AshigrainColour negative · 2000–2005
Lucky Super GBR 100
Lucky's 14-layer daylight colour from China.
Early-2000s consumer colour from a Chinese negative, built from Lucky's own curves with colour sensitivity reconstructed from its 200-speed sibling. Original vs Ashigrain.
At a glance
- Exposure index
- 100
- Daylight
- Introduced
- by 2001
- Discontinued
- Process
- C-41
- Prints on
- Scan
About the film
Lucky's colour-film index, captured by the Wayback Machine in December 2001, already lists Super GBR 100, and its technical sheet was captured the same month.
Lucky presented it as the replacement generation of its GBR 100 film, and the English sheet calls it the latest generation after GBR100, with a new emulsion, spectral sensitisation and couplers. In the 2001 range it sat beside another 100-speed colour film and GBR films of 200 and 400 speed. It shares its 14-layer coating structure with New GBR100, but unlike that film it can be printed on the Kodak printer channel. New-generation DIR couplers, DIR compounds and DIAR couplers give it strong interlayer effects, about 15 % in the yellow layer and 30 to 40 % in the magenta and cyan layers. Lucky aimed it at amateur and professional use, for people and landscapes, flash, snow and sunsets, in compact and SLR cameras. The English sheet claims a wide exposure latitude, from two stops under to three over, and names processes C-41 and C-41RA.
Sources for this history
- 关于乐凯超金BR100(SGBR100)彩色胶卷的技术说明书 (27 December 2001 capture), China Lucky Film Corporation
- 乐凯彩色胶卷系列 (17 December 2001 capture), China Lucky Film Corporation
- LUCKY COLOR FILM SUPER GBR100 (14 June 2002 capture), China Lucky Film Corporation
- China's Lucky Film may bring back colour film production by the end of 2024, Kosmo Foto
The look
Lucky Super GBR 100 is a fine-grain ISO 100 daylight colour negative for C-41 from China Lucky Film Corporation, built in 14 layers with strong interlayer effects. Lucky claimed a wide latitude, from two stops under to three over. Ashigrain renders it as a scan for your grade.
Best for
- Everyday daylight people and landscapes
- Snow, sunsets and flash snapshots
- Early-2000s consumer colour looks
Compare camera films
FilmSpeedGrain, RMS σD · lower means finer grainYears made
Ansco Color Negative 843Ansco Color Negative 843−2⅔ stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain finerEI 16−2⅔ stops.0041951
Gevacolor Negative T 6.51Gevacolor Negative T 6.51−2⅔ stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 16−2⅔ stops.0071951
Technicolor Process IITechnicolor Process II−2⅔ stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 16−2⅔ stops.0191922
Trucolor (two-colour)Trucolor (two-colour)−2⅔ stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 16−2⅔ stops.0191945
ORWOCOLOR UK 14ORWOCOLOR UK 14−2⅓ stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 20−2⅓ stops.0111964
Kodak Kodachrome 25Kodak Kodachrome 25−2 stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 25−2 stops.0141974
Agfacolor Typ 432Agfacolor Typ 432−1⅔ stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 32−1⅔ stops.0071962
Kodak Aerochrome III 1443Kodak Aerochrome III 1443−1⅓ stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 40−1⅓ stops.0292001
Kodak Vision3 50DKodak Vision3 50DMade since 2011, in production · −1 stop vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain finerEI 50−1 stop.0042011–
Fujifilm Velvia 50Fujifilm Velvia 50Made since 2007, in production · −1 stop vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 50−1 stop.0112007–
Agfa Agfacolor Ultra 50Agfa Agfacolor Ultra 50−1 stop vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain finerEI 50−1 stop.0041995
Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 50Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 50−1 stop vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 50−1 stop.0111998
Konica Impresa 50Konica Impresa 50−1 stop vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain the sameEI 50−1 stop.0051998
Fujifilm Fujichrome 64T Type IIFujifilm Fujichrome 64T Type II−⅔ stop vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 64−⅔ stop.0132002
Kodak Kodachrome 64Kodak Kodachrome 64Made 1974–2009 · −⅔ stop vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 64−⅔ stop.0161974–2009
Polaroid Type 669Polaroid Type 669−⅓ stop vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 80−⅓ stop.0231981
Ilford Ortho PlusIlford Ortho PlusMade since 1997, in production · −⅓ stop vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 80−⅓ stop.0131997–
Kodak Ektar 100Kodak Ektar 100Made since 2008, in production · same speed vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain the sameEI 100same speed.0052008–
Kodak Ektachrome 100DKodak Ektachrome 100DMade since 2018, in production · same speed vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 100same speed.0132018–
Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 100Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 100same speed vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain the sameEI 100same speed.0052002
Fujifilm Astia 100FFujifilm Astia 100FMade 2003–2012 · same speed vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 100same speed.0112003–12
Fujifilm Velvia 100Fujifilm Velvia 100Made since 2003, in production · same speed vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 100same speed.0112003–
Kodak Ektachrome E100SKodak Ektachrome E100Ssame speed vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 100same speed.0151996
Agfa Agfacolor Optima II 100Agfa Agfacolor Optima II 100same speed vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain the sameEI 100same speed.0051998
Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 100Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 100same speed vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 100same speed.0111998
Kodak Ektachrome E100VSKodak Ektachrome E100VSsame speed vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 100same speed.0171998
Fujifilm Provia 100FFujifilm Provia 100FMade since 2000, in production · same speed vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 100same speed.0102000–
Kodak Ektachrome 100 Plus (EPP)Kodak Ektachrome 100 Plus (EPP)same speed vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 100same speed.0181988
Fujifilm FP-100CFujifilm FP-100CMade 1992–2016 · same speed vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 100same speed.0221992–2016
Lomography Redscale XR 50-200Lomography Redscale XR 50-200same speed vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain the sameEI 100same speed.0052025
Fomapan R 100Fomapan R 100Made since 1980, in production · same speed vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 100same speed.0211980–
Kodak T-Max 100Kodak T-Max 100Made since 1986, in production · same speed vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 100same speed.0081986–
Ilford Delta 100Ilford Delta 100Made since 1992, in production · same speed vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 100same speed.0071992–
Agfa Agfapan APX 100Agfa Agfapan APX 100same speed vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 100same speed.0071998
Fomapan 100 ClassicFomapan 100 ClassicMade since 2016, in production · same speed vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 100same speed.0122016–
Eastman Color Negative 5247Eastman Color Negative 5247+⅓ stop vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain the sameEI 125+⅓ stop.0051983
Kodak Technical PanKodak Technical Pan+⅓ stop vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 125+⅓ stop.0081977
Kodak Portra 160Kodak Portra 160Made since 2011, in production · +⅔ stop vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 160+⅔ stop.0062011–
Agfa Agfacolor Portrait XPS 160Agfa Agfacolor Portrait XPS 160+⅔ stop vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 160+⅔ stop.0061995
Kodak Vision3 200TKodak Vision3 200TMade since 2010, in production · +1 stop vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 200+1 stop.0062010–
Kodak Verita 200DKodak Verita 200DMade since 2026, in production · +1 stop vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 200+1 stop.0062026–
Kodak Gold 200Kodak Gold 200Made since 2007, in production · +1 stop vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 200+1 stop.0082007–
Lucky Super GBR 200Lucky Super GBR 200+1 stop vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 200+1 stop.0072001
Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 200Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 200+1 stop vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain the sameEI 200+1 stop.0052002
Kodak Ektachrome E200Kodak Ektachrome E200+1 stop vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 200+1 stop.0181997
Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 200Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 200+1 stop vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 200+1 stop.0141998
Kodak Kodachrome 200Kodak Kodachrome 200+1 stop vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 200+1 stop.0271986
Harman Phoenix 200Harman Phoenix 200+1 stop vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 200+1 stop.0072023
Kodak Tri-X Reversal 7266Kodak Tri-X Reversal 7266Made since 2003, in production · +1 stop vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 200+1 stop.0242003–
Kodak Vision3 250DKodak Vision3 250DMade since 2009, in production · +1⅓ stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 250+1⅓ stops.0062009–
Fujifilm Eterna 250Fujifilm Eterna 250+1⅓ stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain the sameEI 250+1⅓ stops.0052006
Fujifilm Eterna 250DFujifilm Eterna 250DMade 2005–2013 · +1⅓ stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain the sameEI 250+1⅓ stops.0052005–13
