EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. On to the three that were shot and I have to say that I was incredibly disappointed with my Natura 1600 results once again (Film 1). This was my third roll and likely my last, which is a good thing, as it’s now discontinued. If you like the results you see here then I encourage you to give it a try. You have nothing to lose but money. Lomography is an important player in the world of analogue photography because the brand continues to bring new tools on the market to keep this practice alive." For the rest of the Lomo 800 120 images I shot scenes as I walked around the city of Cluj. It was raining and almost dark when I took some of the photos yet it looks like daylight in the pictures. I was shooting at ISO 800 but my Sekonic lightmeter died so I was guessing the exposure at one stage. I shot the Fuji GS645 Fujinon lens wide open and f3.5 at 1/30 for some photos to try to get enough light into the cameras. Scanning film – photo of monitor showing preview (*Not true representation) Film scans and thoughts – Romania

As you can see, the skin tones here are really nice. This photo was illuminated with low amounts of window lighting and the brightness of a laptop LCD screen. It’s still pretty awesome. Now, before I get into this, I think that it’s important to caveat this review by saying that it is far from exhaustive, or even conclusive. I’ve shot a number of rolls of Portra 800, but they have all been 35mm, all processed the same way by AG Photo Lab, then scanned with my Noritsu LS1100 and post-processed in Lightroom by me, to my eye. I choose the labs I use for their consistent results, I use my scanner in a specific way and apply fairly subtle process to my scans in Lightroom all to achieve results that I am happy with without too much fuss. I talk more about my colour film workflow here, but I mention this now to highlight the point that there are a lot of variables within the process of shooting film, so really all you’re about to read amounts to is a review based on how I personally shoot and have processed this film. In short, your mileage may vary, but I hope that this at least gives a rough idea of the sort of results you can expect to achieve.The photos we are showing in this article were taken with Hasselblad 503CX and Mamiya RB67 cameras. Why did you choose the medium format? It’s shots like this that make me wonder why some people are so obsessed with pushing film these days. Understanding how to expose in lower-light and how to scan properly can reap much better results in my experience… but anyway, that’s a rant for another day. Landscaping with Zeiss You can see the darkness starting at the same point on two separate rolls of film, one short in a Mamiya 645 Super, and one in a Hasselblad 503CW. The Ektar was processed right after — same process, same chemistry — without any issue. This must be the film.

I also tested the performances and I loved everything I tried, the films have a very good dynamic range and I never reached their limits."

A part of this is no doubt down to the innate image quality of Portra 800. But another part of it must surly be just be how so perfectly it fits my tastes when shot within my established workflow. As I’ve mentioned a few times throughout this post, it’s also incredibly versatile. Combine this versatility and the aforementioned compatibility with my workflow – and my personal tastes – and what I’ve found in Kodak Portra 800 feels to me like it could well be my perfect colour negative film.