Portra Portra

(This is part of a message sent to the list last week; but I think the
list server was down at the time. Just in case this seems
familiar...)

Dear All,

I've used Kodak Pro100T 4x5 tungsten balanced film for color pinhole
and zone plate for three years and started using it because it was
made
for longer exposures. Shooting in daylight, the Pro100T produced
excellent, realistic color. Without thinking and testing first, I
bought a large box of Portra 100T and used it the
same way as the Pro100T. Shooting in daylight, the Portra 100T has a
strong blue cast throughout the light areas of the image. This could
be from shooting outdoors in winter or it could be the atrocious light
this time of year (at 45N 93W) or it could be an artifact of the
film itself. Does anyone have experience with the Portra 100T? Have
you noticed the blue cast? It's expected using T films in lens
photography; but I was surprised at how strong it is in the
Portra film, since it wasn't there in the old Pro100T. The blue cast
sure makes the winter scenes cold...

Since writing the last paragraph, I bought a small box of Portra NC
(daylight) film, made some exposures
over the weekend and some proof prints this evening The proofs look
like there is a better color balance that the Portra T (although it
tended toward magenta in the proofs, anyway). If you could share
your experiences with Portra, I'd appreciate it. (Hope I'm not being
a film geek and that this information will be helpful to others on the
list.)

Many thanks,
Tom
Received on Thu Mar 22 00:19:59 2001