On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 10:53:02AM -0500, Adam Maas wrote: > > My choices are: > > 1. Portra 160 (Pick VC or NC based on personal preference, I like VC > better than NC personally) > 2. Either Provia 100F or Velvia 50. Portra 160VC is also pretty good > but I prefer slide for landscape. > > If you need a single film to do everything it's Portra 160VC. Great > skin tones and enough saturation & contrast to pull off landscape > work. > Those are what I was using for motorsports - Provia 100F most of the time (because it scanned well), and Portra (160 and 400) occasionally. Portra had some odd colour responses at the extreme end of the spectrum (one car used paint that extended well into the UV range, so it would show up in some shots looking nothing like it did to the human eye; I'd be cautious using Portra when photographing flowers), but the extra speed of the 400 film was invaluable for action on rainy days.
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