reasons were simple: KODAK believed (correctly so) that film was losing market share to digital cameras as they got better and this film, which was a...

Pros: Takes great up close still's.
Cons: Pricey.

Senior Year of High School
My daughter is graduating tomorrow - and believe me, we have had a good many chances to take still pictures of her and her friends this past year! Pictures of the prom, the awards ceremony, close ups of her and her...

Pros: Very sharp, no visible grain at up to 5x7 prints, great color!
Cons: A lot harder to find than regular Kodak Gold at drugstores, supermarkets, etc.

I've been shooting Kodak Royal Gold almost exclusively since it came out in the early nineties (it used to be called Ektar at first).

The advantage going for Kodak as opposed to Fuji or Agfa is that every lab knows how to develop it correctly....

Pros: nice color, very fine grain(good for enlargements), outstanding results from a consumer oriented film.
Cons: Hard to find in supermarkets and drugstores.

To begin with, I love taking pictures of my children. Most of the time, I will use Kodak Gold or Fuji Superia for snapshots and candids. I take hundreds of photos per month and find the Fuji to be a bargain at most discount stores. But there are times...