![]() ![]() I fully expect that at some point I’ll try both as 800 speed gives enough to move in either direction and still be fine. Maybe… I only say that because I’ve still had too many shots come out undesirable because some parts of the frame were still too bright and the whole shot was lost to unattractive colors. In fact, if I find myself in tricky conditions (which isn’t uncommon hiking in OH) I may in the future meter for half or even a whole step underexposed. for now, I’ve learned my lesson in intentionally underexposing this film. I think this is where I had the problems before… It gets too yellow and all around too saturated for my taste. relative to any other color film shot at 6400ISO, I had confidence.Īs for overexposing, I don’t much care for it. ![]() While being the highest speed color negative film we tested, it keep good detail even at 3 stops underexposed – that’s metering at 6400ISO!!! While I wouldn’t personally shoot it at this speed on the regular, it gave me a lot of confidence in really low light situations to open up the lens and shoot as slow as I could go while trusting the outcome to be solid. I was truly blown away by Portra 800s ability to retain detail while being underexposed. To see a head to head comparison with other color negative film stocks, please refer to the exposure testing article. It’s crushes portraits in daylight, low light, and while I haven’t experimented with it in the studio, I expect it too would be great. Similar to Portra 400, it’s literally in the name. The warm tones are spot on with this film and even the cool tones may by favorite of any other color negative film. Properly exposed it actually doesn’t have a terribly different rendering that Portra 400 underexposed. That said, compared with Portra 160 it’s got saturation for days. The colors are more saturated than Portra 400 while not being quite as strong as Ektar. I couldn’t have been happier with the results. So, naturally, when I decided to give it another go I wanted to shoot most all of it at box speed. Some of the shots at box speed really turned out well but I don’t know that I cared much for a single shot from the rolls of it overexposed. At the time of writing the Portra 400 review, I had only shot one roll of 800 at box speed and a couple others at 500 or slower to intentionally overexpose as that’s what had been suggested to me. The tones are nice and warm with a lot of depth. Much like Portra 400, this film stock is great for shooting portraits. The colors are quite punchy and given the additional speed from 400, the grain structure is minimal and pleasing. I can honestly say that I won’t be defaulting to Portra 400 any longer. A couple months ago I caved and picked up a pro pack of both 120 and 35mm in order to write a review on it. The main reason was the price – coming in at $15 more expensive for a pro pack of 120 and half again the price of a roll of 35mm, I considered more of a luxury than something I would regularly shoot. I waited far too long to really give Portra 800 a fair shake. To see a more formal comparison of Portra 800 with the other two members of the Portra family (Experiment 2), go here. As a reference for Portra 400 shot at 800, follow this link. If underexposed, it will lean towards those muddy colors and grain I mentioned early.To see Portra 800 exposure tested, follow this link. It’s difficult for a film with more vibrant, saturated colors to maintain skin tones, but Portra 800 walks that line perfectly! It’s also a wonderful stock for skin tones. It’s more similar to the vibrant colors of Kodak Ektar 100. Kodak Portra 800 will give you more saturated colors than either Portra 400 or Portra 160. After some fine tuning and learning to rate it between 200 and 400 ISO, I now love the results! Bright, punchy, beautiful colors! What To Expect From Portra 800 It’s a film that has a bit of a learning curve. ![]() I tried Kodak Portra 800 pretty early on, and, to be honest, I hated the results. There are just so many different options! In my first few months of shooting film, I shot and shot and shot, experimenting with various film stocks looking for my favorites. ![]() Kodak Portra 800 Film Review by Jessica Loveįor me, choosing a film stock is like when you first get a digital camera and the POSSIBILITIES of HOW TO EDIT your photos hits you like crazy. ![]()
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