Kodak Portra 400VC

I like this film.....my portraits are always beautiful, picking up blond highlites in hair and nice blue eyes.... all the colours are slightly pronounced and just gorgeous.... Colours are bright, rich and clear, if a tiny bit exagerrated, but it's better than hitting the saturation button, and that's why you bought the VC instead of the NC anyways, right? A basket of tomatoes with the macro-eyes on a dual-range Summicron and a Leica M3 looked absolutely fantastic, you could eat them right off the print.

Portraits, macro work, flowers & vegetables, gardens, new cars, family and wedding shots, kids sports team photos. People look simply beautiful if your optics are world class. Low light work and even flash results are excellent.

Noticed some purpling of a close up of a rose that I definitely didn't see when shooting. If something is already totally saturated with a rich colour in the sunlight there may be a little over-saturation. A bit pricey if you're getting a set of prints and a disc.

Kodak Gold 400, Fuji Superia 400. Both good, but a notch below.

Excellent.

This is a fantastic film. Used both outdoors in bright sunlight and indoor flash (luv that extra speed indoors). Saturated, accurate colors, especially skin tones, but not oversaturated. Slightly increased contrast, also not overdone. Great scans w/ Nikon film scanner - extremely fine grain. Developed at small shop w/ Fuji Frontier machine-incredible results. Leaves Kodak HD-400 in the dust.

See above

None noted. Could be a little cheaper, but worth it for special occasions.

Kodak Portra 160VC, Fuji Superia (100-400), Fuji NPS

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I have recently tested this film extensively. I have pushed it up to 2 stops in the developing, overexposed it up to 2 stops, pulled it 2 stops in the developing and underexposed about 1 stop. This film is amazing. No Greenish cast of any sort. Colors are beautiful. As w/ any color print film- it should be processed at a pro-lab to get consistant results. The deveolping of the film is more crucial than where it gets printed or scanned. The previous poster reported a greenish cast. I would strongly recommend processing the film at a pro-lab. If processing was done at a pro-lab and you get greenish cast, then take it back to the lab right away and complain about their processing. They did something wrong and need to adjust/correct their process and replace/reimburse you for your film. This film will not alter color much due to changes in exposure. I have shot several rolls overexposed up to 2 stops and pushed it 2 stops in the developing. I have also overexposed it 2 stops and pulled it 2 stops in the developing. In all cases, the colors did not alter much. Highly recommend this film.

160NC, 160VC, 400NC, 400UC, 100SW, 100G, 100GX, EPY, EPP, EPL, EPN, FP4, HP4 Delta 100 & 400, Plus X, Tri-X, Tmax 400, Tmax 100, Neopan 400 & 1600, Delta 3200, E200, 400X, Sensia, Provia 100 & 400

Great color on the shots that were exposed correctly. Horrible color (greenish cast) on any shots that were overexposed. The green cast was present directly from the negative which was scanned into the computer. (So it was not an issue with specific lab's print).

Excellent color... when it works.

If a picture is overexposed or taken directly into the sun, the shot will have a terrible greenish cast. Sadly many shots that would have been acceptable with 'consumer' film, turned out deplorable with the 400VC.

Fuji Slide

I do like this film. I was introduced to it by a fellow photo buff and I bought a bunch to use shooting fireworks scenes. I used BULB and held shutter open for five seconds. The color popped right off the print at you, and has received a lot of positive comments. I ended up going thru all of the VC film I had and shot the last three minutes of the show with Kodak Hi Def 400. Big difference. Feedback I have received from my favorite camera shop is to use other Portra films for portraits; this one doesn't work as well for those uses. I am shooting a bunch of outdoor portraits for a couple in the fall, and will use another Porta film for this work, but not the VC, for the reasons already covered in other reviews and the above notes

Excellent quality for the right application.

It's pricy, but the results nullify that argument quite well.