Color neg 8x10 for studio portraits

[Peter Shier]

I shoot 8x10 portraits in my home studio with strobes using TMAX 100, Provia, E1 00S, and Polaroid 804/809. I would like to try some color negs as well. Looking at B&H I can see that the pickings are pretty slim: NPL, NPS, Portra 160NC/VC, a nd Portra 400NC. Has anyone used any of these? Any recommendations?

[Ed Burlew]

Use the lower contrast of these. The Kodak line keeps the same colour rendition throughout. The Fuji has great shin tones, but please use a lab that specialises in that film, For instance in Toronto, Steichen Lab and Fuji equals outstanding skin tones, Silvano lab and Kodak equals outstanding skin tones. I have not tried the 400nc but I want to.

[David A. Goldfarb]

I like Portra 160NC in 120, which favors a pastel kind of tonality. Haven't tried it in 8x10".