Daylight inside a moderately dark bar- Portra 800 or Portra 400 +1?

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Going to shoot inside a decently lit bar
1/40s
F2.8
ISO 400
Want a little more speed, as I'll be using a Pentax 645N
Should I go Portra 400, shot at 800 pushed 1 or Portra 800?

EDIT: I noticed most labs don't even push
So, underexposed Portra 400 or normal 800?
A little bit of grain is fine
 
GarageBoy said:
Love the tones, don't know enough PS to fix that green tinted background - any hints?
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A really quick fix is to go into Levels [Ctrl-L]*, find the eyedroppers in the dialog, click the middle (grey) one, then click in the image something that should be close to neutral. I tried it with your image on the wall above the stacked mugs with decent results.

- Mick

* A more advanced way is to create a Levels adjustment layer so that you can change it again later.
 
Some get pleasing results pushing color, but I never (or rarely) do. I would say go with the 800. It's a very good film.
 
emayoh said:
A really quick fix is to go into Levels [Ctrl-L]*, find the eyedroppers in the dialog, click the middle (grey) one, then click in the image something that should be close to neutral. I tried it with your image on the wall above the stacked mugs with decent results.

- Mick

* A more advanced way is to create a Levels adjustment layer so that you can change it again later.
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Tried that last night and it looks much better
What are other common things I can use the midtone dropper on?

Thanks so much
 
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