Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you all very much for your responses - seems Portra 400 is a favourite. Tim - can you confirm that the image your link to is shot on the old Portra 400? Looks pretty good to me. P. Paul Hardy Carter www.paulhardycarter.com www.theconstanteye.com www.twitter.com/paulhardycarter Skype: paulhardycarter Location and Directions Mobile: +44 (0)75 4018 1784 Studio: +44 (0)20 7277 0778 On 2 Jun 2011, at 16:03, Tim Gray wrote: > On Jun 02, 2011 at 09:51 AM -0500, Gary Pinkerton wrote: >> I've been shooting Portra 160 and 400, highly recommend. >> Both are very good and scan nicely with great color. >> The 400 has a bit of grain but still has good detail. > > Ditto. I've yet to use the new Portra 160, but by all accounts, it's good > stuff. The previous versions of 160 were great, so the new one should be > even better. If the grain increase in Portra 400 (still fine-grained) is > acceptable, then it's a wonderful film. > > If you are interested, here's a sample of the 400 scanned on a minilab > scanner at 4000x6000 and resized by flickr. If you click through to the > original size, you can see what the grain looks like. I've got other > Portra 400 samples in my stream, most scanned at the same resolution. > > <http://www.flickr.com/photos/tgray1/5473148336/> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information