Pro Image is my favourite ISO 100 colour-negative film. I’ve been shooting it since 2017. Since I posted my review of this stock in 2022, I’ve done a lot more with it — from pushing two stops to ISO 400 to overexposing it for pastel tones and improving my own scanning techniques. Today’s update adds everything I’ve learned about it and photography in general in the past three years.
What I love the most about this film is its versatility, shelf stability, and ease of scanning. Of course, it won’t work in every scenario; it’s no good under overcast skies and artificial light. But when it works, it works incredibly well.
In today’s update, I made sure to mention all the ways you can get the best colours out of this film. And to demonstrate my experience with this film in truly warm climates (which Pro Image is designed for), I rescanned and restored images I took in 2018 while living in Chiang Mai, Thailand. That was a trip, I tell you. It was also a lot of work — it took me hours to remove all the dust and scratches from one of the frames.
I’m finally proud of this review again — and I hope you enjoy it too. Remember that you can download it as an expertly-formatted PDF to keep and print.
Dmitri