Portra is definitely king (there I said it) it really is such a versatile film but the price in the last two years is making me lean to shooting more gold for more of my casual work. I also think a lot of photographers are also too lazy to lug around a flash or tripod and rely heavily on using a ISO 400 film or even higher. I’ve also really been enjoying watching your videos. I’m looking forward to seeing more in the future.
Portra 400 is a pretty cool film. Not as cool as Fuji Pro 400H was ist Superia 400 is. But if they come out as particularly warm it’s because of the scanning process. You can shoot daylight film in tungsten light fine as long as you overexpose one to two stops and correct properly during scanning or printing.
Been watching a few videos on your channel today! Man you are criminally undersubscribed! I'm only just really "getting into" photography, it's tricky getting out thanks to our old pal COVID-19 in the UK but I'm trying to take opportunities as they come. I was saying to friends just earlier today how a lot of photography feels like it's "throw away" thanks to it being predominantly digital, especially all the snaps we take on our iPhones etc, nothing physical to last for years to come, just maybe hidden away on cloud storage or even worst lost to the digital ether. I've got a small photo myself and some friends took in a booth all the way back in freaking 2004 and it still looks decent, just a little faded. So getting to my point I guess, I was thinking of getting an "instant" film camera just as something to really experiment with. The Fuji Instax sounds and looks great, but in your experience has the Polaroid "caught up" with it in terms of film yet? You mentioned some pretty bad black bars and short life spans with degredation coming on pretty quick. Unsure which of the two to opt for. I envy the locations you have on hand to shoot by the way, those scenes are incredible compared to the bland and barren farmland near me! Hope you get more subs man, cheers!
The Polaroid is catching up - I'm curious about the new OneStep cameras and the film improves month by month. But still, I think that the Fujifilm's are better and to your point of not being "throw away" - from my experience the positive fuji images will last longer. I recommended giving them a try before you buy if you can, and really decided based on the shooting experience and size of the images.
I used portra 400 for landscape and architecture. I agree it was too warm for some scenes and I did end up doing some post processing. I ordered ektar 100 and am excited to try that and see of I like it better
Nice video mate! I've just finished shooting a roll of portra 400 as well (35mm, exposed on a canon ftb) and I find it to be so overrated. In some occasions it shows the warmth of tones you're talking about but the colors are still not so much saturated as one would expect. Differently, in portaits this roll stands really out but for landscapes I would not use it anymore because colors are not the best, especially in bright sunlinght and foggy situations. About long exposures, I did use an expired portra 400VC to shoot startrails (around 40 mins of exposure) and the colors are untrue leading to that magenta look that is not that great for this kind of shot but in this case. I guess that it was due to the specific expired roll though. Anyway keep rolling man! I'm looking forward some videos about B&W film stocks :) Greetings from Italy
I agree with you a bit on the overrated-ness of this stock. I was going to have a part in this video where I explored that, but didn't know how to explain it properly - so I *obviously* didn't include it. Because, as you said, it definitely does do its magic when it comes to Portraits. I'm currently planning my next b&w adventure and was thinking of Ilford Ortho Plus because I really find the look interesting - have you tried it before?
@@DaniloAllen i'd recommend the Tetenal C-41 kit, for the chemistry. tetenal.com/en/homepage/consumer-shop/color-chemistry/colortec/102221/colortec-c-41-kit-for-1l
@@wildechap cool - and what do you recommend for scanning? how do you light your negatives and keep your camera aligned with the negatives so you don't get any perspective shift?
@@DaniloAllen oh, i see. I use the lomography digitaliza to keep my film flat when scanning. For my light table i use a cheap light table thing. But if you have the means, then get the Kaiser slimlite. I just attach my dslr to my tripod and angle it down towards the negative, (a copy stand would be better for this) but i make sure its perfectly aligned. There is no perspective shift, as far as i'm aware, because a macro lens is recommended, so as to fill the frame when taking a picture of the negative to maximize resolution. I use a 50mm Canon FD, on my DSLR.
For all the on location stuff, that’s just the sound of my shutter 😂 as for the stuff shot inside it’s the sound from the same camera that the images were shot
@@DaniloAllen Uhm the real shutter sound without the rolling film sound then :P I'm shooting with the same camera right now and I find the rolling film motor sound on EOS EF really distracting compared to older camera with mechanical roller (click vs click+high pitch sound of rolling motor) Nice videos, keep it up :)
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Portra is definitely king (there I said it) it really is such a versatile film but the price in the last two years is making me lean to shooting more gold for more of my casual work. I also think a lot of photographers are also too lazy to lug around a flash or tripod and rely heavily on using a ISO 400 film or even higher.
I’ve also really been enjoying watching your videos. I’m looking forward to seeing more in the future.
