AshigrainColour negative · 2000–2005
Fujicolor Reala 500D
Fast daylight colour with Fujifilm's fourth layer.
Reala 500D, a daylight cine negative, printed on its default Eterna-CP 3513DI. Original vs Ashigrain.
At a glance
- Exposure index
- 500
- Daylight
- Introduced
- c. 2001
- Discontinued
- Process
- ECN-2
About the film
Fujicolor Reala 500D is a high-speed, daylight-balanced colour camera negative rated EI 500, coded Type 8592 in 35 mm and 8692 in 16 mm.
It carries Fujifilm's fourth colour-sensitive layer and dates from c. 2001. In a SMPTE conference paper published in November 2001, Fuji Photo Film engineers presented it as a newly developed film. They aimed it at the growing use of fast negatives and daylight lamps, claiming the highest speed of any daylight motion-picture film. They also claimed faithful colour, good behaviour in mixed light and better skin tones. Fujifilm's later product page called it the first high-speed daylight motion-picture film. It was made by Fuji Photo Film, now FUJIFILM Corporation. Fujifilm's archived list of discontinued films includes Reala 500D among the films whose production had ended by 31 March 2013.
Sources for this history
- Fuji Reala 500D 8592 / 8692, Timeline of Historical Film Colors, University of Zurich
- Application of the Latest Technologies to a New Fujicolor Negative Film (SMPTE 143rd Technical Conference, 2001), abstract, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
- Discontinued Films, FUJIFILM Corporation
The look
Fujicolor Reala 500D is a daylight-balanced colour negative rated EI 500, or EI 125 under tungsten with an 80A filter. Fujifilm built in a fourth, cyan-sensitive colour layer to keep colour faithful in mixed light. It prints on Fujifilm Eterna-CP 3513DI by default.
Best for
- Daylight exteriors at high speed
- Mixed daylight and practical light
- Dusk scenes without a filter
Compare camera films
FilmSpeedGrain, RMS σD · lower means finer grainYears made
Ansco Color Negative 843Ansco Color Negative 843−5 stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain finerEI 16−5 stops.0041951
Gevacolor Negative T 6.51Gevacolor Negative T 6.51−5 stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 16−5 stops.0071951
Technicolor Process IITechnicolor Process II−5 stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 16−5 stops.0191922
Trucolor (two-colour)Trucolor (two-colour)−5 stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 16−5 stops.0191945
ORWOCOLOR UK 14ORWOCOLOR UK 14−4⅔ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 20−4⅔ stops.0111964
Kodak Kodachrome 25Kodak Kodachrome 25−4⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 25−4⅓ stops.0141974
Agfacolor Typ 432Agfacolor Typ 432−4 stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 32−4 stops.0071962
Kodak Aerochrome III 1443Kodak Aerochrome III 1443−3⅔ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 40−3⅔ stops.0292001
Kodak Vision3 50DKodak Vision3 50DMade since 2011, in production · −3⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain finerEI 50−3⅓ stops.0042011–
Fujifilm Velvia 50Fujifilm Velvia 50Made since 2007, in production · −3⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 50−3⅓ stops.0112007–
Agfa Agfacolor Ultra 50Agfa Agfacolor Ultra 50−3⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain finerEI 50−3⅓ stops.0041995
Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 50Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 50−3⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 50−3⅓ stops.0111998
Konica Impresa 50Konica Impresa 50−3⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain the sameEI 50−3⅓ stops.0051998
Fujifilm Fujichrome 64T Type IIFujifilm Fujichrome 64T Type II−3 stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 64−3 stops.0132002
Kodak Kodachrome 64Kodak Kodachrome 64Made 1974–2009 · −3 stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 64−3 stops.0161974–2009
Polaroid Type 669Polaroid Type 669−2⅔ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 80−2⅔ stops.0231981
Ilford Ortho PlusIlford Ortho PlusMade since 1997, in production · −2⅔ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 80−2⅔ stops.0131997–
Kodak Ektar 100Kodak Ektar 100Made since 2008, in production · −2⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain the sameEI 100−2⅓ stops.0052008–
Kodak Ektachrome 100DKodak Ektachrome 100DMade since 2018, in production · −2⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 100−2⅓ stops.0132018–
Lucky Super GBR 100Lucky Super GBR 100−2⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain the sameEI 100−2⅓ stops.0052001
Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 100Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 100−2⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain the sameEI 100−2⅓ stops.0052002
Fujifilm Astia 100FFujifilm Astia 100FMade 2003–2012 · −2⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 100−2⅓ stops.0112003–12
Fujifilm Velvia 100Fujifilm Velvia 100Made since 2003, in production · −2⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 100−2⅓ stops.0112003–
Kodak Ektachrome E100SKodak Ektachrome E100S−2⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 100−2⅓ stops.0151996
Agfa Agfacolor Optima II 100Agfa Agfacolor Optima II 100−2⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain the sameEI 100−2⅓ stops.0051998
Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 100Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 100−2⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 100−2⅓ stops.0111998
Kodak Ektachrome E100VSKodak Ektachrome E100VS−2⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 100−2⅓ stops.0171998
Fujifilm Provia 100FFujifilm Provia 100FMade since 2000, in production · −2⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 100−2⅓ stops.0102000–
Kodak Ektachrome 100 Plus (EPP)Kodak Ektachrome 100 Plus (EPP)−2⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 100−2⅓ stops.0181988
Fujifilm FP-100CFujifilm FP-100CMade 1992–2016 · −2⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 100−2⅓ stops.0221992–2016
Lomography Redscale XR 50-200Lomography Redscale XR 50-200−2⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain the sameEI 100−2⅓ stops.0052025
Fomapan R 100Fomapan R 100Made since 1980, in production · −2⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 100−2⅓ stops.0211980–
Kodak T-Max 100Kodak T-Max 100Made since 1986, in production · −2⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 100−2⅓ stops.0081986–
Ilford Delta 100Ilford Delta 100Made since 1992, in production · −2⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 100−2⅓ stops.0071992–
Agfa Agfapan APX 100Agfa Agfapan APX 100−2⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 100−2⅓ stops.0071998
Fomapan 100 ClassicFomapan 100 ClassicMade since 2016, in production · −2⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 100−2⅓ stops.0122016–
Eastman Color Negative 5247Eastman Color Negative 5247−2 stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain the sameEI 125−2 stops.0051983
Kodak Technical PanKodak Technical Pan−2 stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 125−2 stops.0081977
Kodak Portra 160Kodak Portra 160Made since 2011, in production · −1⅔ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 160−1⅔ stops.0062011–
Agfa Agfacolor Portrait XPS 160Agfa Agfacolor Portrait XPS 160−1⅔ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 160−1⅔ stops.0061995
Kodak Vision3 200TKodak Vision3 200TMade since 2010, in production · −1⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 200−1⅓ stops.0062010–
Kodak Verita 200DKodak Verita 200DMade since 2026, in production · −1⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 200−1⅓ stops.0062026–
Kodak Gold 200Kodak Gold 200Made since 2007, in production · −1⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 200−1⅓ stops.0082007–
Lucky Super GBR 200Lucky Super GBR 200−1⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 200−1⅓ stops.0072001
Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 200Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 200−1⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain the sameEI 200−1⅓ stops.0052002
Kodak Ektachrome E200Kodak Ektachrome E200−1⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 200−1⅓ stops.0181997
Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 200Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 200−1⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 200−1⅓ stops.0141998
Kodak Kodachrome 200Kodak Kodachrome 200−1⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 200−1⅓ stops.0271986
Harman Phoenix 200Harman Phoenix 200−1⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 200−1⅓ stops.0072023
Kodak Tri-X Reversal 7266Kodak Tri-X Reversal 7266Made since 2003, in production · −1⅓ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 200−1⅓ stops.0242003–
Kodak Vision3 250DKodak Vision3 250DMade since 2009, in production · −1 stop vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 250−1 stop.0062009–
Fujifilm Eterna 250Fujifilm Eterna 250−1 stop vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain the sameEI 250−1 stop.0052006
Fujifilm Eterna 250DFujifilm Eterna 250DMade 2005–2013 · −1 stop vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain the sameEI 250−1 stop.0052005–13
