KodakPro Image 100

Kodak Pro Image 100 is an ISO 100 color negative film for C-41 processing, introduced in 1997 and sold in 35 mm, which Kodak pitches at portrait and social photographers [1] [7]. Eastman Kodak’s Kodacolor 100 (October 2025) is reported to be a rebadged Pro Image 100, but Analog.cafe found the two films are not the same; this is unconfirmed [4] [10].

Look and color

• What Kodak says. The datasheet text describes “high color saturation, accurate color and pleasing skin-tone reproduction” [1].
• Warm. Emulsive says the film “leans slightly warm” and renders golds, greens and browns well [6]. Analog.cafe reports “strong yellow and red hues” that suit portraits on sunny days [3].
• Saturated, but how much? Reviews place it in different spots:
  • 35mmc found “a much stronger colour pallette than Portra 400”, vibrant straight from the scanner [8].
  • Casual Photophile sits it between Gold and Ektar [7]; Emulsive says it is not as saturated as Ektar [6].
• Skin tones. Casual Photophile finds skin “noticeably better than both Gold and Ultramax” [7]; Emulsive prefers it to Ektar on Caucasian skin, which Ektar turns red [6].
• Blues and greens: reviews split. Casual Photophile calls greens and blues “outstanding” and the reds vivid [7]. Emulsive finds blues appear “quite weakly”, less impressive under overcast skies [6]. Jim Grey got muted, “sickly” greens on a first roll, better on a second roll from another lab, and blames the lab or his camera’s metering as much as the film [17].
• Artificial light. Analog.cafe warns of a possible green cast under artificial light [3]. Analogue Wonderland says colors “wash out pretty fast” in dim conditions [12].
• The Grain Archive style. The Kodak Pro Image 100 style is an interpretation of these reviews, because no datasheet with curves was found. Where they disagree, as on blues, it follows one side and says so.

Tonality

• No curve. We found no official characteristic curve: only the text of datasheet E-4L, on a mirror, was available [1].
• Contrast: sources contradict each other. Analog.cafe calls it “medium-low-contrast” with softer highlights when overexposed [3]. 35mmc found it “vibrant and contrasty” next to Portra 400 [8]. The Grain Archive style settles on medium contrast, which is an interpretation.
• Dynamic range. Analog.cafe puts it at about 7.5 stops, a figure from the review that we have not verified [3].
• Latitude. Kodak states “good underexposure latitude” without a figure [1]. Emulsive says shadows come out as “smooth, solid dark areas” [6]. Overexposure is less welcome: Emulsive finds the film “tends to look a little washed out” [6], while Analog.cafe says it responds well to overexposure up to +1.5 stops and can be pushed +2 stops, to EI 400 [3].
• Filters. For 3200 K tungsten Kodak lists an 80A filter (+2 stops); for 3400 K photolamps an 80B (+1⅔ stops); none for daylight or flash [1].

Grain and sharpness

Kodak gave no grain figure in the datasheet text we could read. The only number is a Print Grain Index of 43, quoted by Casual Photophile and repeated by Analog.cafe; neither is a Kodak publication [3] [7]. Kodak’s Print Grain Index is a perceptual scale where 25 is about the visibility threshold for a print viewed at 14 inches [15].

• Reviews. Analog.cafe finds “noticeable grain on even the smallest print sizes” but not overbearing in scans [3]. 35mmc found it “certainly fine enough” for its taste [8]. Analogue Wonderland says it has more noticeable grain than Portra and Ektar [12].
• Sharpness. No measurement. Reviews say it is not as sharp as Ektar [6] [12].
• Scanning. 35mmc found it needed a lighter touch than Portra 400 in a Noritsu scan [8].

Names, status and history

• 1997 to 2018. Datasheet E-4L is dated July 1997 [1]. The film was sold in Asia and South America for more than twenty years [7]. Analog.cafe adds that it was marketed to professionals in warm climates for its keeping without refrigeration [3]; the datasheet says it can be stored at room temperature, even in hot, humid climates [1].
• Europe and North America. On July 5, 2018, DPReview reported that Kodak Alaris was bringing Pro Image 100 to Europe in packs of five, after a UK trial [9]. Reviews date the arrival in North America to April 2019 [3] [7].
• Kodacolor 100 (October 2025). Eastman Kodak launched Kodacolor 100 in 135-36. Kosmo Foto said at first that it was unclear whether it was new or a rebrand of an existing film such as Pro Image 100 [10]; by April 2026 it wrote that the Kodacolor films were “rebadged versions of Kodak Pro Image 100 and ColorPlus 200” [13].
• Contradiction: same film or not.
  • Analog.cafe compared them side by side and titled the piece “These Films Are Not the Same”, noting the differences are very slight, with Pro Image 100 more saturated and easier to scan [4]. In its Kodacolor 100 review it wrote “I don’t think it’s Kodak Pro Image 100 either” [5].
  • Kodak’s Kodacolor 100 page does not mention Pro Image [11].
  • We found no Kodak statement, so we list Kodacolor 100 as a disputed alias.
• Status is unclear. On September 30, 2026, Parallax Photographic listed the 36-exposure roll as in stock [2], and Analog.cafe says it survived a near-cancellation in 2021 [3]. We could not confirm it on Kodak Alaris’ own site. Kosmo Foto reported in April 2026 that Kodak Alaris keeps distributing its films [13].
• Price. Analog.cafe put it at about $50 for a five-pack in November 2025 [3], which is why it is often described as a budget film.