Calling Portra 160NC experts....

[sperera]

job done and the tones are beautiful...
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[sperera]

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[kompressor]

Here are some Portra 160NC work i did last week.

 

[kompressor]

two more

 

[markbarendt]

job done and the tones are beautiful...

So at box? 1-over?

 

[Ektagraphic]

Here are some Portra 160NC work i did last week.

Those photos are amazing!!!! I am really glad that commercial work like that is still being done on film!!!

 

[Jedidiah Smith]

If you don't mind me asking - did you scan those Portra negs yourself, did the lab scan them, or are they home scans of prints?
Looks awesome, both of you! What a great job at showing off this beautiful film.

Jed

 

[sperera]

So at box? 1-over?

i meter for 160 asa but i always go half stop over on some shots if the lighting is critical....I never bracket. These are all strobe shots, the day was raining heavily outside and very gloomy, the location a marina restaurant with tinted windows all around and I wanted a bright, airy, positive look and some shots

 

[sperera]

If you don't mind me asking - did you scan those Portra negs yourself, did the lab scan them, or are they home scans of prints?
Looks awesome, both of you! What a great job at showing off this beautiful film.

Jed

I scanned them myself on my Scanmate 5000 drum scanner hooked up to a Powerbook G3 mac. I must admit though I haven't got this film dialled in yet and I had lots of newton rings issues....Im trying to create a colour negative profile for Portra!!!!

 

[sperera]

two more

great work, your stuff is better than mine!!! shame on you for showing me up!!! hahahhaha
I think both sets show up the film for what it can do actually.....mine shows the pastel, dreamy skin tone ability of the film and yours the other range of the film.....I will post some more and hope to gain back lost ground with you great shots!!!!! hahahhaha

 

[sperera]

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.....you can see some newtons rings I told you about. I hope this thread doesn't get canned for having the film scanned...at the end of the day this is a thread for me to encourage the love and share feedback from Portra users....I'm so loving this film.

On another note I also shot digital for this job (if you can back yourself up one must I say, cos the lab COULD have nuked the film and I couldn't risk it) but the film ones were chosen!!! hahhaha The Portra got accurate colours, the digital was off.....loving it.
...and by the way, the girl with the 'afghan' pants is actually Miss World's sister Noelle Aldorino....im big on anecdotes (useless information)

 

[kompressor]

Well, the lightmeter is in 160 ISO. But i do alwas set the light in different ways. So some parts of the image are very over exposed and some part very under exposed. But on the pics i add now(watches), its box speed f/22 S1/250 shot with hasselblad. Here the light is reasonabely flat. I scan my negs self on a ICG365 drum scanner. The portraits are shot on f/16 on 1/500 with 1,5 overexposure in the rimlights.

I also ad some fashion pictures with more creamy skintones.

I have also made o collection page on my domain about things i do i photography. www.tmax100.com/photo

 

[kompressor]

great work, your stuff is better than mine!!! shame on you for showing me up!!! hahahhaha
I think both sets show up the film for what it can do actually.....mine shows the pastel, dreamy skin tone ability of the film and yours the other range of the film.....I will post some more and hope to gain back lost ground with you great shots!!!!! hahahhaha

My stuff is NOT better than yours, far away! You are doing a different thing. You are using film to give us the pure, damn nice creamy and estethic beautiful colorpunch/palette expression digifuck never can do.

 

[sperera]

My stuff is NOT better than yours, far away! You are doing a different thing. You are using film to give us the pure, damn nice creamy and estethic beautiful colorpunch/palette expression digifuck never can do.

Im feeling you brother!!!! hehehehehhehehe

 

[Tim Gray]

These shots would have looked a lot better on digital

Just kidding - great photos from you guys. Really working the light.

 

[sperera]

here's another that's worked well with that special colour it gives....the model's hands are pinkish so nothing gone wrong there....note those damn newton rings...

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[coigach]

If you don't mind me asking - did you scan those Portra negs yourself, did the lab scan them, or are they home scans of prints?
Looks awesome, both of you! What a great job at showing off this beautiful film.

Jed

I won't go into any real detail about scanning as APUG is not the place, but I will quickly steer you towards this.

I always found scanning c41 a nightmare to colour match, until I discovered this Plug-in, recommended on Large Format Forum:
http://www.c-f-systems.com/Plug-ins.html

I use it for scanning Kodak Portra and it really is superb.

Hope this helps,
Gavin

 

[sperera]

Colurneg yes....I have tried that before and forgotten about it.......I will re-investigate! THANKS FOR THE TIP

I won't go into any real detail about scanning as APUG is not the place, but I will quickly steer you towards this.

I always found scanning c41 a nightmare to colour match, until I discovered this Plug-in, recommended on Large Format Forum:
http://www.c-f-systems.com/Plug-ins.html

I use it for scanning Kodak Portra and it really is superb.

Hope this helps,
Gavin

 

[benjiboy]

How many of you think that those shooting Fuji 160c and 160s will convert to Portra 160NC and 160VC, rather than going digital?

I for one would rather shoot Portra any time Charles especially in medium format there's a tonality that you don't get either in 35mm or digital, and at the moment Fuji are only discontinuing the 35mm Pro 160 stuff, and I just bought a ton of it to freeze from Fuji UK.

 

[Chazzy]

I for one would rather shoot Portra any time Charles especially in medium format there's a tonality that you don't get either in 35mm or digital, and at the moment Fuji are only discontinuing the 35mm Pro 160 stuff, and I just bought a ton of it to freeze from Fuji UK.

Fuji will keep on producing 160C and 160S in 120? Somehow I missed that. It was my impression that 160C was being dropped entirely and that 160S was likely going to be offered under a slightly different name (but the same film). But that applies only to 135? I'm starting to get confused.

 

[benjiboy]

Fuji will keep on producing 160C and 160S in 120? Somehow I missed that. It was my impression that 160C was being dropped entirely and that 160S was likely going to be offered under a slightly different name (but the same film). But that applies only to 135? I'm starting to get confused.

It's only 35mm Charles according to Fuji's reply to a users query on Use Film.com the rest will be re branded as Fuji Pro 160 NS in the Summer of this year, but the roll and sheet film will continue.

 

[Chazzy]

It's only 35mm Charles according to Fuji's reply to a users query on Use Film.com the rest will be re branded as Fuji Pro 160 NS in the Summer of this year, but the roll and sheet film will continue.

So 160S will be rebranded and 160C is being discontinued?

 

[benjiboy]

So 160S will be rebranded and 160C is being discontinued?

No, I didn't make myself clear Charles the 35mm film will be discontinues and the 120 and sheet film will be re-branded as Fuji Pro 160NS, but personally I think they may bring it back I can't believe that there will not be an outcry from the many dedicated users It's such a good portrait film

 

[sperera]

how does it compare to Portra 160NC in your opinion?

 

[benjiboy]

It's very difficult to describe in words, they are both beautiful portrait films, all I can suggest is you shoot a couple of rolls and make up you're own mind which you prefer.