AG wrote: "If I had to choose ONLY ONE film to take with me on a trip, I
would have probably selected 400NC too. This is the film version of a
DSLR."
Actually, I do have a little more choice: one of the rolls of 400NC
turned out to be 160NC. And, if I want contrast and saturations, my wife
has lots of over-the-counter Fuji 400 for her P&S......
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of AG Schnozz
Sent: May 18, 2007 9:30
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Portra 160VC for Flowers
> particularly as I just bought a bag of 400NC for my Egypt. Using a
> strange film for the first time on such a trip is probably not the
> wisest thing to do. Oh well. Agonized a bit over NC or VC, as well as
> 160 or 400.
I've almost always preferred NC over VC because of the grain. NC is
smoother and tighter. VC has an "apparant" increase in sharpness, but
that's mostly due to an increase in edginess. NC will keep the shadows
neutral without any colourcasts. Provia 400NC has about the same grain
as 160VC.
> and that the box ISO speed is pretty much correct. Is that your
> experience?
Yes. The Provias are essentially the only professional print films that
can be exposed at the "box ISO speed". The Vericolor films always
needed to be rated at 100-125.
AG
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