Meet Aurora 800! Shooting 35mm color film just got cheaper. Portra 800 and Lomo 800 comparisons! 

Ultramax 800 is no longer produced so unless Kodak resurrected it and somehow made a wholesale agreement with Flic, we doubt it could be the case.

@@brooklynfilmcamera what stock is in Kodak disposables?

@@brooklynfilmcamera Kodak does still make Ultramax 800. They just sell it in their Kodak Max underwater cameras. The film canister has a white, non-descript label that says “Kodak 800”. They obviously aren’t putting Portra 800 in those cameras that are still being made, and they are not going to use non-Kodak film stocks for their Max cameras, so Ultramax 800 is the only answer. If you doubt this information then buy a Kodak Max camera and take out the film.

@@brooklynfilmcameraKodak still makes the Kodak Max, which is an underwater disposable camera loaded with an ISO 800 film, and it for sure ain’t Portra. Unless they discontinued today, it is still in production. Kodak may have stopped selling Ultramax 800 in film canisters, but that doesn’t mean they ceased producing it. If you’re still skeptical, buy a Kodak Max and do a test comparison against Aurora 800. B&H has them readily available, so finding them in stock will not be that difficult. I’m sure that will definitively answer the question of whether Aurora 800 is rebranded Ultramax 800 or not.

@@AbdonPhirathon yeah same way that was with Fuji's underwater camera, they were loaded with Superia X-Tra 800. At least until 2021 or so. Even early 2022 I saw our Walmart selling Japan made Fujifilm underwater disposables.

Lucky you! Right near the mothership!

Liked because I agree and wish there were more high speed films. My understanding has always been that higher speed films are more complex to make compared to lower speed films which is partly why they cost more. Either way I just want more high speed Color options. Glad we have this aurora now. I hope they come out with a 120 variant as well

Natura 1600 is what we really need. But I'd also love to see some sub 100 ISO color films and some C-41 tungsten balanced films as well.

Because sufficiently fine grain for high speeds is hard to produce and expensive. Most people won't buy an 800 color film if all you see is grain. Edit: By the way, I'm confused. It is known that Lomo 800 is just Kodak's disposable film. That's why it looks so bad. The Aurora is so different, it can't be the same thing. And it can't be an actually new film, either. Because those don't exist and they would have made a BIG deal about creating one. It's way too high quality for that. So it must be from Kodak. Which makes me wonder if it's actually just respooled Portra 800. Edit 2: Portra 800 is $18 at B&H, Aurora 800 is $16. So there's almost no difference. Which makes it pretty clear that it's actually Portra 800 without the Kodak tax. And it shows that the lab did a really bad job scanning because those scans look way too different.

You're very welcome! We're glad it was helpful.

Same here. And if it's something you don't want to shoot, you can always give it to a newbie to practice with.

This is not a new film stock. It's respooled Portra made $2 cheaper because it doesn't have the Kodak name printed on it and their spooling and logistics are cheaper. Flic Film doesn't produce any film of their own. The only two 800 color films currently in production are Kodak 800, the disposable camera film also used by Lomo, and Portra. The only other one that used to exist in the recent past was Fuji 800, which was also only available through disposables in the end and is now thought to be discontinued after Fuji dropped all those stocks in 2021.

Thank you!!

This film would work beautifully in a Nikonos. Fast film underwater is what you need and this delivers that plus a lot of exposure latitude. 🐟

It is for sure *not* a repurposed cinema film or a manipulated alternative film stock. Flic was sure to state this to us clearly.

The ultimate easter egg!

Heheheh : )

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Doubtful based on our testing. The grain is so fine...

@@brooklynfilmcamera Your exposure testing was um, horrible. All over the place. We know no one is producing c41 color of this nature besides kodak, we know it is not portra 800, so.... what does that leave us? I think you should reconsider your doubts and look elsewhere towards your "testing".

Grab a roll and give it a shot! And send us results if so? Would be keen to see. Agreed that this would be good to look at.