Testing The Exposure Limits Of Kodak's Portra 400 Film

Kodak's Portra 400 has a reputation for being one of the most versatile color negative film stocks on the market. But how much can you under and overexpose it before it starts to break down? In this test, I run a roll of Portra 400 through the Pentax 67, and see how it deals with different exposure scenarios.

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[stroker]

Try overexposing a dslr +3EV and observe the blown out highlights. In film even at 6 stops over it doesn't blow out, it just color shifts. Keep going to 10 stops over on the film. Give it the torture test.

[RewDowns]

that shutter sound is music to my ears

[mattdayphoto]

Glad I was recommended this channel by Bob Price. Really good stuff, man! Excited to see more.

[DecemberSounds]

This seals it for me. I won't be shooting Portra at box speed ever again. Nice vid and music. You're gonna blow up for sure.

[Al]

It would have been nice to see a scene with more dynamic range—the highlights on the white part of the building did not get blown out, which is impressive (coming from digital); but the shadows were not really deep enough to challenge the film. A suggestion for next time: sunlight peeking in through a dark wooded area.

[SlayR]

Great video, you should do something similar with slide film (provia/velvia) and with probably smaller exposure changes, maybe in 1/3 or 1/2 steps, whichever one of your cameras is capable of. Newbies are always told hooow much you have to nail the exposure for slide films, would be nice to see how slight changes actually alter the end result!

[GolfWng]

mahalos for doing this film aint cheap broher!

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[jonjon]

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[justcallmesando]

film... Pure love. Thanks for sharing and your Pentax is a beautiful machine.

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[Fbr-lm]

I actually think that 6 stops overexposed gave a very cool picture. Nice and flat and filmic and I like the color of the skies.

[polarjeez]

Wow this was actually super helpful.. love videos like this going over more technical aspects of film

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[slskene]

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[rajeevchaturvedi]

Please tell some about how you metered this particular scene, including your chosen light meter (or camera's meter, if so). I want to know this first step that determined your base first frame. It will help me a lot.

[MichaelSeneschal]

This is a fantastic video. Thanks for making it, it really helped me out.

[skwoo]

I first saw this video and linked from Petal Pixel. There was a menu option to send a tip. I had thought that I had a way to send some cash to Kyle's tip jar because I found this exposure test to be well done and very informative. Great job. Let me find out how else to tip Kyle :-)

[connoratcanada]

Interesting video, would love to see a similar video but on long-exposure night photography and how different F stops impact light source starring.