Adox Color Mission
One of my favourite 35mm films
Out of nowhere, Adox launched their Color Mission film in early 2022.
The film was co-researched with and coated for Adox by a company which went bankrupt shortly after the first run. The film was in cold storage until 2022.
The colours are fantastic: minty greens, rich reds, bright yellows, and inky blues.
The film doesn’t have as wide an exposure latitude as other colour negative films though, and the grain is a little pronounced. You can read my full Color Mission review of the film on my website.
I recently rated 24 currently available colour negative films and Color Mission got the top rating. You can see the video below.
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Adox have said they are working on new colour films. Let’s hope they’re as good - or better - than Color Mission.
Cheers
Matt
Agree with colour mission got 10 rolls took some to Fiji its a great film in the tropics and with dark skin. Looks and shoots bit like slide film. ADOX has gone very quiet about color film of late.
I just had a sneak-peek at your YT video, Matt (I'll watch in more detail later, as I'm off out). Full disclosure - I'm much more of a B&W fan, so I don't claim to be expert when it comes to colour film. Of the ones I've used over the past 50 years, I'd have to go with Portra 160 and 400 as my top tier. When I shot weddings for friends and families, they did a great job. Ektar is a great film if you like the level of punch and saturation it has. I shot some Pro Image 100 on a trip to Cyprus a few years ago and loved it. However, I was less keen on it on duller lighting days back in the UK. If I had to choose a favourite daylight balanced film for what I like to shoot, I'd probably go with Fuji Pro 160NS but I haven't seen any for a long time and, as I don't shoot much film these days, it's a lost cause for me. However, I'm thinking about trying some faster ISO tungsten-balanced film for evening 'street' shots, so I'd be interested to hear if you have a rated list of those. All the best. PJ.