Topic: Kodak Portra clone film?

[ShivaYash]

Hello

Is there any film that reproduces the colours of Portra less the price?

I'm tempted by ProImage but it's a little slow when when overexposing by one or two stops.

Ta.


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[Late Developer]

Where are you buying ProImage from? The reason I ask is that I saw a stunning Flickr posted by a guy based in Myanmar and Thailand and he uses ProImage 100, exclusively.  When I tried to source some in the UK, I couldn't - but I found it in Thailand via E b a y and I have 12-15 rolls in my fridge.

I'm waiting for a warm holiday overseas or some bright sun in the UK to get the best out of the 100 ISO.  I'm not tempted to push it as I want to get the benefit of its saturated colours and low grain.

To be honest, I suspect there'd already be a stampede if anyone produced a 400 ISO film with a colour pallette similar to Portra.  You could try the Fuji 400 Pro (or the Fuji Sensia 400) as these are both excellent films.  However, their colour rendering is a bit different to Portra.

[ShivaYash]

Where are you buying ProImage from? The reason I ask is that I saw a stunning Flickr posted by a guy based in Myanmar and Thailand and he uses ProImage 100, exclusively.  When I tried to source some in the UK, I couldn't - but I found it in Thailand via E b a y and I have 12-15 rolls in my fridge.

I'm waiting for a warm holiday overseas or some bright sun in the UK to get the best out of the 100 ISO.  I'm not tempted to push it as I want to get the benefit of its saturated colours and low grain.

To be honest, I suspect there'd already be a stampede if anyone produced a 400 ISO film with a colour pallette similar to Portra.  You could try the Fuji 400 Pro (or the Fuji Sensia 400) as these are both excellent films.  However, their colour rendering is a bit different to Portra.

Yes in Thailand although there are a few others now selling the stuff. I'm in Melbourne at the moment so it's free postage within around 10 days. I'll get a few rolls and try.

I guess you are right re Portra clones. Just read about a write up on Portra VSCO filters. Perhaps that will help as I shoot with a digital too.

Thanks.


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[charles binns]

If you like ProImage try buying some rolls of Tudor Film.  It used to be widely available on Ebay for a reasonable price.

I bought 10 rolls of ProImage off a Thai based dealer on Ebay a few years ago and loved it.  I can't remember it being slow though, I shoot mainly toy cameras and it seemed to cope fine with those.

[Francois]

Don't forget that most color neg film has quite a latitude so it can tolerate quite a bit of abuse.
Underexposure gives muddier colors. Overexposure makes colors pop more.

[SLVR]

not sure what the prices are like in thailand but from my standpoint if you shoot E6 for a little while you will never complain about the price of portra