Tough Question on Travel Film Choice in The Wet Darkroom: Film, Paper & Chemistry Posted June 17, 2003 I am planning to travel to India & Nepal for a few months where I will be most interested in outdoor, handheld candid people shots (street scenes etc.). My zoom lens is f5.6, so not that fast (shot with 35mm SLR). I would probably have gone with Provia 400F. But I have a film scanner (Canon FS4000US) and I have read that print film offers finer grain at the higher speeds and that it is less subject to heat degradation than slide film. Given the above and the non-Caucasian skin tones, would I be better off using Kodak Portra 400UC or NC ? Would anyone have any recommendations ? (Sensia II 400). I have spent hours on the web and am more uncertain than when I began. My end goal would be printed enlargements for personal pleasure and perhaps amateur magazine submission. Thanks for your help and for a great forum.
Tough Question on Travel Film Choice
in The Wet Darkroom: Film, Paper & Chemistry
Posted
I am planning to travel to India & Nepal for a few months where I
will be most interested in outdoor, handheld candid people shots
(street scenes etc.). My zoom lens is f5.6, so not that fast (shot
with 35mm SLR).
I would probably have gone with Provia 400F. But I have a film
scanner (Canon FS4000US) and I have read that print film offers
finer grain at the higher speeds and that it is less subject to heat
degradation than slide film.
Given the above and the non-Caucasian skin tones, would I be better
off using Kodak Portra 400UC or NC ? Would anyone have any
recommendations ? (Sensia II 400). I have spent hours on the web and
am more uncertain than when I began.
My end goal would be printed enlargements for personal pleasure and
perhaps amateur magazine submission.
Thanks for your help and for a great forum.