Fuji Superia 400, or officially Fujicolor Superia X-Tra 400, is an excellent all-round film suitable for a wide variety of situations and lighting conditions. It’s ignored by a lot of film snobs because it doesn’t have the word “Pro or Professional” in front of it (A sure way to sell a shitload more and charge unreasonable prices – think Apple), but if you give it a chance, it’ll give you some outstanding results and prints.
The colours are vivid and saturated, but not overly so. The skin tones are pretty good, not Portra 400 good, but that’s a completely different film at almost double the price. There’s quite a large margin for error when it comes to exposure latitude, and this is one reason why they say it’s an excellent 35mm film for beginners. If I was just starting to film, I’d go and buy myself 20 rolls of Fuji Superia 400 and shoot away without too much fear you’re pissing money away.
I don’t shoot anything professionally so maybe it’s different for me, but I’d have no problems reaching for this every day if I had to. I don’t, but only because I slightly prefer Fuji’s Japan Only Industrial 400.
Here’s what Fujifilm says about it:
“An all-round general purpose, high-performance, high speed color negative film delivering truly fine-grain. Superb for snapshots or action, in low light with flash, outdoors or indoors. Ideal for general use with compact zoom lens cameras.”
And for the real film nerds, here’s the spec sheet of Fuji Superia 400. Here’s some samples below and as usual, check out the Fuji Superia 400 Flickr page for a bunch more images. It’s a much better way to see if you’re going to like the look rather than reading any review.
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