Tea Egg's Films!: About films(lll):Positive Films

Today I’m going to introduce another kind of photographic film, positive films(正片). They are less common than negative films nowadays, however, it was more popular before! Let’s see why it was prevalent but replaced with negative films today.

Positive films, also called “reversal,” “slide,” or “transparency” film, represents the same color and luminance as the original object and scenery. It can be viewed as a slide by using lightbox and amplifier, and the its beautiful color is far different from the photos taken by negative films or just seeing on the computer screens. Therefore, many professional photographers loved to take pictures by positive films.

Nevertheless, it needs more accurate exposure than negative films do owing to its less exposure tolerance, it needs higher skills. In addition, it has to be processed for two steps, X-processed (正片負沖) and transparency(反轉),to represent the real color and luminance. It’s more expensive and takes longer time, so as the film photography became more popular, novitiates turned to use negative films, for it’s cheaper and more convenient. Yet there are still many people use positive films for the breathtaking pictures taken by them.

This week’s photo was still taken in japan, at Kanazawa castle (金澤城). There’s no need to explain for the meaning of it, so just enjoy the scenery! If I really have to say something, I’ll say Kanazawa is a lovely place worth going!