ruth marie Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 Anyone had experience with Portra 400 B&W film? If so, what did you like/dislike about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_barnett2 Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 I like it. Overexposing it causes finer grain, but traded off with less sharpness, underexposing still gives usable negs, but at the expense of more grain. I would recommend using it at it's makers rating of 400ASA. It can be properly push processed, but the mid tones turn very muddy. All in all a great film with a lot of latitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin_hundsnurscher Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 So far, it seems to be the same as TCN-400. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klix Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 It has nice tonality, with a "look" that's closer to traditional silver halide emulsions, compared to Ilford XP2 super, which has an unmistakable creamy tone. Never used TCN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerald_widen Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 Found it a little more difficult to wet print than the XP2-Super. The orange mask required about 2X more exposure. Also a little more contrasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin_pistor Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 Anyone already tried cross processing?I like this very much for XP2, T400CN becomes somewhat dirty/greenish.Or better to ask this in alt tech forum?ThanxMartin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_walton2 Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 Nice film, I just shot some in Albuquerque and liked it. XP2+ works nice and is a little more contrasty but the 400CN prints nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amanda mumma Posted August 10, 2003 Share Posted August 10, 2003 I've used it in children's portaiture and find it a very handy film. Its exposure latitude is great, has fine grain stucture (gives 100 ISO a run for its money) and gives lovely skin tones. Having used the TCN400 previously, I prefer this as it is a lower contrast film and is generally suited for portraiture as it's name suggests. Yes, its lacks punch but if the lighting is tricky it's a forgiving film and with kids you don't have much time to muck around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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