KODAK PROFESSIONAL PORTRA 800 Film delivers well balanced color saturation, very fine grain, and best-in-class underexposure latitude. This film is ideal for long lenses and low light situations. For natural skin tone reproduction, and enhanced color in the most difficult lighting, PORTRA 800 is the film of choice.
When should I use Portra 800?
Kodak Portra 800 offers stellar colors, great contrast and fantastic low-light performance, if you can live with a little grain. First introduced in 1998, Portra 800 is a fast, professional film stock that’s ideal for low light portraiture and even sports and action shooting.
What speed should I shoot Portra 800?
between 200 and 400 ISO
We recommend rating Portra 800 between 200 and 400 ISO, depending on how you’re metering. There are a lot of different ways to meter, so depending on how you’re metering, you may get different results with different ISO settings.
What is Portra film good for?
PORTRA 400 Film is the ideal choice for portrait and fashion photography, as well as for nature, travel and outdoor photography, where the action is fast or the lighting can’t be controlled.
Can you shoot Portra 800 at 400 ISO?
With Portra 800, we rate our camera to ISO 100 or 200 (effectively giving the film between 2-3 stops of over exposure) and develop as normal. If you’re struggling for light, it will do the job at 800, but in most respects Portra 400 will do it much better, especially pushed to 800.
What’s the difference between Portra 400 and 800?
You can see that Fuji 400h and Portra 400 have some backlighting while Portra 800 is just in open shade. For the last scene, I wanted to see the difference in skin tones across the film stocks. I found that Portra 800 was the more contrasty stock and was more reddish with the strongest blues in the shadows.
How many shots are in a Portra 800?
Kodak Professional Portra 800 Color Negative Film (35mm Roll Film, 36 Exposures) Kodak’s Professional Portra 800 is a high-speed daylight-balanced color negative film optimized for use in difficult lighting conditions.
Is Portra 800 grainy?
I tried Kodak Portra 800 pretty early on, and, to be honest, I hated the results. The images came out muddy and grainy. It’s a film that has a bit of a learning curve. After some fine tuning and learning to rate it between 200 and 400 ISO, I now love the results!
Can you pull Portra 800?
I learned a lot about the Fuji 400 and that it’s extremely flat when you pull the film. I enjoyed the look of the Portra 400 and 800 when pulled instead. When you pushed the Fuji 1 stop it was really beautiful. If you like heavy grain and contrast then the Portra 800 pushed 2 stops is really the film for you.
Why is Kodak Portra 400 so popular?
It’s easily one of the most versatile and forgiving films and on top of that, it produces beautiful results. 400 iso is a great in-between – it’s great for our outdoor shooting as well as shooting in lower light and for being a 400 iso film it has a very fine grain that’s barely noticeable when exposed properly.
Is Portra 400 good for daylight?
Best Shooting Practices
Kodak Portra 400 is a Daylight balanced film. To associate this with something in the digital photography world, consider your camera’s Daylight white balance.
Is Portra 400 good for landscapes?
Kodak Portra 400 is a popular film for landscape photographers, known for its fine grain and high quality. The low contrast and high color saturation are incredibly challenging to replicate on a digital camera, making this a unique film for photographing landscapes.
What does 800 film look like?
Portra 800 is very similar to Portra 400 but with more noticeable grain and slightly more contrast. It has warm tones, very good exposure latitude, and while its grain is more noticeable it’s still very pleasant looking. Its higher iso makes it ideal for lower light shooting.
What does 800 mean on film?
A Guide to ISO
You’ll find this number on the side of any type of film and common ISO numbers include 100, 200, 400 and 800. The lower the number means the lower the ‘speed’ of the film. A low-speed film will be much less sensitive to light and produce a much finer picture.
Can you use 400 ISO film outside?
However in 2018 nobody follows this anymore, so I will say, you can shoot iso 400 on a sunny day, when you develop your film, try to reduce your agitation so that you can tame the contrast. Usually, on a sunny outdoor day, i anchor the shutter speed to the nearest iso speed, which is 1/500 ( nearest to iso 400).
Is 120 film still available?
120 film is still a very popular medium format film, especially with the recent popularity of the Holga. The 120 film format was originally introduced by Eastman Kodak for its Brownie No. 2 in 1901. The 620 roll film was the same size, but didn’t have a spool and is discontinued.
Can you push Portra 160?
Portra 160 is very forgiving. You will be just fine either leaving it, or requesting a 1/2 stop push at most. I often rate Ektar 100 at 400 or 800 and push 1.5 to 2.5 stops.
What is the difference between Portra 400 and 160?
The Portra film lines are known for their their natural warmth (Portra 160 has red and brown undertones while Portra 400 has undertones of orange and yellow). This means that colors will be rendered differently than other films such as the well-known Fuji 400H.
Is Lomo 800 Kodak Gold?
So I bought myself a 5-pack of Portra 800 and a 3-pack of Lomo 800 to see what is the real difference between these two film stocks. There are a lot of rumors out there, including that Lomo 800 is actually a repacked version of Kodak Gold/UltraMax 800, which was discontinued sometime in the 2000s.
Is Portra 800 C41?
Portra 800 36ex 35mm C41 film.
Why do you push film?
Pushing film
Increasing (pushing) the ISO a stop or two allows you to shoot at a faster shutter speed or with a smaller aperture to increase the depth of field. Pushed film has increased contrast in the lighter areas with minimal effects on the shadows.
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