Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George, While VPS is/was great, the new Portra films are its equivalent in latitude but they eliminate the yellow/warm cast of VPS. The 160 VC may be more to your liking rather than the NC which sometimes appears flat. Peter K - -----Original Message----- From: George Huczek [mailto:ghuczek@sk.sympatico.ca] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 1999 4:12 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Re: Color Film and my resurrected Leica addiction At 10:53 PM 01/03/99 -0500, Dan wrote: >Ernie- >VPS is a great film! >Kodak has a new film- Portra. They are attempting to make a series of films, >in this case, the Porta 160NC, 400NC 160VC, and 400VC where the NC stands >for Natural Color, and the VC stands for Vibrant Color. Supposedly the >reponse slopes of all four films are the same, and will print using the same >channel. I believe Kodak is trying this with all their films eventually. The >Fuji Superia films may already be there- I've printed ISO 100, 200 and 400 >on the same channel and the results are gorgeous. In fact, you might try >Superia film- it's really nice! >Dan I have used VPS II and III Type S for a long time. I am interested in Portra 160NC as a replacement for it, because of slightly higher contrast, better skin tones, and slightly sharper results. As soon as someone does a head-to-head comparison of these two films, please report back to the LUG. I would like to know if I should stock up on it before the wedding season gets into full swing.