{"id":625,"date":"2025-08-21T18:35:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T01:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/?p=625"},"modified":"2026-03-08T12:12:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T19:12:30","slug":"vivid-reds-sora-200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/2025\/08\/21\/vivid-reds-sora-200\/","title":{"rendered":"Vivid Reds (Sora 200)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A friend traveling in Asia brought back the perfect gift for me: a roll of film that&#8217;s unavailable here!\u00a0 Film Never Die (of Australia) &#8220;Sora&#8221; is a 200-speed, beautifully packaged color negative film.<\/p>\n<p>I hadn&#8217;t heard of it, and so wasn&#8217;t how best to use it.\u00a0 I took a walk in San Francisco&#8217;s Chinatown and North Beach neighborhoods with my beloved Contax G2 to test it out.<\/p>\n<p>This film LOVES reds.\u00a0 And allows them to exceed their natural edges and GLOW excessively!<\/p>\n<style 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src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/aeg_sora-greatstar40019.jpeg\" data-attachment-id=\"631\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Great Star Theater marquee lit during the day\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/08\/aeg_sora-greatstar40019\/3653972597.jpeg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/aeg_sora-lantern-alley40003.jpeg\" data-attachment-id=\"632\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Color image of backlit red lanterns backed by tall brick buildings and ducts\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/08\/aeg_sora-lantern-alley40003\/1286235690.jpeg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/aeg_sora-mural40006.jpeg\" data-attachment-id=\"633\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Glowing red lanterns hang in front of soldier sculptures and a related mural with a pale green background in SF Chinatown\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/aegraves.com\/words\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/08\/aeg_sora-mural40006\/3345030100.jpeg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p>The internet tells me that this film is a Fuji consumer film (formerly C200, now just 200) that has been repackaged.\u00a0 This is encouraging, because these exaggerated reds are FUN, and I could enjoy exploiting this characteristic now that I know it is possible!<\/p>\n<p>I feel lucky to have such good friends, a good 35mm camera, and good options for playing with outrageous reds again in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A friend traveling in Asia brought back the perfect gift for me: a roll of film that&#8217;s unavailable here!\u00a0 Film Never Die (of Australia) &#8220;Sora&#8221; is a 200-speed, beautifully packaged color negative film. 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