Fuji F-500

• Subtle grain & punchy colors
• Older material with its own look
• Films that were shot on this material: Requiem for a Dream, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

The predecessor of the Eterna 500T with its own look, comparable to V1 500T in the 2000s. The film is easy to edit digitally and shows beautifully rich colors with a certain character.

Since this is Fujifilm, it is highly recommended to develop the film in ECN-2, where the colors are pronounced and realistic, while the film gets an experimental look in C-41.
In midday sun or very cool light, an 85B filter is recommended, as the film otherwise tends to have a blue cast. This can be corrected to a limited extent in post-processing.

Motion picture film: This film has a remjet layer, so it can’t be dropped of at a normal lab, because that would damage their processing machine! There are numerous specialized labs that develop this film, a List can be found here. Alternatively, developing at home is not complicated, a guide can be found here.

Age: This film dates from around 2000 and therefore has a lower ISO than the manufacturer’s specification, as film loses sensitivity (ISO) with age. We therefore determine the True ISO (see below in the properties), with which the film is correctly exposed.