Re: Dodgy Coloured Grass with Reala?

[Michael Cross]

Paul,

My son has extremely pale skin.  I didn't notice it all the time, but sometimes I picked up a slightly green tinge on his skin.

I find Portra NC to be excellent under most conditions.  I do think the lab and paper probably affect it to some degree, but I have been overall happier with Portra.

I haven't noticed any problems with sunny days with harsh lighting with Portra.  Portra is a lower contrast film, like Reala so I do think they would probably perform similarly.  Curiously, I do remember using Reala on the beach (extremely bright California sun) and I felt that the colors had a tendency to wash out in the bright lighting.

Michael





Paul Jones wrote:

Hi,

I've never had the green skin problem with Reala.

How does Portra NC handle really sunny days with harsh lighting? As i found
Reala to be quite good in these situations.

Thanks,
Paul
  

Michael

Paul Jones wrote:

    

Hi,

It had often crossed my mind that the greens were weird, but i'd never
really thought any more about it, until i had a shot of white dog sitting
      

on
  

some grass and the contrast of the stark white dog and flurescent grass
      

was
  

bizzarre :)

It is a great film apart from this, but it makes me feel a little less
      

than
  

comfortable using it :)

Regards,
Paul