For street photography, Kodak Portra 400 is the best 35mm film. !Thanks Ani! It was taken about an hour after sunset and my friend and I were starting up the grill.
.. The results I have got for my batch were not perfect, but they are the best start I could get, for further tweaking in Darktable.If you have downloaded the negative2positive script to the same folder that is holding all your TIFF files and your MyScript.sh file, then just ensure the file contains the following text (noting your file extension might be ‘TIF’ or ‘TIFF’ – substitute as appropriate; vuescan creates files with ‘.tif’.) But it is a good start.Save the file, then make it executable as follows :Putting the arguments into a script is a little trickier and needs variables and such, but you can just as easily paste the following direct into the terminal, and change any of the arguments as presented :This article talks about using negative2positive script to automate the conversion of raw Kodak Portra 400 negatives to positive TIFFs, ready for post-processing using Darktable. I really didn’t expect much of anything to come out of it but here we are.
Let’s take a look between the Portra 400 and 800 films in more depth below.Sign up for updates and get access to the FREE Quick Start Bundle!As you can see, Kodak Portra 400 is a very vivid film, capturing colors, light, and texture in a crisp format unlike many other film stocks.
The sample above is BEFORE and further post-processing in Darktable…just a direct conversion from negative to positive. When I’m shooting with my Mamiya RB67, I struggle to find times where there’s enough light to feed its slow lenses without have so much light it gets blown out. In fact, Portra 800 has a high grain content and sets the stage for the main subject in your photo.After shooting both Portra 400 and Portra 800, I will say that it is much easier to shoot with Portra 400 during the day time if there is a lot of light. As for the still model on the right, the ISO 800 film was able to provide a heavy grain setting while providing a clear focus on the subject.Originally created in 1998, Kodak Portra film was made for portrait and wedding photography. It’s these improvements that have helped Portra 400 become one of the most popular films in the world.As you can see in the below shots, you’re not going to get much light across the entire frame but I would like to think that it does about as great job with what it’s given. I write to you as a frustrated and bewildered photographer who only recently attempted home colour development of Kodak Portra 400 film.