Due to spinal stenosis, I hadn't been doing much large format photography, and that which I did was with out of date film. I've just gotten rid of my old film and I am trying to figure out what to use now.
For b/w I used Ilford HP5 which is still available. For color I used Kodak Portra VC 160, but apparently it is no longer available in 4 x 5 sheet film at Calumet Photo in Chciago. Portra Professional film 400 is available in 4 x 5 film. It is described as a portrait film, so I assume it is similar to the old Portra NC. That is what I used when I started, but when I switched to VC I didn't notice any significant difference. But I wonder about going to an ISO 400 film. Is it likely to be grainier than I want?
Do I have any other choices for a color negative 4 x 5 sheet film? I would rather not switch to transparency film, but if I have to, are there any choices in such film which have decent latitude?
Calumet seems to be selling Portra VC 160 in 8 x 10 film size, so I guess I could buy that and cut it down, but I doubt very much if I could do so to yield film which would fit in my film holders.
I notice that Amazon is selling Kodak 4 x 5 Ektar 100 sheet film. I am not familiar with that. What is it?
Also, Portra VC 160 seems to be available from some retailers? Is it really available? And, how safe is it ordering color negative film over the web, particularly in the summer?
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