Kodak Vision 250DKodak Vision 250DMade 1997–2005 · +1⅓ stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 250+1⅓ stops.0071997–2005
Kodak Aerocolor IV 2460Kodak Aerocolor IV 2460Made since 2009, in production · +1⅓ stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 250+1⅓ stops.0132009–
Eastman Double-X 5222Eastman Double-X 5222Made since 1960, in production · +1⅓ stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 250+1⅓ stops.0131960–
ORWO Wolfen NC400ORWO Wolfen NC400+2 stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain the sameEI 400+2 stops.0052022
Kodak Portra 400Kodak Portra 400Made since 2010, in production · +2 stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 400+2 stops.0072010–
ORWO Wolfen NC500ORWO Wolfen NC500+2 stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 400+2 stops.0062022
Fujifilm Provia 400FFujifilm Provia 400F+2 stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 400+2 stops.0172000
Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 400Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 400+2 stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 400+2 stops.0062004
Fujifilm Pro 400HFujifilm Pro 400HMade 2004–2021 · +2 stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain the sameEI 400+2 stops.0052004–21
Kodak Ektachrome 400XKodak Ektachrome 400X+2 stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 400+2 stops.0371992
Fujifilm Superia X-TRA 400Fujifilm Superia X-TRA 400+2 stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain the sameEI 400+2 stops.0052006
LomoChrome Color '92 Sun-kissedLomoChrome Color '92 Sun-kissed+2 stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain the sameEI 400+2 stops.0052024
Kodak Tri-X 400Kodak Tri-X 400Made since 1954, in production · +2 stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 400+2 stops.0171954–
Kodak T-Max 400Kodak T-Max 400Made since 2007, in production · +2 stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 400+2 stops.0102007–
Ilford HP5 PlusIlford HP5 PlusMade since 1989, in production · +2 stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 400+2 stops.0161989–
Ilford Delta 400Ilford Delta 400Made since 2002, in production · +2 stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 400+2 stops.0102002–
Kodak Vision3 500TKodak Vision3 500TMade since 2007, in production · +2⅓ stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 500+2⅓ stops.0072007–
Kodak 500T 5230Kodak 500T 5230+2⅓ stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 500+2⅓ stops.0092011
Fujifilm Eterna Vivid 500Fujifilm Eterna Vivid 500Made 2009–2013 · +2⅓ stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain the sameEI 500+2⅓ stops.0052009–13
Kodak Vision2 500TKodak Vision2 500T+2⅓ stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 500+2⅓ stops.0092009
Fujicolor Reala 500DFujicolor Reala 500D+2⅓ stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain the sameEI 500+2⅓ stops.0052001
Kodak Vision2 Expression 500TKodak Vision2 Expression 500T+2⅓ stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 500+2⅓ stops.0092003
Fujifilm Eterna 500Fujifilm Eterna 500Made 2004–2013 · +2⅓ stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain the sameEI 500+2⅓ stops.0052004–13
Anscochrome D/500Anscochrome D/500+2⅓ stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 500+2⅓ stops.0381967
Eastman EXR 500TEastman EXR 500TMade 1989–1995 · +2⅓ stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 500+2⅓ stops.0081989–95
Kodak Portra 800Kodak Portra 800Made since 2000, in production · +3 stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 800+3 stops.0092000–
Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 800Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 800+3 stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 800+3 stops.0072004
Kodak Vision 800TKodak Vision 800T+3 stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 800+3 stops.0101998
Konica Centuria Super 1600Konica Centuria Super 1600+4 stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 1600+4 stops.0072002
Kodak Ektachrome P1600Kodak Ektachrome P1600+4 stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 1600+4 stops.0501999
Kodak T-Max P3200Kodak T-Max P3200Made since 1988, in production · +5 stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 3200+5 stops.0181988–
Ilford Delta 3200Ilford Delta 3200Made since 1998, in production · +5 stops vs Lucky Super GBR 100 · grain coarserEI 3200+5 stops.0191998–
Science & sources
A daylight still-photo colour negative rated at EI 100. It defaults to a scan. The model is reconstructed: its curves are traced from Lucky's own chart, but its spectral sensitivity is rebuilt from the Lucky Super GBR200 chart, and its dye shapes, grain and MTF come from Agfa Optima II 100, because no attributable chart of them survives. The strong interlayer effects its sheet describes are not modelled.
