Very good indeed with people. Lush colors, but not garish. Smooth rendering of skintones, with none of the nits and peels that other films show off on imperfect complexions.

Expensive, tricky to print right.

I like this a lot better than Portra 400VC, which I had terrible luck with. In fact, I am going to try 400VC again because I figure I must have been burned by a bad print job. I used three rolls of 400NC with a flash and umbrella, as well as with a photoflex gold reflector, and all the shots of my step daughter were wonderful. I also used the same gear on an outdoor portrait session of a woman in her 50's and when she got the prints back she was ecstatic. She said she had been going to photo shoots for 25 years (she's a professional musician) and that these were the only photos of herself she actually liked. The film, with the Canon L glass and the gold reflector/flash setup all came together to make her a very happy person. If you are getting paid for the photos, I recommend Portra 400NC. That's about as high a compliment for a film as I can give.

Customer Service

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Everything in the Portra family

Fine resolution, excellent skin tones in natural light, flash, etc. Excellent exposure lattitude, I shoot at 320 for more punch, but have great prints pulled 2 stops.

Grain is appearent at 8x12, gets blotchy. Would love to use this in Medium format.
I suspect, Kodak labs only produce best results.

When you need to have skintones, this is it. Fine for point and shoot work, if there are people involved. Very continuous, similar results for two years from my Koday Pro Lab, I know what to expect. Exposure lattitude is great for labwork, you can burn & dodge two stops either way and still have great neutral colours.

Customer Service

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Fuji superia 400, NPH 400; Portra 400 VC (no problems, but who need this film?); 160 NC , Supra 100/400

Good color rendition, excellent detail in shade and sun--half shade, half bright sun. Enlarged to 20 x 30 with excellent results.

A bit pricey.

I shot an excellent shot of the Buffalo river including the bluffs at 2:00 pm. Shot from the shade of an oak into the sun with a polarizer and the backlighting brought out a beautiful golden fall colors. Details in the shade were excellent and the bluffs were great. Enlarged to 20 x 30 and it's now gracing a successful defense attorney's office wall. He's pleased and so is my wallet.

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Every Kodak film, Afga, Fuji

Fantastic Rich Natural Color

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Thank for this great site which I found by accident while surfing the web. I read the reviews here on this great film which convinced me about trying it. I have always used Kodak Vericolor for my portrait and wedding photography. Kodak Portra 400NC is an incredible film. I shot it for the first time yesterday at very special wedding, my daughters. Under a wide range of lighting conditions using flash and no flash this film performed excellent. My developer even commented how good the proofs turned out. Rich vibrant colors with very true skin tones. I looked at Kodaks Pro Site before purchasing this film and it performed as they described. I did a test roll and shot it at 400 ISO and 320 ISO and it worked well at both. I did choose to shoot it at 320 ISO instead of 400 for the wedding. I highly recommend this film, and I will be using it again and again. Happy Shooting.

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Kodak Vericolor

Solid

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First off, I shoot mainly slides but when it comes to family functions and various vaction situations, this is my NEW film of choice. I love the colors and skin tone. I was a fuji print film guy but Kodak really hit a home run with this one. I like the versatility and the grain isn't bad. I read some bad reviews of the VC but I've had very good luck with that as well. It may be a bit pricey but the memories it captures is worth the price!

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the Portra line, Agfa films, and all the Fuji's

Relatively ungrainy and fast.

Poor Color Latitude, one of the worst I've ever tried. Colors come out so neutral that the pictures almost look bleached at proper exposure.
Not cheap.

I went by word of mouth, and anything other than closeup portraits are terrible. I still recommend Fujicolor press. Truly disappointed.

Customer Service

Took a week and a half to respond when I needed them in the past.

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You name it, I've tried it... (at least up to the newer films)

Skin tones

grain already apparent at 4x6!, expensive

The best job of any film I've seen of smoothing out skin tone and blemishes. Grain is big and blotchy, though--if you can, use Portra 160 I guess.

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NPH, NPS, Portra 160

Speed
skin tones
highlights

grain (above 4x6)
price

Used this film for a special church service without flash (daylight available light only). Film gave excellent skin tones and the 400 speed was dead on as negatives were properly exposed. Will try 160 speed for outdoor wedding next month.

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Royal Gold

Can't see any, compared to 160 NC

Way too grainy!

I should have read the reviews here more carefully. I had nice results with 160 NC, but 400 is soo grainy that even on 13x18cm printers, you can see it! I was really disapointed by this film, and highly recommand 160 instead.

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Portra 160 NC, Fuji Reala 100