Kodak Vision 250DKodak Vision 250DMade 1997–2005 · −1 stop vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 250−1 stop.0071997–2005
Kodak Aerocolor IV 2460Kodak Aerocolor IV 2460Made since 2009, in production · −1 stop vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 250−1 stop.0132009–
Eastman Double-X 5222Eastman Double-X 5222Made since 1960, in production · −1 stop vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 250−1 stop.0131960–
ORWO Wolfen NC400ORWO Wolfen NC400−⅓ stop vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain the sameEI 400−⅓ stop.0052022
Kodak Portra 400Kodak Portra 400Made since 2010, in production · −⅓ stop vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 400−⅓ stop.0072010–
ORWO Wolfen NC500ORWO Wolfen NC500−⅓ stop vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 400−⅓ stop.0062022
Fujifilm Provia 400FFujifilm Provia 400F−⅓ stop vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 400−⅓ stop.0172000
Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 400Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 400−⅓ stop vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 400−⅓ stop.0062004
Fujifilm Pro 400HFujifilm Pro 400HMade 2004–2021 · −⅓ stop vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain the sameEI 400−⅓ stop.0052004–21
Kodak Ektachrome 400XKodak Ektachrome 400X−⅓ stop vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 400−⅓ stop.0371992
Fujifilm Superia X-TRA 400Fujifilm Superia X-TRA 400−⅓ stop vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain the sameEI 400−⅓ stop.0052006
LomoChrome Color '92 Sun-kissedLomoChrome Color '92 Sun-kissed−⅓ stop vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain the sameEI 400−⅓ stop.0052024
Kodak Tri-X 400Kodak Tri-X 400Made since 1954, in production · −⅓ stop vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 400−⅓ stop.0171954–
Kodak T-Max 400Kodak T-Max 400Made since 2007, in production · −⅓ stop vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 400−⅓ stop.0102007–
Ilford HP5 PlusIlford HP5 PlusMade since 1989, in production · −⅓ stop vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 400−⅓ stop.0161989–
Ilford Delta 400Ilford Delta 400Made since 2002, in production · −⅓ stop vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 400−⅓ stop.0102002–
Kodak Vision3 500TKodak Vision3 500TMade since 2007, in production · same speed vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 500same speed.0072007–
Kodak 500T 5230Kodak 500T 5230same speed vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 500same speed.0092011
Fujifilm Eterna Vivid 500Fujifilm Eterna Vivid 500Made 2009–2013 · same speed vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain the sameEI 500same speed.0052009–13
Kodak Vision2 500TKodak Vision2 500Tsame speed vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 500same speed.0092009
Kodak Vision2 Expression 500TKodak Vision2 Expression 500Tsame speed vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 500same speed.0092003
Fujifilm Eterna 500Fujifilm Eterna 500Made 2004–2013 · same speed vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain the sameEI 500same speed.0052004–13
Anscochrome D/500Anscochrome D/500same speed vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 500same speed.0381967
Eastman EXR 500TEastman EXR 500TMade 1989–1995 · same speed vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 500same speed.0081989–95
Kodak Portra 800Kodak Portra 800Made since 2000, in production · +⅔ stop vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 800+⅔ stop.0092000–
Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 800Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 800+⅔ stop vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 800+⅔ stop.0072004
Kodak Vision 800TKodak Vision 800T+⅔ stop vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 800+⅔ stop.0101998
Konica Centuria Super 1600Konica Centuria Super 1600+1⅔ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 1600+1⅔ stops.0072002
Kodak Ektachrome P1600Kodak Ektachrome P1600+1⅔ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 1600+1⅔ stops.0501999
Kodak T-Max P3200Kodak T-Max P3200Made since 1988, in production · +2⅔ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 3200+2⅔ stops.0181988–
Ilford Delta 3200Ilford Delta 3200Made since 1998, in production · +2⅔ stops vs Fujicolor Reala 500D · grain coarserEI 3200+2⅔ stops.0191998–
Science & sources
A daylight-balanced colour negative with an exposure index of 500. Its datasheet documents a fourth, cyan-sensitive layer; the model uses only three layers, omitting the fourth. Its dye shapes are borrowed from Kodak Vision3 250D, and it prints on Fujifilm Eterna-CP 3513DI by default.
