New Portra 400 Film

[David Luttmann]

Kodak is replacing its old Portra 400 NC/VC with a new Portra 400. Available in 35mm to 4x5.

http://www.photographyblog.com/news/...al_portra_400/

[Frank Petronio]

Ah so we lose the NC and VC flavors... not that it mattered that much. The other post mentioned that they won't make it in 8x10 though, that is truly bad news for available light shooters.

[David Luttmann]

Ah so we lose the NC and VC flavors... not that it mattered that much. The other post mentioned that they won't make it in 8x10 though, that is truly bad news for available light shooters.

True. That's why I mentioned the 35mm to 4x5 only. I just wish Fuji would do 400H in 4x5 though.

[SamReeves]

So is this No Color or Vivid Color rebranded?

[Oren Grad]

So is this No Color or Vivid Color rebranded?

In between - it's not a rebrand:

http://www.kodak.com/global/en/profe...q-path=2300875

[David Luttmann]

It's midway in saturation between VC and NC. Contrast is still low like NC.

[BetterSense]

Yet another product change that takes away color printing options. Soon I fear that we we will have one color negative film, and one, optimized-for-digital-anyway color paper.

[Brian C. Miller]

What about Ektar? According to the Kodak comparison scales, it is much more saturated than VC. Just two stops slower, and available in 8x10.

[Ben Syverson]

What about Ektar? ... Just two stops slower, and available in 8x10.

Ektar is ISO 100, which I would rate at 50, vs ISO 400 which I rate at 200. So yes, it's just two stops, but ISO 50 is really tricky if you're not shooting landscapes on a bright sunny day. It's much harder for a portrait subject to hold still for 4 seconds instead of 1. Even if I'm using 160NC, I'll need to take another safety of every shot, which means my film & processing budget just doubled. And the shots still won't be as sharp as they'd be on 400.

[Brian C. Miller]

It's much harder for a portrait subject to hold still for 4 seconds instead of 1.

[silly] What, you mean that you don't want to use strobes or hot lights that will deliver more light than the suface of the sun?? Your sign doesn't say, "Photography and Tanning Studio"? [/silly]

Look at it this way: The reinvention of the Prokudin-Gorskii camera is going to be really cool! Nice studio camera for 8x10 portraiture, but kind of big since it will take three holders at a time. Of course, you'll be able to push B&W film quite a ways, and the color will be completely adjustable.