Kodak Portra 400VC - colors and price

spanish_inquisition

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I have been experimenting with color print film (C41) while shooting FSU rangefinders and other cheap cameras. Unfortunately cheap film doesn't give good colors. I shot Ektar 100 and it wasn't as stunning as people make it sound online. Perhaps it's because I am used to Velvia and I expect too much?

Anyway, I shot a roll of Portra 400VC with Black Slim Devil, a toy camera with a 22mm lens and I was impressed by the color reproduction. It's not neutral, but it's very pleasant. The following have been scanned with Coolscan V and cropped in Photoshop (almost no color correction, except setting black points).

Do you know of a place one could buy cheap Portra 400VC? Freestyle has it, but it's only $0.20/roll cheaper than amazon. Have you tried some film that had a color response similar to Portra 400VC?

Thanks a lot in advance
 

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