Response curves and the evidence behind the model
Compare manufacturer data with Ashigrain’s response on the same axes. These curves show how the model is calibrated to its sources; they do not establish a match to photographed film.
Characteristic response
RMS granularity
Density variation (σD) measured through a 48 µm aperture. Where the datasheet gives a single grain value, the response away from that point is an approximation.
| Channel | Density | Datasheet-based σD | Model σD |
|---|---|---|---|
| R | 0.3 | 0.00525 | 0.005162 |
| G | 0.3 | 0.007192 | 0.007071 |
| B | 0.3 | 0.019035 | 0.018789 |
| R | 0.6 | 0.004017 | 0.00395 |
| G | 0.6 | 0.005488 | 0.005395 |
| B | 0.6 | 0.013133 | 0.012963 |
| R | 1 | 0.003932 | 0.003866 |
| G | 1 | 0.005306 | 0.005217 |
| B | 1 | 0.013146 | 0.012976 |
| G | 1.5 | 0.004521 | 0.004445 |
| B | 1.5 | 0.009797 | 0.009671 |
Model limits
These images show the film model in use. Spectral response, lighting and viewing conditions include approximations. Halation, bloom, grain size, weave and flicker are not fully measured for each film. The look of real film also depends on development and print timing.
- Custom lighting spectra, camera metering and the spectral reflectance inferred from fixed-white-balance footage are assumptions used by the model, not measurements of this film.
- Colour-print timing and scan balance under arbitrary lighting are modelled. Scanner colour balance has no standard physical unit.
- The sheet documents a fourth, cyan-sensitive layer but gives no data on how strongly it acts on the red record. The model keeps three dye layers; the fourth layer is not modelled.
- The source publishes one RMS granularity value, 4.0 × 10⁻³. The granularity response away from that level is modelled, not a digitised grain curve.
- The source publishes one square-wave contrast transfer function at visual diffuse density 0.9, not separate red, green and blue sine-wave MTF measurements.
- Only a midscale neutral and a minimum-density spectrum are printed, not separate cyan, magenta and yellow dye spectra. The individual dye shapes are borrowed from Kodak Vision3 250D (5207), a proxy rather than this film's dyes.
- The 2005 sheet and the KB-111E3 edition print the same curves on exposure axes about 0.5 to 0.8 log H apart. The model moves the 2005 curves 0.813 log H lower, onto the KB-111E3 axis.
- The prescribed Kodak 80A filter uses separately measured transmission data. Grain size, push/pull behaviour and interlayer effects are approximations.
- The sheet prints reciprocity corrections at a few exposure times; the correction between them is interpolated.
- Characteristic response outside the published exposure range is an extrapolation, not measured film data.
- The source does not identify an antihalation layer. Rem-jet is assumed; halation strength, radius, layer weights and bloom are not measured.
- The available documents do not name a development process for this film. ECN-2 is assumed, not confirmed by those sources.
- The printer lamp and filter spectra and the Status A grey aim used in this preview are approximated; the source does not publish the required spectral or laboratory aim data.
Reciprocity: modelled from 1/1000 s to 1 s, following the datasheet's corrections for long and short exposures. Exposure time stops at the ends of that range.
Film guide: assumptions and practical choices
Sources
- Characteristic curves: FUJICOLOR REALA 500D (Type 8592 / 8692) curve data sheet (Reala500D_curve.pdf), Reala500D_curve.pdf, 2005 (no Ref. No.), p. 1
- Diffuse RMS granularity: FUJICOLOR REALA 500D (Type 8592 / 8692) curve data sheet (Reala500D_curve.pdf), Reala500D_curve.pdf, 2005 (no Ref. No.), p. 1
- Exposure index: FUJICOLOR REALA 500D 35mm Type 8592 / 16mm Type 8692 data sheet, Ref. No. KB-111E3 (SK·07·05·F1120·F9711), p. 2