Just read through all your comments, thanks for watching - I really appreciate it 😀
Portra 400 is a pretty cool film. Not as cool as Fuji Pro 400H was ist Superia 400 is. But if they come out as particularly warm it’s because of the scanning process. You can shoot daylight film in tungsten light fine as long as you overexpose one to two stops and correct properly during scanning or printing.
Been watching a few videos on your channel today! Man you are criminally undersubscribed!
I'm only just really "getting into" photography, it's tricky getting out thanks to our old pal COVID-19 in the UK but I'm trying to take opportunities as they come. I was saying to friends just earlier today how a lot of photography feels like it's "throw away" thanks to it being predominantly digital, especially all the snaps we take on our iPhones etc, nothing physical to last for years to come, just maybe hidden away on cloud storage or even worst lost to the digital ether. I've got a small photo myself and some friends took in a booth all the way back in freaking 2004 and it still looks decent, just a little faded.
So getting to my point I guess, I was thinking of getting an "instant" film camera just as something to really experiment with. The Fuji Instax sounds and looks great, but in your experience has the Polaroid "caught up" with it in terms of film yet? You mentioned some pretty bad black bars and short life spans with degredation coming on pretty quick. Unsure which of the two to opt for.
I envy the locations you have on hand to shoot by the way, those scenes are incredible compared to the bland and barren farmland near me!
Hope you get more subs man, cheers!
The Polaroid is catching up - I'm curious about the new OneStep cameras and the film improves month by month. But still, I think that the Fujifilm's are better and to your point of not being "throw away" - from my experience the positive fuji images will last longer.
I recommended giving them a try before you buy if you can, and really decided based on the shooting experience and size of the images.
I used portra 400 for landscape and architecture. I agree it was too warm for some scenes and I did end up doing some post processing. I ordered ektar 100 and am excited to try that and see of I like it better
Have you found it to be too warm for any scenes in particular, any standouts for you?
@@DaniloAllen yes when I was shooting open fields or brighter scenes with light colors it was washed out and I needed to add more contrast.
Nice video mate! I've just finished shooting a roll of portra 400 as well (35mm, exposed on a canon ftb) and I find it to be so overrated. In some occasions it shows the warmth of tones you're talking about but the colors are still not so much saturated as one would expect. Differently, in portaits this roll stands really out but for landscapes I would not use it anymore because colors are not the best, especially in bright sunlinght and foggy situations. About long exposures, I did use an expired portra 400VC to shoot startrails (around 40 mins of exposure) and the colors are untrue leading to that magenta look that is not that great for this kind of shot but in this case. I guess that it was due to the specific expired roll though.
Anyway keep rolling man! I'm looking forward some videos about B&W film stocks :) Greetings from Italy
I agree with you a bit on the overrated-ness of this stock. I was going to have a part in this video where I explored that, but didn't know how to explain it properly - so I *obviously* didn't include it. Because, as you said, it definitely does do its magic when it comes to Portraits.
I'm currently planning my next b&w adventure and was thinking of Ilford Ortho Plus because I really find the look interesting - have you tried it before?
@@DaniloAllen never had the chance to try it but I have very good expectations on that roll! Looking forward for your opinions on it 🤙🏻
but Is Ultramax this versatile? :P
Coming soon...
nope it isnt
i look at portra as a raw file honestly now portra 800... thats the best in my opinion of course
You should try home developing and DSLR Scanning
I’d like to, do you have any recommendations?
@@DaniloAllen i'd recommend the Tetenal C-41 kit, for the chemistry. tetenal.com/en/homepage/consumer-shop/color-chemistry/colortec/102221/colortec-c-41-kit-for-1l
@@wildechap cool - and what do you recommend for scanning? how do you light your negatives and keep your camera aligned with the negatives so you don't get any perspective shift?
@@DaniloAllen oh, i see.
I use the lomography digitaliza to keep my film flat when scanning.
For my light table i use a cheap light table thing. But if you have the means, then get the Kaiser slimlite.
I just attach my dslr to my tripod and angle it down towards the negative, (a copy stand would be better for this) but i make sure its perfectly aligned.
There is no perspective shift, as far as i'm aware, because a macro lens is recommended, so as to fill the frame when taking a picture of the negative to maximize resolution. I use a 50mm Canon FD, on my DSLR.
the fake shutter sound is distracting😅
For all the on location stuff, that’s just the sound of my shutter 😂 as for the stuff shot inside it’s the sound from the same camera that the images were shot
@@DaniloAllen Uhm the real shutter sound without the rolling film sound then :P
I'm shooting with the same camera right now and I find the rolling film motor sound on EOS EF really distracting compared to older camera with mechanical roller (click vs click+high pitch sound of rolling motor)
Nice videos, keep it up :)
Instead of scannign, darkroom printing is the way to go m8. make the most out of your film
You are so correct! But the cost is so prohibitive to me at the moment!! It’s on my list of things to eventually get round to though…