Im Amazed. M7 and Portra 160VC

[dadsm3]

What great news, I love this film. Now I know why I was able to pick up 5 rolls of unexpired VC160 for $20......he's clearing stock for the new version.
These are both taken with VC160......

 

[leif e]

Has anyone had any experience of putting either the Kodak or Fuji 160 film through a Nikon Coolscan ??. I get good results from slides so hardly use any colour neg film at all, but I'd be interested to try some if folks say that it works well...

Paul

I have indeed put my portra negs through a Coolscan (LS 4000) and love the results. I have only shot NC so far, 160 and 400, and especially skintones and blues come out wonderfully, I think. I spent much of this summer in the Norwegian mountains, above tree level, with both Reala and Portra NC. No doubt about it, the Kodak baby wins. It suits the very special range of colours of the brief mountain summer very nicely. The Reala is a bit to keen - except maybe in a more dull, cloudy or afternoon/early evening light. I´ll post a few later on - they´re on the office mac.

leif e

 

[adayoncedawned]

Reala what?

Reala what?

I think Reala is notoriously a challenge to scan. I've heard this same thing from friends, and I found the same thing when I tried to scan it for the first time. Then again, scanning Reala was also my first attempt at scanning colour at all so I really don't have any experience for comparison.

Where Reala shines is in a print, imo. And not to take anything away from the Kodak films, but I love Reala and thought I'd share a few examples. I'll concur that I could do with even less saturation for the sunny day stuff, but the fact that it's so much cheaper than any of the pro films has prevented me from trying them. When I buy the pricey films, they tend to be of the 400/800 variety. ProZ, btw, is probably the coolest development in film technology ever as far as I'm concerned. And I shoot primarily black and white.

Anyway. Some Reala.

 

[SteveRD1]

Reala

Reala

If I could get scans that look like that from my Reala I would be happy. Every scan has a horrible color cast and looks grainy when I scan Reala. Your scans and pics look great.

 

[jmi]

I've had very nice results from Reala just getting the lab to scan it (no scanner good enough for 35mm), but no idea how they make it work so well... they are using a Noritsu (or some name like that). However this is probably of no use to you given the extortionate amounts a lot of labs charge for scanning.

Must try 160VC now! The superb results Andrew Nemeth has on his Sydney Unposed site using the MF version are also encouraging.

 

[SteveRD1]

Portra

Portra

I saw this guys shots on flickr and many of the awesome noctilux shots were using portra VC160.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tommyoshima/59811002/in/pool-noctilux/

 

[jmi]

Wow! Very nice.

I've not scanned colour neg before - can you share any hints? I have a whole pile of Reala to play with for the moment so I'm also curious as to how to get good results from that, it could save 2 pounds/roll....

 

[Nachkebia]

adayoncedawned : wow, amazing, how did you print those?

 

[adayoncedawned]

adayoncedawned : wow, amazing, how did you print those?

Thus far I've only had the opportunity for printing black and white personally so when I shoot colour I have proofs printed at a professional lab. 1hr photo labs give me severe nausea. 🙁

 

[NelsonFoto]

Portra is nice, but Reala smokes it in my book.

 

[NelsonFoto]

More Reala:

 

[Andrew Sowerby]

Hither, that first pic made me chuckle -- well done.

 

[Nuno]

1st pic: Reala / Nikon F301 + Nikkor 50-300 ED
2nd pic: Porta 160NC(expired for 3 months) / Contax G1 + Biogon 28

 

[haagen_dazs]

Has anyone had any experience of putting either the Kodak or Fuji 160 film through a Nikon Coolscan ??. I get good results from slides so hardly use any colour neg film at all, but I'd be interested to try some if folks say that it works well...

Paul

I notice that when i scan the 160NC on my coolscan V,
the colours are generally more cool (blueish)

anyhow faced similar situations?

 

[sepiareverb]

...I found my new main film in portra 160VC.

Have you tried Agfa Ultra 100? Talk about color! This is my favorite- poppy colors like greens in the Velvia of old- but all the colors jump like that. Still some around on ebay- it all comes from China now, but it is the same stuff- I've bought from several folks and tested each batch as it comes in.

 

[nikola]

I would love to shoot color, but there's no decent lab in croatia to do it... 🙁

 

[Avotius]

hm....looks interesting, I have been looking for this film here but cant seem to find it in china 🙁 will keep looking but it looks good

 

[mfogiel]

If you look at full size enlargements, I can hardly see one picture where the model's eye(s) are in focus... I think ther're overdone.

For scanning the colour negatives, you either shoot a grey card at the beginning of each roll, like with digital, or you use a profiled software, or you can try Vuescan - the reala and portra profiles are already in.

 

[tajart]

portra

portra

the new portra films are rumored to be formulated to be more scanner friendly.

steve, did you use fill flash in this one: bluxbs.jpg?

 

[Nachkebia]

New portra is not a film, it is mythical element, when in the hell they will be selling them? 🙂