This is something I really like about Portra 400, but for one reason or another, I didn’t expect I’d get the same consistency from Porta 800, which is an older emulsion.Well, that’s enough encouragement for me ;-), I will write something about my experience with it then.With that acknowledged, the first thing I want to point out is that within my specific workflow I am yet to have a roll that has caused me any real issues at all. I am not sure if it really works this way, but to me there is only so much playing room that a film will give you, and pushing the film eats up part of that playing room.
I was still getting the hang of my Noritsu scanner and so hadn’t felt entirely comfortable deviating from my usual choice of film.
Plain and simple. A couple months ago I caved and picked up a pro pack of both 120 and 35mm in order to write a review on it. If underexposed, it will have more of a muddy and grainy look. If they don’t hurry up with E100 in 120, I might have to though […] other films do you like using? I am not often too wowed by landscape/nature shots (seems we’re saturated with amazing images these days) but these really have something different. I love the Nikonos, but I wish they still made them so I could buy a new version. I also found the results out of the Noritsu to be quite impacted by the slight yellowish-orange cast this scanner is quite well known for.In reality, I can’t think of a single image I’ve taken with this film that I’ve even negatively contemplated the grain in the final image. I waited far too long to really give Portra 800 a fair shake. I will definitely use again…Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.To see a head to head comparison with other color negative film stocks, please refer to the exposure testing article. View allAll Photos Tagged Kodak_Portra_800, Cut Out by Past Our Means 163 6 Kodak Portra 800 Film ~ Canon AE-1P 28mm f/2.8. @Aukje: My compliments for your inspiring portfolio!Thank you so much! Kodak's Portra 800 35mm is designed to be a high-speed film with accurate color reproduction and natural skin tone in low-lighting conditions. Specifically, as I’ve already mentioned, I found myself particularly impressed with the level of grain, and that despite the lower resolution and contrast of the lens, I could also see that the film was pretty “sharp” too. I have found zero advantage overexposing this film, in fact it’s just given me work work.Very timely review as I’ve just shot my first rolls of Portra 800 in 120 on my Mamiya 6 – looking forwards to seeing the results!I’m trying to resist breaking my self imposed rule and buy some 120.