Color Slide Film | Everything You Need to Know

What's so special about slide film and why is it any different from all the other film out there? There are some really important things to know about shooting slide film successfully if you want to start experimenting with those premium Ektachrome, Provia & Velvia films, lets find out!

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[tangyorange]

I think I got very lucky with my experience with slide.

I bought a 20 pack of film off a woman for $15. Turns out it was a 20 pack of Velvia, which was refrigerated for years.

Then I went to my local lab, and they even developed slide film!

[robinj.]

I've been shooting slide film since I was "your age", that's way, way back in the 1960's!
Your absolutely right about needing your exposure to be correct. I find them pretty tolerant of, a half an F-stop either way. Much more and your "mistake" is clearly visible to all.
But, even with multiple 36-exposure rolls, I would only very rarely get an unusable image. If the "Photographer" is paying attention, and actually does his JOB, you have no problems at all.

[TheAwesomejuan]

As someone who's been trying to get deeper into film, this has been a lot of help!

[martyjackson]

I’m still pretty shocked Kodak actually was able to successfully bring back Ektachrome... but man, does that Super 8 Ektachrome look nice. Can’t wait to shoot a roll of 35mm Ektachrome on my grandfather’s old Canon AE-1 he passed on to me

[donaldlampert]

I’ve found that the new Ektachrome was about $15-17.00 per roll, but processing and mounting was only $10.00, as opposed to negative developing and a set of prints was $15-16.00.
I love looking at and projecting slides!
Thanks

[michaelwoods]

Looking at old family kodachrome slides with an ektagraphic projector that I salvaged from my grandparents' started my slide film obsession.

[YSoreil]

I shoot a ton of E6, it's basically the same price as C41 in the case of shooting 120 film and home developing. There is but a slight premium on a film like Provia compared to Ektar or Portra, the E6 chemistry is also a little more expensive but if you do it at home it's very manageable. The easier scanning is worth a lot too for me :)

[ClassicalRips]

Slide film has always been my favorite film type, I'd shoot Provia for every roll if I could afford it!

[andrewbarnum]

That's Awesome, THANKS!
More people need to shoot more film!

[dariogambi]

It's so touching to look at young guys that love and support the analog period, that is incredibly rich. Thx for this video. I've learnt a lot !

[trevorsowers]

Slide film is the heart of photography IMO

[mickturner]

Awesome video. Love your passion. I only shoot positive/E6/slide film now due to the inconsistency with negative film from my lab (prints). I use a hand held light meter most of the time and prefer the colors of positive film. This was the standard for magazine submissions looking for the highest quality. Also for stock photography back in the day. I'm shooting mostly Medium Format now. Keep up the great work, well done.

[draginator]

Wow this was a super useful video! I've been researching getting into film and my goal was to end up with film slides but I had no idea reversal film was so niche compared to negative, can't wait to dive deeper into this.

[marimoto]

only your intro animation deserves a million of views. keep up the heat man!

[mersea.]

Great video. I remember the plethora of varieties that used to be available. E100 came in vivid, vivid saturated, and saturated warm. And there were so many other options. The photography store that I managed had a refrigerator full of pro films in 4x5, 120, 220, and 35mm. Many pros bought by the pro pack (5 rolls) or by the brick (20 rolls). They also wanted the same emulsion for their shoot. Ah, the glory days of film.

[jbliborio]

I´ve brought two rolls of PROVIA but I ain´t shoot yet and your informations helped me to know what I should know to do it the right way. Thanks and regards from Brazil.

[GB-ezge]

Way way back in the dark ages, when I shot E6 or Kodachrome with my Canon AE-1, good exposure was hit or miss, so I bracketed at least -1, 0, +1. Then I borrowed my cousin's Olympus OM-4T because I was intrigued by the multi-spot metering and I nailed every exposure - and that saved $$$, time, and effort. I saved up and bought a 4T of my own.

[ZommBleed]

I like the astro-Not images shot on the NASA film stage. It transports me back to a time when things were much simpler.

[lpi]

Using lubitel 166 and provia 100f 120 format. 6x6 slides looks amaising!

[khanscombe]

I love my slide film. I got a Nikon camera, I like to take photographs. Kodachrome gives us those nice bright colors, gives us those greens of summer. Makes you think all the world's a sunny day.
You said it though, exposure is key. Nikon FA made slide film a snap for the home user w/ Matrix metering & TTL flash. Then F4 took it to the nect level, Matrix balanced TTL fill flash @ 1/250.