In that same tradition, the new PORTRA 400 Film is the ideal choice for portrait and fashion photography, as well as for nature, travel and outdoor photography, where the action is fast or the lighting can't be controlled. But after seeing the images that the Portra 400 produces, I think I might have switched to 'Team Fine Grain'.

Although, the Portra 400 is also stated to be ideal for fashion, nature, travel, and outdoor photography. Either way, finding good and interesting light is going to be a huge step in capturing a great photo. While I cannot help but get a bit cynical every time someone claims to be the world's best in anything, I must say that I am, in fact, impressed at how fine the grain is on the Portra 400.If you're in a budget or if you take little to no time finishing a roll, spending €15 on a roll is quite a tough decision to make. It is the most popular film on the market today and a favourite choice for a huge amount of film photographers.

Creative Freedom: Compatible with common color film developers, it gives you the creative control to fine-tune your images during the development process, ensuring your vision shines through. Ideal for nature, travel, fashion and product photography where the colour is really important the Kodak Portra print film, will give excellent colour rendition and copes with hightlights and shadows incredibly well. PORTRA Films give you beautifully matched prints across all speeds and formats, due to Single-Channel Printing Technology. They were both tough scenes in mid day gloomy bright weather but I pretty much lost the sky in the highlights for both of them, so I should have just metered for the shadows.

If it helps paint a better picture, the Portra 400 surely produces finer grain than its counterpart, the Ultramax 400 , which is a part of the company's line of Everyday Film. Consistent and reliable performance: This film is known for its consistent and reliable performance, which means you can count on it to deliver stunning results every time. Portraiture Perfection: Loved by portrait photographers, this film renders skin tones with unmatched precision, ensuring that your subjects always look their best.

I think the Portra 400 has an incredible exposure latitude - it does well indoor under low exposure, and superbly outdoor under high exposure. According to Kodak Alaris, the Portra 400 is the world’s finest grain high-speed color negative film. Okay, you’ve chosen the right size film, you’ve loaded up your camera, set your light meter to 320 and you’re ready to go.Maybe you’re using that harsh light to your advantage, or you use a giant window to soften the light. This film is sometimes thought of as boring as it renders colours, especially skin tones in a neutral and accurate way. By setting my light meter to 320 ISO it helps me stay more in the green box below, erring on the side of overexposure, which film can handle a lot better than being underexposed (see the left muddy size of the chart below). Yes, the images have fine grain, but with the tone, color balance and contrast that the Portra 400 produce, it is nearly impossible for the images to come out lacking characteristics.