I shot my first roll of Portra UC a few days ago. I metered it at 320, and since I was shooting some snow scenes, I used an incident meter. The exposures are nice. I had just finished a roll of Plus-X, so my meter was set at 100 when I began. I forgot to change it before the first shot and overexposed that frame by two stops. It's not bad. A little mushier on the detail than the frame I exposed at 320 but quite printable. The only bright color in any of the shots was a green watering can that had filled with snow. The color appears to be quite vibrant and saturated on the machine print. I'll probably scan that frame to make an ink jet print. That will tell me more in regard to how saturated the color might be. Paul
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote: > > Tom, > > sorry to be a pain but this first roll, I'm going to assume, was shot and > metered at 400? > > Thanks, > Dave > > Original Message: > ----------------- > From: tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 11:51:25 -0500 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Portra 400UC > > Got my first roll of Portra 400UC back. > > 15 of the 16 shots used TTL flash at fairly close range. The subject > was my nephew's first birthday party, which as you would expect > involved lots of colors. A range of skin tones was involved. > > Skin tones looked surprisingly good. Excellent in fact. Other colors > were not overly saturated, nothing garish as I expected. > > 1/3 of the shots were underexposed, which is my typical result when > using Portra films. This may explain why the colors weren't as > saturated as I expected, but the properly exposed ones weren't over > the top either. > > Also, I'm using a wedding/portrait lab that is very efficient at > dialing in correct skin tones. Obviously the lab has everything to do > with how your prints will look. > > The 16th shot was under natural light. I was careful metering, and > added a 1/2 stop just in case. It was slightly underexposed. > > I have another roll to shoot, which I'll try at 320 and have processed > at a lab that has a commercial orientation. > > tv > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://mail2web.com/ .
