So, a little over a week ago, I went on a photo shoot. On said photo shoot I decided I wanted to do a test, and take a photo of this smashed beer can with every camera I brought along with me to see the (now obvious) differences.
So on the far left is the Photo from my Nikon D800 Full frame digital (using a 50mm f/1.8 lens), It is by far the sharpest and most true to life, color and feel wise. I did edit this photo to go towards greens a bit more, so thats why it has a bit of a green hue to it.
Second from left is from a Nikon 8008s 35mm Film Camera (using an older 50mm f/1.8 film lens), Using Illford Delta 400 black and white film. Its black and white alright and it is grainy and contrasty as always (I purposely under expose one stop on BW to boost contrast).
Second from right is from a Pentax SV 35mm film Camera (using a 58mm Helios 44-2) using Kodak Pro Image 100, it is by far the softest and also the warmest. We can attribute the softness from the lens of the Pentax and its amazing glass, and the Pro Image 100 which is the love child of Kodak’s big three film stocks (Gold, Portra, and Ektar). It has Ektar’s bright browns, Portra’s clean blue/dark tones, and Gold’s overall antique feel, which is why this is my favorite stock for 35mm. It is also very bright because I like to over expose Pro Image by 1/2 to a full stop to get more pastel/bright colors.
Then last on the far right is from a Zenza Bronica 645 Medium format film camera (using a 75mm f/2 lens) using Kodak Portra 400. I tried to expose on the dot for this film stock because I’m still new to Portra and also Medium Format. Portra is the golden child in the film community, mostly for being one of the most true to life film stocks since most film stocks like to boost certain colors, while Portra (400 at least) doesnt boost colors too much (while 160 seems a little dull and 800 pushes reds quite a bit), Portra 400 pushes pinkish skin tones just a bit but its not a whole lot, and keeps most other colors true to life.
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