Porta 800 underexposed

Unai López · Oct 16, 2018

Hi im just wondering if porta 800 can give me good results 1 stops underexposed.
I've already talked to my lab And they told that they can push the film so to shoot It at 1600 is that it's going to be under 1 stop
So anybody has experience with portra 800 shooted one stop under.

zanxion72 · Oct 16, 2018

Considering good metering, you will get acceptable results. Portra 800 has a wide latitude, not by as much as Portra 400, but enough to get away with it.

Unai López · Oct 16, 2018

zanxion72 said:
Considering good metering, you will get acceptable results. Portra 800 has a wide latitude, not by as much as Portra 400, but enough to get away with it.

Porta 400 2 stops underexposed Will give better results?

zanxion72 · Oct 16, 2018

At +-2 stops with Portra 400 you will barely notice any difference. It is a film with very wide exposure latitude. Here is an old one that gives pretty much an idea of what to expect:
http://www.twinlenslife.com/2010/12/its-our-favorite-time-of-light-new.html

Ste_S · Oct 16, 2018

I tired 120 Porta 400 shot at 1600 and asked the lab to push two stops in dev. Ended up with colour shifts (especially in the blues).
Other people have had more luck than I have though.... I guess give it a try ?

Personally I miss Fuji Natura 1600

pentaxuser · Oct 16, 2018

zanxion72 said:
At +-2 stops with Portra 400 you will barely notice any difference. It is a film with very wide exposure latitude. Here is an old one that gives pretty much an idea of what to expect:
http://www.twinlenslife.com/2010/12/its-our-favorite-time-of-light-new.html

Useful link. Thanks. I am unsure how much if any, post exposure correction there might be in the shots at 1600 and above. If these are straight scans of RA4 prints from the negatives then this is remarkable.

Without wishing to derail this thread into a film v digital rant, it was interesting to see comments made 7 years ago about how much better, allegedly, this film behaved at 3200 and above compared to the commentator's digital camera and yet here we are only 7 years later with, again allegedly, digital cameras that can perform in low light conditions in which colour film would cease to be operable.

pentaxuser

Unai López · Oct 16, 2018

Ste_S said:
I tired 120 Porta 400 shot at 1600 and asked the lab to push two stops in dev. Ended up with colour shifts (especially in the blues).
Other people have had more luck than I have though.... I guess give it a try ?

Personally I miss Fuji Natura 1600

The problem is that my local lab cant push the film so i guess i'l ltry 2 stops underexposed and show you the results

JBrunner · Oct 16, 2018

Hi, I zapped the duplicate for you. In regard to your query, it can handle one stop under without a noticeable anything if your lab is on the ball. You might shoot a grey scale frame one stop under to help your lab print it up.

Oh, and make sure you are really just a stop under or so with the light. We tend to fib to ourselves in these situations

Unai López · Oct 16, 2018

JBrunner said:
Hi, I zapped the duplicate for you. In regard to your query, it can handle one stop under without a noticeable anything if your lab is on the ball. You might shoot a grey scale frame one stop under to help your lab print it up.

Oh, and make sure you are really just a stop under or so with the light. We tend to fib to ourselves in these situations

Thaks for deleting the other post. So i'll try exposing it 1 stop under and be carefull with the metering

wyofilm · Oct 16, 2018

Ste_S said:
Personally I miss Fuji Natura 1600

+1

Porta 800 underexposed

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