Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/02

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Color Film and my resurrected Leica addiction
From: Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com>
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 14:32:32 -0800

I've said this a number of times. And, for me, it's still true. My favorite
print film is Agfa Portrait 160. And mini labs (at least KSP) seem to print
it perfectly. I know there are others on this list that feel as I do as we
discussed it last year.

Jim


At 06:12 AM 3/2/99 -0600, you wrote:
>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.
>
>