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4x5 films (color or b&w) for portraiture

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Is that Christina Aguilera your friend photographed?
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No, that's Lauren. She takes a lot of self-portraits.
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Is that Christina Aguilera your friend photographed?
Coulda' fooled me, she could be her twin.
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02-01-2011, 12:31 PM


She's good. I can't wait to see her work in 4x5.

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Any film that works in 120 will be fine or better in 4x5. Kodak Portra 160NC has a large following. I have not used it in 4x5.
I have used the Porta NC films in 120 and 4x5 and they WERE great when enlarger prints were still available. The colors were subdued and beautiful for portraits. Now that film is almost always scanned before being printed digitally it is not consistent. Now, if you print your own . . .
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