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Colour negative film recommendations for a wedding?


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I haven't used colour neg film in ages. Usually shoot on the M8 or B&W film on the manual M's

 

What do you personally prefer?

 

I was thinking Kodak Royal Gold 400 or Portra 400NC. Good balance for indoor and outdoor

 

Any other recommendations/thoughts?

 

thanks in advance

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Portra Portra Portra.

 

160 if you can, 400 most likely, 800 if you have to.

 

The NC stuff is great. Though if you can use the new 400, that should be great too.

 

If shooting under tungsten and you don't want to kill your speed with a full color conversion filter, I've had some success with using a B+W KB6 (80D) filter. Only a half stop correction, but it helps a decent amount with the colors. Scans corrected pretty easily. Or just use a flash...

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....I haven't used colour neg film in ages. Usually shoot on the M8 or B&W film on the manual M's

 

What do you personally prefer?....

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Depends on where you are. Fuji NPH 400 was the standard colour neg film for UK wedding photography once upon a time, so Fuji Pro 400H would be a good option.

 

But why? You say you have an M8. Not an ideal camera for wedding photography, but surely a far better option than trying to use a medium you do not know.

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What do you personally prefer?

 

My direct answer to your question is Portra 160 rated at 120 iso. With most venues in my locality that has to be supported with Fuji 400H for low light interior shots, but on occasion with Summilux lenses 160 iso can be sufficient.

 

Two, or three, film types introduces film management issues which can make the shoot too complicated and a good middle ground is to use Fuji 400H on it's own as Steve Walton suggests.

 

Further as Steve promotes, and unless you're against the concept of using the M8 as indeed I am, I'd recommend you to use your M8, providing your lenses include a wide aperture lens for your chosen field of view.

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Portra 160 NC or Portra 400 NC is my preference.

Has anyone already tried the new Portra 400?

 

Best

 

Kodak sent me a care package of the new Portra 400 in 35 and 120 which I will put to the test on this weekend's wedding in the Bahamas. I will post some results in a couple of weeks after I receive the scans from the lab.

 

My buddy Jonathan Canlas has a lot of 120 images posted on his blog. He has pushed even to 3200 (which looks pretty good). Check out his blog (Jonathan Canlas Photography)

 

Cheers,

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