> Remember Portra NC, "Neutral Color" or "Natural Color"? Well a few years
> ago they came up with VC, "Vivid Color", then UC, "Ultra Color", then UC
> went on to lines other than Portra . I tried VC with Kodak "Picture
> Processing" through a drug store and the colors practically jump off the
> paper, grab you by the collar and shake you. No highlight detail, no
> shadow detail, but boy was it peppy.
>
> You can still scan the film and get fine results, but I crawled back to
NC..
>
> Moose
Okay, seems I'm always behind the latest. I was assuming it was Kodak Portra
400UC, which I've never tried. I didn't know they were making a 400UC that
wasn't Portra.
I've been very pleased with both Kodak Portra NC and VC, both in 160 and 400
speed. Professionally developed, either one is excellent in my experience,
with the VC getting the edge with certain colors, such as light colored
bridesmaids dresses. Of course with Portra I'm thinking more of weddings,
not shooting veggies at the market, or flowers, or landscape, with it. For
that kind of thing, I shoot mostly E100VS now, nicely saturated slide film
which suits me.
Wayne
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