Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]<<<<<<I tried out a roll of the Portra NC and I thought it was the worst color film I have ever put through my camera.>>>>>>> There's nothing better for portraits, in my opinion. I've used VC when I didn't have any NC left for an emergency shoot (got the VC free) and it was horrible. Looked like someone spilled paint on it or something. Having said that, when I scan NC into Photoshop through SilverFast I alwasys have to add just a little saturation to the image or it looks muted to me. For what it's worth at weddings I use: Portra 400NC in my medium format camera. Fuji 800 in my chrome R8 Kodak C41 black and white in my black R8 Kodak High Speed infrared in my R6 (or sometimes Kodak 160 color, if it's an outdoor wedding so I can use my longer glass). That combo works great. Nice smooth color for the formal medium-format shots, grainy color with the 800 35mm and black and white. Covers everything. Randy www.randyjensenphoto.com - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of David C Mason Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 9:14 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Wedding Photography Questions On Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at 11:48 AM, lea wrote: > I've been doing weddings using the Kodak Portra line for a couple > years now. > I use their 400 and 800 and am very happy with them. I tested the Fuji > line > of films but found them to be poor in rendering purples so opted for > Kodak > instead. I would encourage you to shoot pro film, not consumer grade; > you'll > pay more but you'll be able to see the difference. > I don't want to start a film flame war, and I don't shoot weddings... but I tried out a roll of the Portra NC and I thought it was the worst color film I have ever put through my camera. The colors were muted and hardly realistic. Certainly it could have been processing but I have stuck with the cheap consumer grade Fuji and Agfa films and am very happy with them. Cheers, Dave - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html