Making slide film behave like neg.

I've recently moved to China where film availability is rather limited.

I would for preference use Portra 160NC for 4x5 work, but unfortunately this

is unavailable.

The choice of films available to me in 4x5 is:

 

Fuji RDPIII

Kodak EPP

Kodak E100G

Kodak E100VS

 

My question is which of these will give me the closest look to Portra 160NC?

As I shoot primarily landscapes long exposure times are not a problem.

 

Any suggestions will be most gratefully received.

one vote for EPP

The Portra is low contrast, low saturation film. That knocks out the E100VS. If you like very neutral colors, then I'd suggest the E100G. The EPP is good, but I like E100G much better. Fuji Astia (RAP) is the lowest contrast tranny film I know of, if you can find that.

Well if you compare any slide film with an avarage negative film, you'll find that slide film has more contrast (less latitude), so there is no slide film that has the contrast of 160NC.

 

If I'm wrong, I'd like to see someone proving to me by showing me

a nice slide image overexposed by two stops, which is what 160NC can handle.

 

But in overall looks , when you compare a finished print (which is higher in contrast) with the slide, I'd vote for EPP.

1. I vote you order it off the internet and get what you like. Store it stock it use it. 2. Contact the Lucky plant www.luckyfilm.com or contact Kodak... www.kodak.com . they can get you any Kodak prodect you need.... Lucky is a partner of Kodak.

 

Larry

I'm surprised you can get EPP and not EPN. EPN is the most color-accurate Ektachrome film, and a bit lower contrast. Grainier than E100G, but that's not going to be a big issue in 4x5.

 

I've used some EPP for landscapes, and the greens are nice. But it's easy to blow out the highlights, of course.

EPP or Provia would be the closest but still very different in terms of contrast and color saturation. I have to agree with some of posts above. See if you can track down some EPN or Astia if you are looking for a more neutral emulsion.

<I>I'd like to see someone proving to me by showing me a nice slide image overexposed by two stops, which is what 160NC can handle. </i><P>No, we'd just expose our film properly in the first place and not make silly comparisons. <P>I've said it many times in this forum, but if you honestly can't expose Astia 100 correctly and still need more lattitude you might need to take up a different hobby. <P>Kodak EPP is the logical choice here given the limited options, even though I'm not a big fan of the emulsion. I still have no idea why you'd want to shoot landscapes on 160NC though. I'm not real thrilled about this film for portraiture under cloudy skies, and it can only be worse for scenics.