Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've said this a number of times. And, for me, it's still true. My favorite print film is Agfa Portrait 160. And mini labs (at least KSP) seem to print it perfectly. I know there are others on this list that feel as I do as we discussed it last year. Jim At 06:12 AM 3/2/99 -0600, you wrote: >At 10:53 PM 01/03/99 -0500, Dan wrote: >>Ernie- >>VPS is a great film! >>Kodak has a new film- Portra. They are attempting to make a series of films, >>in this case, the Porta 160NC, 400NC 160VC, and 400VC where the NC stands >>for Natural Color, and the VC stands for Vibrant Color. Supposedly the >>reponse slopes of all four films are the same, and will print using the same >>channel. I believe Kodak is trying this with all their films eventually. The >>Fuji Superia films may already be there- I've printed ISO 100, 200 and 400 >>on the same channel and the results are gorgeous. In fact, you might try >>Superia film- it's really nice! >>Dan > >I have used VPS II and III Type S for a long time. I am interested in >Portra 160NC as a replacement for it, because of slightly higher contrast, >better skin tones, and slightly sharper results. As soon as someone does a >head-to-head comparison of these two films, please report back to the LUG. >I would like to know if I should stock up on it before the wedding season >gets into full swing. > >