I haven't had a lot of luck with Reala when it's underexposed (what I think
Joel is saying below). Grain zooms up, highlights shift green, etc.
HAVE used both Portra and NPS a lot, and have landed firmly in the NPS camp.
Great skin tones, and slightly more "punch" than Portra.
Dave
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>Subject: RE: [OM] Portrait work: Reala or NPS 160??
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>Ditto for me re: Reala. For skin tones it seems to be to print film what
>Velvia is to slide.
>
>Joel W.
>
>At 02:38 PM 2/9/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>>I've had some nice results using Portra 160 as just a "general purpose
>>film". I quite like it and it seems remarkably grainless for its speed. On
>>the other hand, I've had some results I've truly not liked with Reala. Not
>>sure I can be precise about why, but off the top of my head, it
>seems to me
>>to have some odd color shifts I've noted in bracketed exposures on
>>underexposed side, and it scans really badly in my Scanwit. Some of the
>>*worst* scans I have seen.
>>
>>---
>>Scott Gomez
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Joel Wilcox [mailto:jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>Subject: Re: [OM] Portrait work: Reala or NPS 160??
>>
>>I am starting to like Portra 160NC for general photography. It's like
>>Kodachrome in a print film. The grain at ASA 160 seems better than most
>>ASA 100 print films. Anyone else have this experience?
>>
>>Joel W.
>>
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