Start stocking up on portra 400 vc

[kamekaze]

Kodak Professional Portra 400 | PhotographyBLOG

Its being discontinued

[venchka]

The rest of the story..............

Kodak will be introducing a new Portra 400 to take the place of the existing Portra 400NC and Portra 400VC. In sizes from 135 to 4x5. 8x10 will no longer be offered off the shelf. So, if you shoot a lot of 8x10 Portra 400 in either flavor, stock up now. Frozen it will be good for 5-10 years.

Film ain't near dead yet.

[crackhead]

I hope that the new Portra will have the look of Portra, and not Ektar.

[venchka]

Hey, what look do you want? Photoshop can deliver.

[Dobick]

photoshop has yet to deliver a good one-click velvia though...

You always seem to lose the three-dimension depth of the shadow tones and the really bright pop of the reds when you try it in digital

[timbertoes]

there is a Velvia action out on the net.. cant say how good it is.

Velvia'd

[chris00nj]

I wonder if the new film will be closer to 400NC or 400VC. I liked the Portra 400 film, so it'll be interesting to try thing.

Now they just need to improve on Portra 800 which should really be called Portra 600.

[Daniel W.]

Spoke to Kodak marketing reps and neither of them had been briefed on the new Portra as of yesterday, but with the way they're pushing Ektar, film isn't going anywhere.

My personal thought:
Ektar 100, slow saturated.
160NC, slow less contrasty.

Portra 400, maybe along the lines of of the 800?

[crackhead]

The updated version of Portra 800 (800-3, I believe) is a true 800. I mean a little overexposure doesn't hurt it. But if you want to use it for the speed at 800 you can. Shot at box speed I find that it gives you better shadow detail than Fuji 800z shot at 800.

[venchka]

Kodak has announced their new Portra 400 in 8x10 to go along with 135, 120 & 4x5. One color emulsion. 4 formats. Thanks Kodak! Life for film is good.

Kodak releases 8x10 version of new film - British Journal of Photography

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