Re: Kodak Portra 400 BW
- Original Message - From: "David Mann" Subject: Kodak Portra 400 BW > Hi all, > > This film is now in stock at my local camera shop. Has anyone out there > tried it? Nice film. Prints well on RA-4 paper and scans nicely. Fine grain (VERY FINE GRAIN), but not overly sharp, nice tonal deliniation where flesh tones tend to happen, resists blowing out in the highlights and has excelleny shadow detail and shadow separation. I don't know about how permanent it is, if it's anything like T400CN, it won't be great. It is designed for colour paper (either chromogenic or regular), not real black and white. The mask works against you in the darkroom William Robb
RE: Kodak Portra 400 BW
The color cast is determined by exposure, paper choice and operator skill. Portra BW is meant to be printed on color paper - it's fine on b+w though the print times are a little longer than with T400CN, which itself has pretty long print times as compared to normal b+w. It just depends on what you'll use it for. If you're going to print them yourself via enlarger, use T400CN. If you want nicer proofs use Portra and hope your lab knows what it's doing. tv > -Original Message- > From: Rob Brigham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 4:33 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Kodak Portra 400 BW > > > Its nice enough. Bit blueish if printed on colour paper, > but printed > on proper B&W paper is fine. I prefer the Ilford stuff > personally so > have no need for it. > > > -Original Message- > > From: David Mann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 05 March 2003 09:29 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Kodak Portra 400 BW > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > This film is now in stock at my local camera shop. Has > > anyone out there > > tried it? > > > > Cheers, > > > > - Dave > > > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ > >
Re: Kodak Portra 400 BW
I read some nice things about it at photo.net. Do a search. Excellent tonality.
RE: Kodak Portra 400 BW
Hi Dave, I've used it many times. It, in my opinion, beats XP2 hands down. It is the finest C-41 B&W film out there but it is expensive (at least up here in Canada). Most people, I think, usually opt for XP2 or T400CN before spending the extra dough on Portra 400 BW. If you can afford it, it's nice. Cheers, Dave -Original Message- From: David Mann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 4:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Kodak Portra 400 BW Hi all, This film is now in stock at my local camera shop. Has anyone out there tried it? Cheers, - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
RE: Kodak Portra 400 BW
Its nice enough. Bit blueish if printed on colour paper, but printed on proper B&W paper is fine. I prefer the Ilford stuff personally so have no need for it. > -Original Message- > From: David Mann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 05 March 2003 09:29 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Kodak Portra 400 BW > > > Hi all, > > This film is now in stock at my local camera shop. Has > anyone out there > tried it? > > Cheers, > > - Dave > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
Kodak Portra 400 BW
Hi all, This film is now in stock at my local camera shop. Has anyone out there tried it? Cheers, - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
Re: Portra 400 BW
Yeah, my problem was that I didn't see that little tiny BW on the end of the subject line. Bruce Dayton Sacramento, CA - Original Message - From: "tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 9:35 PM Subject: Re: Portra 400 BW > At 10:44 AM 9/15/2001 -0700, you wrote: > >I have used Portra quite extensively. Usually the 160 variety. > > I had assumed from the subject he was asking about Portra BW. > > tv - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Portra 400 BW
At 10:44 AM 9/15/2001 -0700, you wrote: >I have used Portra quite extensively. Usually the 160 variety. I had assumed from the subject he was asking about Portra BW. tv - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Portra 400 BW
I have used Portra quite extensively. Usually the 160 variety. It is a portrait and people film and works very well when low contrast is desired. This is not a film to go out and shoot scenics with. Used for the right subject and you will really like it. Bruce Dayton Sacramento, CA - Original Message - From: "Jim Moniz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 3:05 AM Subject: Portra 400 BW > Just bought my first roll of Portra film this evening, and plan to have fun > with it over the next couple of days! Any of you use it? (I assume so...) > Any word on whether it's as good as the photo mags say it is? > Jim - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
Re: Portra 400 BW
At 03:05 AM 9/15/2001 -0700, Jim wrote: >Just bought my first roll of Portra film this evening, and plan to have fun >with it over the next couple of days! Any of you use it? (I assume so...) The only people I know shooting it are wedding guys. Apparently it gives nice proofs. tv - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
