If I had a special occasion to shoot or a trip or holiday that I wanted to save on film, Portra would be high on my list of candidates for the job. I think it’d give me results I’d love. Capture stunning, lifelike images with Kodak Portra 400 120 film. This medium-speed, colour negative film is perfect for portraits and well-lit scenes, producing natural skin tones and rich, vibrant colours. With a fine grain structure and excellent sharpness, this film is a favourite among professional and amateur photographers alike. Shop with us to get your hands on a roll of Kodak Portra 400 film in medium format and see for yourself the exceptional quality it has to offer.

Portra 400 on the other hand, is there for when you need to take really good, high quality pictures. It’s ideal for portrait, editorial work, landscape and a lot of things in between. Are They Worth It? Now, once again, I’ve only got on picture with someone in it and it’s not the best picture to show skin tones with. Outstanding scanning results?with finer grain and an emulsion overcoat specially designed for scanners, PORTRA Films reproduce beautifully.

Ultimately this is a premium film with very powerful chemistry, and the photos it will produce for you are going to be beautiful All of this makes sense since, Superia was produced to be consumer-grade, for the most part, people only really had 35mm cameras so there wasn’t much point in producing medium or large format film. Can You Shoot Them Out-Of-Date? The bottom line here is that Portra 400 is a fantastic film and one that’s great for seasoned shooters as well as newcomers to analogue photography. KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA 160NC, 160VC, 400NC, 400VC, and 800 Films" (PDF). Kodak. February 2009 . Retrieved 2009-10-27.

I guess this is the important question because I think it’s quite complicated, I think Superia has a place (for as long as it’s still around). In the late 1950s, these were replaced with Type S for short exposures and Type L for long exposures, before a newer version called Ektacolor Professional was introduced in the early 1960s. This also came in Types S and L. When you’re shooting your Portra 400, be aware that it’s one of the most forgiving films out there as far as exposure latitude goes. It’s supposed to deliver usable results at two stops over or two stops under, which means shooting anywhere between ISO 100 to 1600 without pulling or pushing. Images by @annalongworth, @throughmyeyesforyou, @kevin.horstmann, @bellenoel, @rad_film, @kelianne Kodak Portra 800The modern iteration of the Kodak Portra film was heavily designed for scanning. So it will translate into digital very well. Kodak Portra 800 wasn’t designed for scanning: it’s got a more classic look to it. Kodak Portra 400 is undeniably better but Fuji Superia is really good for what it is. What Are They Best For? I think Fuji Superia 400 could be a great option for projects that might not be completely important. Like, let’s say you want to shoot good portraits or documentary photography or street photography and you want it to be good but you don’t need it to be absolutely perfect, this is where I think Fuji Superia comes into play. As someone who shoots film, doesn’t develop it myself, and likes to get good results, that’s more the kind of stuff I care about. Kodak can worry about how they make the film. I’m just very grateful that they do. From my experience, when you're out on a really sunny day and a 100 ASA film would still work well, all considerations come down to color rendering. For those unfamiliar, the differences between Portra 400 and Ektar are most extreme when it comes to color saturation and rendering, so this is an important consideration. Beyond saturation and color rendering, Ektar is considerably cheaper than Portra 400. Truthfully, I'm not sure why, as I much prefer Ektar if I don't need the speed of Portra; perhaps it is because Portra is so much more popular that Kodak can get away with charging more.

If you have some precious digital photos which you’re looking to turn into Portra 400 film shots, look no further than these Portra 400 Lightroom Presets. Generally, photographers want film with good exposure latitude as it helps them to get better, more well exposed images. Which Is The Best?

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This is all down to Portra having a better exposure latitude. And, while that is definitely true, I had to look closely to find this difference so I’d be happy to say that Fuji has good exposure latitude, it’s just that Portra has great exposure latitude. Superior Sharp Focus – Capture high image resolution & depth of field even in dim lighting, with the film giving great results even when pushed