Good advice, Brian. I spent a lot of time and money last year actually printing Ektar
vs Portra. Mostly 8x10 film to 20X24 optically enlarged CAII prints, but also some smaller film sizes. Learned quite a few things the hard way about the differences. But
one thing which is probably applicable to all our respective individual workflows is to
test, test more, and then optimize the exposure to our specific needs. 8X10 color is just too expensive to be winging it. Ektar is a little more forgiving than typical chrome
film, but nowhere near as forgiving as Portra.