Great natural contrasts, with very detailed shadow and dark areas. Smoothest grain available.
Amount of colour saturation is perfect if exposed and printed properly.
No fake over-contrast or super bright colours here.

Can get a blue colour cast under some daylight conditions.
Is super sensitive to overall colour temperature.

If you are after genuine truthfullness in colour and subtle constrasts; use this film.
Dark shadow areas in the shot don't dissapear into blackness like nearly all other films, they appear as they do to the eye with great graduations and with proper colour.
This film does not exaggerate colours and contrast like most other films on the market, so sometimes it can look 'boring'. That is when you need NPH400 or Reala 100.

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All of Fuji's pro range including slide films.
Found no Kodak that lives up to them.

overhall a very good film for weddings & portraits

not a very strong contrast for commercial work

try to buy 6 for the price of 5 keep in fridge

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Excellent skin tones, perfect contrast for portraits, super-fine grain, true neutral colors.

Don't try to push this film as it's a true 160 speed film.

Perfect for portraits under natural sunlight, light overcasts, and studio lighting. The grain is very fine and the contrast is medium. I typically use 120 roll film and there is not even the slightest hint of grain at 16x20 even with only half the negative used (cropped)! I continue to try the latest and greatest (?) films that come out (Portra, etc.), but nothing compares to the results I get with NPS. You can pay more, but you won't get better results for portraits.

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Kodak Portra NC & VC, Royal Gold; Fuji Superia, Reala, NHGII

Saturation, contrast, accuracy

Does not give marital advice pick up the kids after school or cook potroast.

This film has one trick. That trick is that it has no tricks. It recreates an image that is exactly the way I saw it through the len. Its faster brother NPH is much the same with no significant difference except speed. I have finally found a formula that allows me to get the image I want.

CAnon type L glass and image stabilized lenses.
Fuji NPH and NPS bought in lots of ten from a shop that caters to pros and keeps this film refrigerated.
Processing by a shop that caters to pros.

I have used most of the equipment available for the past 30 plus years and mosuch of the available film and processing options. I have photographed people, nature, sports, landscapes, the viet nam war, weddings, you name it. Last year I took a vacation in Hawaii with a new canon EOS 3 3 lenses of their type L glass and 40 rolls of NPS/H.

I have never had beter pictures. WHat I got was what I saw.

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The colours and contrast really do lend themsevles well to photos of human beings with complementary skin tones and an almost painterly quality of the surroundings. Landscape shots too have this gentleness which can be either appealing or bland depending on your tastes.

The film has no weaknesses other than not not being able to do things it wasn't designed to do, ie give particularly saturated or contrasty shots. Horses for courses.

You really will be doing you and your photos a favour if you take note of these reviews here and use this film, or NPH - the 400 equivalent, for any people-type events such as weddings etc. I used it for the first time at my girlfriends graduation and was so pleased when the photos came back I just wished I'd have discovered sooner and not used the more obvious but far less flattering consumer films - just for the sake of not researching and spending another pound or two on buying it.

Try some and make friends and family appear more attractive and photogenic.

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Most print films. Kodak - tend to be a bit plasticky and OTT. Fuji - more neutral and to my taste.

Great film for flattering pictures of people. Smooth and not overly sharp resolution of skin detail. Makes people with less than perfect complexions look very good. Works well with flash and mixed lighting envoronment. One of the best "people films."

Color can be a bit muted. This film isn't weak per se, but if you are expecting color that "pops" you should use NPC 160 instead. Also, while the grain is tight, the resolution can sometimes seem less than sharp. The way the film renders a scene is not "soft" but rather smooth. You will either like this effect or not. For people, it works quite well.

I got a roll of this film back today, with a roll of Sensia II 100. Both rolls had shots of the same subject and were taken with an 80-200 2.8L lens. The slide film was extremely sharp, the detail super fine, and the skin tones dead on. The NPS had softer colors (almost pastel like), with smoother skin tones and less detail. (Example: one subject had a straw hat on. In the slide film, every tiny piece of straw could be seen, with the NPS 160, it was more like there was a soft filter (Tiffen Soft FX 2) on the lens.) So, the slide photos were "better" in this sense, but for the subject (a person) the NPS 160 photos were more flattering. Usually, words like "soft" or "muted" are criticisms of a film, but in this instance this is exactly what is intended with this film.
If you want to flatter your subject, use this film. If I was working a wedding and getting paid for the pictures, I would use this or NPH 400. Enough said.
If you want a sharper photo experience, with popping colors and dead on skin tones with crisp detail, try NPC 160. It works great for most applications and has better saturation and contrast too.

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Portra 160, Portra 400, Portra 800. NPH 400, NPC 160, NHG II 800.

Lovely natural colours in bright sunlight conditions. It will reproduce exactly as you see it.

Sometimes it reproduces drab scenes with weak colours as ... drab scenes with weak colours!

A beautiful film for travel photography in sunny climes and outdoor portraits. True skin tones, stunning greens and blues without the OTT yellows & oranges.

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My Favorite film it has it all. Fine grain, versatility it is a class act. The Colour saturation is spot on. Skin tones are perfect this film is bloody good.

Price, Too expensive.

For Portraits and Landscapes dont go past this one. The grain is very fine and the prints have a certain 'glow' about them. Maybe some would like a bit more colur saturation but to my thinking nps has more natural apperance.

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