I'm not real familiar with the Fuji film, but I can offer my opinion in regard to Portra 160NC. I use this film for portraits, because it is not oversaturated. The colors are realistic and never become clownish. However, when rated at 160 with my meters (which are calibrated), the contrast is insufficient for my needs. I do most of my color printing digitally, so I can pump it up in PhotoShop, but I prefer to do as little tweaking as possible. Thus, I expose it at 100 asa, which yields the level of contrast that I like. It's all subjective of course, but Portra 260 (and as near as I can determine, Fuji NPS appear to be underexposed and very thin at 160). Yet I like the moderate saturation level of both these films. I don't think that's a contradiction. Paul
"Frits J. W�thrich" wrote: > > I am not sure if I understand this. You want a portrait film, which has a > low contrast, and by setting the ISO setting lower you increase the > contrast? Is this why this advise is given? I have read the same advise on > Portra 160NC. I am confused, please help me. What is the advantage? > > Frits W�thrich > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 8:56 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: Re: Any experience with Fuji NPC? > > > > > > Jerry, > > > > It's my understanding that if you shoot at 80 (or 100 or 125) and > > you drop it into the lab, and not say "boo" to them about what > > you shot it at, they'll process it as though it were 160. Every > > retail outlet that I've taken my stuff to (from specialized labs > > to WalMart - ya ya.. I went to WalMart.. only because I wanted > > the prints "NOW" and didn't want to fork out huge dough-ray-me) > > has done it this way. > > > > I'm not sure if this is just my "luck" (good or bad depending on > > your point of view) but that's how it's been done. As a result, > > more contrast is achieved, at least from what I've seen, in the prints. > > > > Cheers, > > Dave > > > > Original Message: > > ----------------- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 14:53:45 EST > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Any experience with Fuji NPC? > > > > > > If you are having it done at a commercial lab, i.e. not custom > > processing, it > > will make no difference since the printer will auto compensate for any > > difference and try and produce what it considers a properly exposed print. > > > > Jerry in Houston > - > 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 .
