Tip: Portra 400 test

[Renzsu]

(just thought I'd pass this on, not my work)

Here's two very interesting blog posts comparing the new Portra 400 with Fuji's 400H (120) and Vision3's 500T (35mm):

part1:
http://www.twinlenslife.com/2010/12/its-our-favorite-time-of-light-new.html

part2:
http://www.twinlenslife.com/2010/12/in-bleak-midwinter-new-kodak-portra400.html

 

[Mablo]

Very interesting reading, thanks for the HU.

 

[wilonstott]

Great review. Man this stuff looks cool. No 35mm at B and H, and backordered at Adorama.

Anyone know where you can pick up 35mm rolls of this stuff?

 

[bensyverson]

Nowhere, yet

 

[shadowfox]

Very nice!
I like your opening sentences. It conveys why we like film without romanticizing it to oblivion 🙂

 

[Vics]

Great review. Man this stuff looks cool. No 35mm at B and H, and backordered at Adorama.

Anyone know where you can pick up 35mm rolls of this stuff?

I got mine at Jeremiah's Photo Corner in Santa Rosa CA. Still waiting to see my test rolls of these same two films.

 

[Renzsu]

Very nice!
I like your opening sentences. It conveys why we like film without romanticizing it to oblivion 🙂

Not my article 🙂

 

[bensyverson]

I think it's funny that this article is comparing the new Portra 400 to a motion picture film stock that maybe five people in the world use for stills. 🙂

It's too bad that rem-jet backing is so hard to remove, because Vision3 is great film and quite cheap by still photography standards!

 

[jpberger]

according to my local photoshop 35 mm is not shipping till february, but 120/220 are in stock most places.

The vision film does look amazing, but nb that mp film is not designed to have any shelf life at all because it's refrigerated before and after it's shot, where as still film needs to keep better to be useful.

 

[bensyverson]

Motion picture film has a fine shelf life... It just usually doesn't get to experience it. Fresh stock is shot by Hollywood, and the leftovers are recanned and sold to music video and independent shooters. Either way, it gets run through a camera pretty quickly.

 

[divewizard]

I just got two rolls of 220 I plan to shoot in my GA645ZI

 

[bwcolor]

Pulled up this post as I was scanning my first 120 Portra. I'm hoping for the best. This seems like a great stablemate for Ektar.

 

[Ronald M]

Portra 400 is simply grand and puts the old 160 to shame.

Notice the off color yellow jaundiced skin on the Fuji?

 

[samuelphoto]

Great review. Man this stuff looks cool. No 35mm at B and H, and backordered at Adorama.

Anyone know where you can pick up 35mm rolls of this stuff?

I bought a 5 roll 35mm pro pack at Showcase in Atlanta a couple of weeks ago.

 

[charjohncarter]

Good post thanks, I have the site marked.

 

[Vics]

I just got the pictures back from my real-world test of these two films, and for my taste, the Portra just knocked it out of the park. the Fuji looked dull and flat by comparison!

 

[semordnilap]

Waiting for my first rolls of 120 to show up in the mail, maybe today...! Can't wait to shoot them...

 

[Matus]

Nice comparison. Incredible what kind of miss-exposure can the film handle (I understand there was no pull or push processing involved)

I would LOVE to see a comparison to Provia 400X (recently my favorite film in 120).

 

[vijayrff]

By the way, if anyone is looking for 35mm rolls, B&H has them in stock as of this morning.