Please elaborate if you get a sec.
Will likely bring some Ektar on upcoming trip. It doesn't like the
shadows underexposed and the blues can go whackey but is very very fine
grained and scans nicely. I have taken to pulling down the blue in
curves at the midtone level rather than profiling it and losing the
"look" which is partially related to the spectral sensitivities.
Trouble is if I process more than a few the visual equivalent of
selective nasal fatigue (desensitization of olfactory neurons with
continued exposure) sets in and I leave things too blue that looked
"fine" on my calibrated monitor until I went back for a review. Chuck
is very good at pointing that out when I do that.
The Portra 400 looks like a hybrid of the NC and VC version but is
finer grained.
http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/products/films/portra/400QA.jhtml?pq-path=13319/1230/2987/2300875
Sang the Blues too often, Mike
AG writes:
>Ektar is a wierd film. I like it for some stuff, but it tends to
>remind me of the Konica film that was rebranded for various stores,
>back in the 1980s. I'm not sure I would recommend that anybody
>standardize on it as a replacement for anything. It's an unique beast.
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