film for french alps in summer

Hi

 

I shoot slide film, but am lending my old A1 to a friend who is going off to Chamonix in the French Alps

for a week or two and he has asked me what film he should use - he wants to use negative film.

 

I have tentatively suggested KODAK PORTRA 160VC, but that's a bit of a guess really.

 

Any recommendations....?

Thank you.

 

Robert

Good advice - but this guy is a real beginner and was just talking about how he would like to

get a nice camera to take along so I said he could take one of mine.......

 

I was gonna say take 160VC and expose it at 100.

 

R

Fuji Reala 100 is a great film for bright, outdoor pictures. I like Kodak 400UC for more

overcast days or when you need the 400 speed.

I haven't found any need to overexpose 160VC, although it does have the latitude to tolerate it. 400NC is also nice film, if you want realistic color and more speed. Yes, the skies will be grainier. (On the other hand, I've found 160NC to be just too dead for my taste, the contrast is quite low.)

 

However, unless he brings it to a quality lab for developing and printing, he may not notice the difference from one of the nasty high contrast consumer C-41 films. The Portra films produce their best results on the Kodak Professional Endura papers. The best place to add money is processing, not the film. Not that the price difference between Porta or Fuji Professional and "supermarket" Kodak Gold or Fuji Superia Xtra is really significant after you pay for good processing.

Kodak 400UC. An excellent landscape film, with good saturation, and less grain than 160VC. Plus, the extra speed helps for sunset/dawn/low light situations.

Cant go wrong with 400UC - highly praised here on photo.net, and for good reason.

I second the choice of Kodak UC 400. It has a very fine grain and vivid color that is well suited for landscape shots. Plus, it handles the occasional very well. Just as importantly, this is a film that pretty much an minilab will do a good job of processing.

Gold 200 or Gold 100. Wouldn't bother busting a gut just to get 400uc unless you think he needs the speed.