Re: [Leica] Portra 400 BW (Was: Film Demise)

["Margaret Jeffcoat" <margaret01@excelonline.com>]

Sure, I'll be happy to give you my thoughts. We print all of our color work
on Fuji Crystal Archive paper,
accelerated fade test have the paper out past 100 yrs in the very best of
conditions. So I would be will
to bet that the work we are producing will last past 25 yrs. Really I don't
think there is a film or camera
company out there that is not interested in the bottom line. If not we would
have nothing to shoot.
Cheers Wilber
- ----- Original Message -----
From: henry <henry@henryambrose.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Portra 400 BW (Was: Film Demise)


> I think you are right. The whole reason for the existence is this film is
> so that wedding guys can offer a "black& white" service and still have
> all their film and prints run on a machine. The images will look like B&W
> to the bride and her mother. And look like faded crap in 25 years. At
> this level it makes perfect sense. But why would I want to pay double
> price for a roll of film if I don't work this way? I already have XP2 and
> its cheap and excellent quality.
>
> Its more about Kodak getting your money than it is about anything else.
> Short circuiting craft and art.
>
> That said I'd like to hear your impressions of the film when you get a
> chance.
>
> Henry
>
>
> >Calumet has it for $7.00 @ roll in the 36/36exp-5 roll pack. Wonder what
B&H
> >wants for it.
> >One good point on the stuff from the Pro Portrait Photographers stand
point
> >is that it is become
> >damn hard to find anyone to do finishing in black and white-almost a dead
> >art for retouchers
> >and print finishers. I think this will be welcome by a lot of people if
the
> >stuff is any good. If it
> >works like the other portra films it could be very good. Will test and
post
> >some of the results.
> >Would be great for wedding PJ work and they say that it has a latitude
from
> >asa 50 to 1600.
> >We shall see.
> >Cheers Wilber Jeffcoat
> >www.jeffcoatphotography.com