Film check: Eastman Kodak VISION3 200T Color Negative Film 5213
Presenting... Eastman Kodak VISION3 200T Color Negative Film 5213. Based on my own research, it appears as though this is by far the least common of the VISION3 stocks that are rolled and shot in 35mm still cameras. Which makes sense I suppose—if one wanted to shoot a 200-ish ISO cinema film, they would probably opt for the daylight balanced 250D instead. But after developing a fondness for VISION3 500T I wanted to give it a shot, so I ordered a 100' roll and here we are. I shot a couple of rolls over the past few days, in a Pentax Spotmatic with both the Super-Takumar 50mm f/1.4 and the Super-Takumar 55mm f/1.8, both with an 85 filter. Quick aside, most information online suggests using an 85B filter when shooting tungsten balanced film in daylight, however I have shot some VISION3 500T with the 85B filter and found it comes out a little too warm for my liking. And the Kodak technical specifications state the 85 filter is correct, so there's that.
Negative Lab Pro didn't quite seem to know what to make of this film—the VISION3 stocks have a uniquely colored film base—and things didn't look all that appealing after the initial conversion. But everything corrected well, and I'm pleased with the results. I haven't to this point made the effort to shoot in many different lighting conditions (it's been sunny here for a couple of months, terrible I know), however it was fairly overcast on the last day. I think the film has handled everything well so far.
As usual, development was done by me in my kitchen sink with the Flic Film ECN-2 Home Processing Kit.