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). 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 | 0.004671 | 0.004592 |
| G | 0.3 | 0.005112 | 0.005004 |
| B | 0.3 | 0.009367 | 0.009227 |
| R | 0.6 | 0.004674 | 0.004596 |
| G | 0.6 | 0.004364 | 0.004272 |
| B | 0.6 | 0.009629 | 0.009485 |
| R | 1 | 0.003756 | 0.003692 |
| G | 1 | 0.004749 | 0.004649 |
| B | 1 | 0.008696 | 0.008566 |
| B | 1.5 | 0.006517 | 0.00642 |
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.
- Conversion-filter spectra (80A for daylight films under tungsten, 85 for tungsten films in daylight) come from separate measured filter data, not from this film’s source. Applying those filters to this film remains modelled.
- The characteristic curves are traced from the stock's own chart, but no spectral sensitivity chart of this film survives. It is rebuilt from the chart of its sibling Lucky Super GBR200, so the sensitivity peaks the sheet describes in words are not reproduced.
- The sheet describes strong interlayer effects (yellow layer 15 %, magenta and cyan 30–40 %). They are recorded, not modelled.
- No dye chart can be attributed to this film. The dye shapes come from Agfa Optima II 100's model, which borrows them from Kodak Vision3 250D (5207), a proxy rather than this film's dyes.
- The sheet gives a resolution of 125 cycles/mm, not an MTF. The MTF is proxied from Agfa Optima II 100.
- The sheet prints RMS granularity 5 without aperture or density. Grain is proxied from Agfa Optima II 100, whose model grain is itself borrowed from Kodak Vision3 50D (5203), so the granularity values shown are not measurements of this film.
- Halation strength, radius and layer weights are not quantified by the datasheet. The effect of removing antihalation and the bloom response are also approximations.
- Individual dye amounts, layer interactions and push/pull behaviour are approximated where the datasheet provides no calibration. Grain size is assumed; published RMS granularity does not specify dye-cloud size.
- Characteristic response outside the published exposure range is an extrapolation, not measured film data.
- The default output is a scan. Scan balance has no standard unit and is modelled.
- 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: not modelled. Exposure time has no effect on this film.
Film guide: assumptions and practical choices
Sources
- Characteristic curves: 超金BR100的特性曲线 (Lucky Super GBR100 characteristic curves chart), Wayback capture 20020626042113 of luckyfilm.com.cn/product/product31.gif, p. 1
- Diffuse RMS granularity: 关于乐凯超金BR100(SGBR100)彩色胶卷的技术说明书 (Lucky Super GBR100 colour film technical sheet, Chinese), Wayback capture 20011227200514 of luckyfilm.com.cn/product/p_three.html (sheet undated), p. 1
- Exposure index: 关于乐凯超金BR100(SGBR100)彩色胶卷的技术说明书 (Lucky Super GBR100 colour film technical sheet, Chinese), Wayback capture 20011227200514 of luckyfilm.com.cn/product/p_three.html (sheet undated), p. 1
- Process: 关于乐凯超金BR100(SGBR100)彩色胶卷的技术说明书 (Lucky Super GBR100 colour film technical sheet, Chinese), Wayback capture 20011227200514 of luckyfilm.com.cn/product/p_three.html (sheet undated), p. 1