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This is really a very nice film, one of my favourites.
I recommend also trying the new Portra 160, in my view much better than the old 160, better grain, more colorful and yet neutral skin tones.
I also love the new Kodak Ektar 100.
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I love that film too
I have tried the new portra 160/400 and I like them although I like how the old ones had the options of NC and VC. The skin tones are great and warm.
I like Ektar too but I think it's too saturated/orange for skin tones. My selection for my next shoot is (I might change my mind though): Portra 160 NC/220, Portra 400/120 (new one), Fujicolour Pro 400H, Ilford Pan F 50 and possibly Kodak Ektachrome 100 (to cross process in C-41) 
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In B&W I have tried TMax 100, Ilford Delta 100 and I think also 400 but I'm not sure right now. It was all in 35mm format and it was only for testing. I have some of these in 120 also, but I have not yet shot any b&w middle format. I think some images can really get better in b&w and I would like to experiment more with it, but I would categorize myself as a color shooter.
I have tried Portra 160 NC too and I have seen amazing photos with the 160 NC version, but my own shots with it was disappointing. It might have to do with the light meter in that camera though, cause the last rolls I've shot with it seem to have been very underexposed. Perhaps time to change battery for the meter...
Yes, the Ektar 100 is probably not the first choice for skin tones, unless one is seeking that particular effect.
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Tmax is great and so is ilford (has more range of BW as they make B&W exclusively) depending on what you're trying to achieve.. what camera(s) do you use ? I like to change the backs or shoot both B&W and colour when I am shooting 120/220, something are surreal in B&W but I also like colour.
Oh that's unusual, could be the meter ( I am assuming you were using available light ?), I shot this with NC [link]
You're right, I shot some of people and I kinda liked them in ektar (documentary style a bit- like chrome saturated films-) but yeah not for everything for sure.
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For 120 film I use Fuji GW690 II (6x9) and Fuji GA645Zi (645), and for 135 film I use Pentax MG (my favourite because of the huge viewfinder, Canon 1V or Nikon F75). I have occasionally also used old bellow cameras like Zeiss Ikon. They are very fun to use, but I have not yet found and used any in good condition. I'm thinking of buying one in good condition from www.certo6.com
Yes, available light. Yes, I saw that image when I was browsing your gallery. I like it a lot, the pose and the model, very natural look, very nice.
There is a special look to film that's just not there in digital. I recently compared Ektar 100 in my 6x9 middle format camera with Canon 5D mk II and Nikons new D800E. The overall look of the analog image was better, even the owner of the D800E agreed. The level of detail on a pixel level in the D800E image was very impressive though.
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Oh great! I like these Fuji camera especially GW690 II I always wished to have one so i can carry it around and I know that there lenses are great and sharp. I love my Mamiya RB67 but it's quite big and heavy to carry as you can imagine so I mostly shoot 35mm on the run use my mamiya for portrait work mostly.
The Pentax is a beautiful camera too.My beloved Nikon F100 fell and now the autofocus is dead there's a crack near the prism but i still use it sometimes, I use my backup N707 most of the time now. I have never used Zeiss Ikon although they always appealed to me, I guess if I was going to get something it'll be either a 4x5 field camera or a replacement for my F100.
Thank you, glad you liked it
Indeed,it is hard to explain sometimes but even though this may sound clichΓ© (and I still shoot digital for its convenience and economy) the images look somewhat plastic. Certainly I think especially when it comes to skin tones or the wide range of tones between very bright highlights and shadows (usually leaks in digital except for high end MF like Phase One and so on).
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If you want a middle format camera that is very easy to carry and use I would highly recommend the Fuji GA645Zi. Fully automatic and very light weight. Negs are only half the size of GW690, but it is still three times the size of 35mm neg, if you crop the 35mm neg to same aspect ratio as the 645 (3:4 instead of 2:3). A real big difference in quality compared to 35mm. It can even zoom between 35-55mm (35mm equivalent).
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Unfortunately, GA645Zi is more expensive than GW690 and smaller :/ neither in my price range at the moment, I don't know if I am going to get a new nikon f100 to replace my broken one, but I am thinking of Kiev since they have cheap cameras and the results I have seen were good, do you know much about them ?
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I don't know anything about Kiev. But if you can find an old bellow camera in working condition (whole bellow, no fungus / mold at lens elements, working shutter) they produce absolutely amazing images. They are also easy to use - just set the focus ring at infinity, the shutter speed at 1/100 and stop down to appropriate f/-number (using for instance Pocket Light Meter for iPhone) or use basically any f/-number with Kodak Portra 400 and just dont care about over exposure cause the film will handle it.
Take a look at my Franka Solida test images. The were shot with a bellow camera in extremely POOR condition (lens elements completely filled with fungus/mold/dirt and shutter not working properly), and still it came out pretty good. Think what a camera in good condition would do.
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/Alex
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I see, that sounds fun to use! the shots seem to be good from a camera in poor condition, well done
I am still looking into it, I was thinking about using 4x5 or 8x10 or even modifying my mamiya to create tintype but since we don't have collodion here then this won't happen (making my chemistry/emulsion from scratch will be too expensive especially the silver).
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