On Wednesday, December 19, 2001, at 07:15 PM, Paul Jones wrote: > I am after a C41 film to use on a holiday next month, in 100 and 400iso. > Since its summer in Australia it should be pretty bright and contrasty > conditions. So a larging lattitude would help. Any reccomendations for a > film for this sort of situation? > > I have been shooting Supra, but find when its shot in bright light it > tends > to blow out lighter colours. Any one else noticed this? Would adjusting > the > ISO make any difference to this?
I think you're looking not for a film with more latitude but instead for one with lower contrast -- latitude is more like information held in the neg beyond the upper and lower limits of the paper to display that information when printed, and contrast is more like how much of that information gets to the paper. I'd recommend something like Fuji or Kodak's pro portrait films -- Fuji NPS 160 and NPH 400, or Kodak Portra 160NC and 400NC (but the Kodak Portra VCs are more contrasty, so you don't want 'em, likewise Fuji's NPC and Reala). For the ultimate in low contrast colour neg film, you can pick up some Agfa Portrait, but under most normal shooting conditions I find it too flat. -Aaron - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
