Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Wedding Photography Questions
From: Karen Nakamura <mail@gpsy.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 15:31:46 +0900
References: <A3B3CA42-A0DE-11D7-9014-000393DC60BC@mac.com>

>I don't want to start a film flame war, and I don't shoot 
>weddings... but I tried out a roll of the Portra NC and I thought it 
>was the worst color film I have ever put through my camera. The 
>colors were muted and hardly realistic. Certainly it could have been 
>processing but I have stuck with the cheap consumer grade Fuji and 
>Agfa films and am very happy with them.


It isn't a bad film but be aware that some mom and pop photo labs 
don't have the proper settings for the NC film. Compared to the 
velveeta colors of most modern emulsions, the NC is ... well.... 
Neutral Color...

Scanned, it's quite fine as you can do the color manipulations yourself.

Karen
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