> -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Dayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Tom, > > My lab uses Agfa paper and chemicals. I have found that they do > Portra very well (looks great - must be the Fuji paper+Portra that > don't mix) and mediocre on the Fuji stuff.
For months my lab bitched at me for using Portra, but they looked ok to me so I didn't do anything about it. One day he enlarged one of my negs, made a copy on Fuji paper, one on Kodak paper. They both looked fine by themselves, but side by side you could see an obvious color tinge in the whites on the Fuji paper. The color response of the film isn't flat. Basically you can't get white whites *and* perfect skin with Portra with anything other than Kodak paper. They're basically made for each other. > One wonders if > I am rating > the film wrong. I rated both films (portra and Fuji) at box values. > The Fuji comes out a bit grainy - almost like underexposure. I'll > have to try again - in a more controlled environment. Weird. I always thought the Fuji was sharper and had finer grain, but preferred the Kodak color rendition on Kodak paper over Fuji. In the last month or so I've switched from doing about 10% of my work on the 645n to about 75%. Grain isn't really an issue now... tv
