All the Kodak 160 speed pro color films seem to work better at 100-125. Paper and chemistry is easier calibrated to work with the same manufactures film, but if the lab is sharp it should not be a major problem.
Ciao, Graywolf ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 1:41 PM Subject: Portra Films > I went to the lab today to pick up some color proofs, and the guy who owns and runs the place took me aside. > > "Tom, we need to have the Portra talk." > > Uh oh. > > In a nutshell, he told me that that portra films had been formulated with a "crossover" to match Kodak paper. Any other paper would give a color cast. He had done quite a > bit of testing, thinking maybe his equipment was off, or chemicals were bad or something, but narrowed it down to the film. > > On top of that, he thinks they're overrated in terms of speed. > > I hadn't noticed these problems. As far as the color issue goes, as long as whites are sufficiently white and skin isn't too red, I'm pretty happy. I'm probably pretty easy to > please in this respect. I hadn't noticed an underexposure issue either...when I think of underexposed color negs, I think of the brown "crud" you get in the shadows, and I > haven't seen any of that. > > Anyone else aware of this? > > On one hand, I've been happy with the prints I get from this lab, and if he hadn't said anything I probably would have never noticed. OTOH, I trust this guy, he's very detail- > oriented, conscientious and well-informed. > > I've got about 80 rolls of Portra to burn through, but after that I'll probably give Fuji a try.... > > tv > - > 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 . - 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 .
