
Kodak Portra 400 is a color negative film released in 2010. Why on earth release new film material in the age of digital cameras? The answer lies in Kodak's Vision 3 technology, developed for motion picture films, which was also introduced for the benefit of photographers.
When shooting at nominal sensitivity, skin tones are natural and contrast and color saturation are pleasant. This film does everything, portraits are reproduced beautifully and the sharpness and color saturation are suitable for landscape photography.
Portra 400 is surprisingly tolerant of under- and overexposure for a color negative, so if the shooting conditions are demanding and the amount of light varies, you will probably always get a usable result with this film. However, it is not advisable to intentionally overexpose Portra more than two stops (like some FujiFilm materials, for example) unless you want very warm tones and slightly yellow tones. Portra 400 is also tolerant of overexposure if there is little light or you need faster exposure times when shooting.
Portra 400 is a small-grain film and scans well.
Development process C-41
Koko 135 motion picture
Package includes 1 roll of 36 images