Bill, i use Kodak Porta 160VC and Fujicolor NPH 400. The Fuji is good for
overcast conditions, both give excellence skin tones, color and
grain. Reala can be considered too. Supra and Superia comes next. For
black and white, the two pro-oriented chromogenic films, Ilford's XP-2
Super and Kodak's T-Max T400 CN.
If NPH is not available, go for the 160VC.
At 01:16 AM 3/1/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>I have a wedding to photograph in a couple of weeks, and once
>again, the
>film choices have changed on me. I don't shoot a lot of weddings
>anymore, and tend to shoot either black and white or chromes,
>for a variety of reasons.
>I will be using Kodak film for this, but am undecided about
>whether Portra or Supra would be the better choice.
> So, a bit of background about this wedding. I will be doing
>it completely on 35mm colour negative film. There will be no
>studio portraiture, we will be going to our local legislative
>building to do photos amid the marble columns of the Grand Old
>Lady of the Wascana.
> When I was doing this sort of stuff years ago, I would use a
>tripod, hold the flash above the camera and drag the shutter
>speed down to around a 15th second to allow good fill from the
>primarily tungsten lights. This imparted a beautiful warm glow
>to the picture that I found very pleasing.
> With this in mind, would I be better off with
>Portra or Supra?
> I haven't really shot much Portra, and no Supra at all, but
>I trust Kodak to provide good picture quality no matter which of
>their
>films I choose. What sort of differences are there between the
>two groups?
> Also, I will be shooting 400 speed to maximize the available
>light without compromising the shutter speeds over much. Is one
>or the other noticably less grainy? When I ran my resolution
>tests two winters ago, I thought the Portra 400 to be
>surprisingly grainy, much more so than I was expecting. Have
>they improved it? Is this an area that the Supra is better?
>I do thank you for any advice you can give.
>thanks
>Bill
>
>
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