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Recently took a trip to London/Dublin and took my M6 with me as our inaugural international trip together. I took the 50 Cron and a 28 Minolta ROKKOR with me as well. Here are some of the results. I shot mostly Portra400 but took a roll of Ektar100 and HOLY SH*T did it impress me. I tried to shoot most of my landscapes with it and there are a few examples. I have more I'd like to share but I can't seem to add any more pictures to the album and I can't create another album. Anyways, just felt like sharing!

 

Portmarknock

Lime Coast

Reflection

Together

There She Is

Caught

 

 

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The ektar 100 is one of the few, if not the only one, negatives with a very fine grain and saturated colors. It's good for landscapes indeed. keep in mind the ektar will have very saturated reds. By the contrary, the portra has a completely different color palette and has a particularly good skin color rendition, and more in general a subdue nice rendition of yellows and blues. Portra 400 is probably the best negative for portrait together with its sibling Portra 160 which is a bit better if you have a lot of light. 

 

If you're planning on doing more landscape, country side shots, then you should consider E6 positive films such as the Provia 100F or the Velvia 100/50. These have even more saturated colors, no grain whatsoever, high resolution and they are much better in scanning than the Provia/ektar. They have a much narrower dynamic range though and you need to have the exposure spot on. By the contrary negatives are much more forgiving and will give you more latitude in post processing. Finally, the velvia is awful in skin colors rendition with a strong red hue, which can be corrected in post processing but only to certain extent. The Provia is much more flexible and does a good job at both people and landscapes. 

 

Horses for courses. 

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I agree with Lorenzo. Although Ektar, being a negative, is less likely to blow out highlights it does need to be exposed right otherwise you can get some odd colors in the shadows. Fuji 400H is pretty darn good, gives a very neutral to slightly bluish rendition. Joy of film taking is to try them all and use what works for what you are doing -- HORSES FOR COURSES, and there are still plenty of horses.

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