Film · Colour negative
Kodak Royal Gold 400
Kodak's premium consumer 400-speed colour print film of the late 1990s, which Kodak called the world's finest-grain 400-speed colour print film. Wikipedia dates it 1996 to about 2004, replaced by High Definition 400 (Royal Supra 400 outside the US).
Wikipedia gives c2004 as the end date.
- Box speed
- ISO 400
- Process
- C-41
- Formats
- 35mm
- Grain
- Very fine
- Latitude
- Not published
- Reciprocity
- Not published
Characteristics
Reciprocity failure
No official data available. The manufacturer hasn't published reciprocity specifications for this film.
For long exposures, try starting with a 1.3 exponent (t' = t1.3) as a baseline and bracket your shots. This is a reasonable middle ground that works for many films.
Kodak E-2509: exposures longer than 10 s may need compensation and filtration (not tabulated).
Development times
Royal Gold 400 is developed in standard C-41 chemistry: 3:15 in the colour developer at 37.8°C / 100°F, the same as every other C-41 film. Blix and stabiliser times come from your kit, and pushing typically adds about 30% per stop.
C-41 home development guide →Often used for
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