Testing the exposure limits of Kodak Portra 160 film

Another installment in the film exposure test series, this time with Kodak Portra 160 in 120 format. I was really curious about how flexible this film was compared to Portra 400, as I'm starting to shoot more of it for some personal work.

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[andrewapperley]

I'd be interested in seeing the limits of Ilford Delta 3200

[dmcphotographer]

There's something so nice about how matter of fact your videos are. It's just really concise and easy to follow. Thanks for making quality content!

[jesusa.]

It’s be interesting for a exposure test on Portra 800, seeing as one of the big draws to it is its underexposure latitude

[terrywyse]

Very timely. I just completed my own exposure tests about a month ago using Ektar 100, Portra 400 and Portra 160. Across the board, all these films responded best at +2/3 to +1 stop. I had the model wear a black dress with folds and the shadow detail just popped at +1 stop.

[murraykriner]

Shows how forgiving most of our modern film is to more accurate metering in these pro-level cameras. Kinda hard to go wrong unless your shooting the higher speed films in near daylight conditions. Great video. Thanks.

[fpm]

I suggest Fujicolor C200 for a future test.

[JamieMPhoto]

Great stuff. I like Portra 160 more than 400, so this helps cement my hunches about it. Though 800 has been getting more interesting to me ... I'd like to second anyone calling for an ECN-2 film. Maybe 250D? Though maybe 500T vs Cinestill 800T might be functionally more useful for some and to see how much difference really exists because of the remjet.

[scoopold]

I always end up watching these videos even though I'm getting on youtube for another reason. Thanks for posting them. I'd be interested in Fuji C200 for sure.

[charliefm]

Would love to see a test of the infamous Velvia 50

[JesseSchroeder]

If you're down to try ECN-2, would love to see an exposure limits test of Kodak's Vision3 series, 50D, 200T, 250D, and my personal favorite 500T.

[JonnyRobbie]

The fact that you see the same underexposure characteristic is because how ISO speed is calculated - from the 0.1 over fog+base which is deep shadows. So every film rated correctly will behave almost identical when it comes to underexposure by definition.

[rolloffilm]

It’s be interesting for a exposure test on Kodak vision 3 50d or 250D

[Zetaphotography]

Id make a Vote for Eastman Double XX BW. Other suggestions of 800T (Vision 500T) film are all good but lets not all forget thats a $12 roll of film to just shoot for fun. Something like this is easy to tell or ask someone to go spend the money and time to shoot. Not sure why each photographer doesnt do this of each film to truely understand how film works. I will try this next season for my top 5 films and see what I like to shoot. I picked up Double XX of eBay for cheap.
Currently on a nice batch of expired Reala 100 that looks amazing as day 1.

Thank you for what you do.

[KylerSteele]

Im interested to see this test on a film that is also pushed or pulled. Think it could be interesting seeing which exposure looks the best in conjunction with changing its development time

[camerachica]

I love Portra 160! My favourite time to shoot it is a sunny late afternoon/evening and I normally rate it at either 100 or 125. The colours are beautiful.

[RalphStarkPhoto]

Great example of Portra 160 getting more punchy with over exposure. I had heard this happened but never tested it out. I personal shoot 160 between 80 and 120, but that comes more from my habit with VPS than actually testing. Thank You.

[MikeStrike]

This came just in time. Currently have my first roll of Portra 160 in my camera

[iain]

Hey Kyle, superb video! This series is really helpful and highly underrated. I shoot Portra 160 quite a lot, and it's great to see the limits of the film explained in such a cohesive way. I'll definetly start rating the film at 100 to preserve some of that shadow detail - great advice! Keep up the awesome work.

[fabiocastellari]

would love to watch a test of Cinestill 800T

[nateeames]

I'd love to see you test Ektar 100, Kodak Colorplus, Fujifilm C200, or more slide film options.