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HOw long on average do they take to deliver?? Ordered some film fri.. Yes I am very inpatient.. Lol
 
Around seven days, in my experience. They're in the Channel Islands and delivery does take a bit longer, but they're pretty reliable.
 
They're not consistent, I ordered some film a couple of weeks ago and it arrived 3 days later. Other times it's taken over a week. Their prices are nearly always competative but I never order anything from them if I want it in a hurry.
 
What Nick said. I've had orders arrive from them in a couple of days and others arrive 9 days after ordering. Also, if your order is over £18 you might find it arrives in dribs and drabs as they split the deliveries up, presumably so that each one is under the import VAT threshold. My last order was for about £40 and it came in five packages over two days. :)
 
I find they are rarely beaten on price, especially if you're only ordering a handful of films. AG's prices aren't way out but then they smack £3.95 postage on it (as far as I remember).

My usual suspects are 7dayshop and AG, but as Nick said, it can sometimes take a while so if I'm in a hurry I'll use AG photographic
 
RaglanSurf said:
They're not consistent, I ordered some film a couple of weeks ago and it arrived 3 days later. Other times it's taken over a week. Their prices are nearly always competative but I never order anything from them if I want it in a hurry.
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thats what i have found

cheap reliable but you cant talk on the phone to them
 
I live in the channel islands and 7day shop is a little unit probably no bigger than your average indistrial estate unit, with a few members of staff to run it.
They keep it this way to keep prices down. they are not open 7 days either, as we over here do not have 7 day shopping like in the uk.

post does not go out on a sundasy either so even if they post it saturday you will not see it in the uk till the monday.

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Ok. So if I'm in a hurry don't order from them then.. What/who is AG? I ordered a couple of rolls of portra 400. I might order some different film from somewhere else just to have something else for the weekend. As I'm mostly interested in portraits which other colour films would you guys recommend?
 
I usually order from them but they don't stock Ilford film now, so looks like I will be using them less. Shame as despite the slow speed they were good value and I always like using them.
 
onform said:
What/who is AG?
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AG Photographic :)

onform said:
I ordered a couple of rolls of portra 400. I might order some different film from somewhere else just to have something else for the weekend. As I'm mostly interested in portraits which other colour films would you guys recommend?
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I've only shot 5 rolls of Portra 400 and been hugely impressed with the IQ and the lack of noise. Prior to that I'd used Fuji NPS160 for portraits but I haven't taken very many of them. To be honest, with the speed bonus of Portra I think I'll be sticking with that in future.
 
From what I gather portra is best used with natural light, is that correct?
 
Mahoneyd187 said:
I've got some 160 portra to try in 120 and 35mm...mmmmm
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I was just reading the review of the new Portra 160 in the comic this morning, and they were raving about it for portrait/fashion stuff, so it should be right up your Straße Danny :thumbs:
 
onform said:
From what I gather portra is best used with natural light, is that correct?
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I don't see any reasoning behind that to be honest, who's been writing that?
 
TheBigYin said:
I was just reading the review of the new Portra 160 in the comic this morning, and they were raving about it for portrait/fashion stuff, so it should be right up your Straße Danny :thumbs:
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I certainly hope so :) just begrudge having to send it off to get it developed now I'm home devving my b&w stuff lol
 
onform said:
From what I gather portra is best used with natural light, is that correct?
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Flash is just another form of light - with film using flash doesn't cause problems like it might with digital, film flash metering can actually be better than digital anyway as you can get true TTL off the film plane (OTF) metering so theres no pre-flash etc. OTF unfortunately doesn't work with digital as the sensors are not reflective enough.

I've shot Portra 400 with flash and its been fine, you can be pretty flexible with your exposure anyway with it, underexposing 2 stops hardly even increases grain or contrast, and you can reportedly overexpose by about 2 or 3 stops before there will be any major problems. You might be thinking of 'natural skin tones' which is what one of its primary selling points is.
 
Sorry guys, I'm quite new to film and all the shots I've seen seem to use natural light. I'm aware you can use flash but thought due to it's ability to reproduce natural skin tones daylight was the preferred light?!?! Aahh just ignore me..lol I will have a play using flash too just to see.
 
The wizards at Kodak's emulsion design are pretty smart, I'm sure the film is optimised and tested extensively for both natural and flash light use.
 
The neutral colours do suit soft light very well, though there's no reason why it has to be provided by a naturally lit overcast sky. The choice to use it with natural light is an aesthetic decision rather than a technical constraint of the film. I've seen some gorgeous shots with it, I know for a fact that Vincent Peters uses Portra, more specifically I know he used/uses Portra 160 NC. He uses alot of natural light but also fresnels and light banks in his indoor shots, so continuous from what I've been able to research. I've never seen him use flash but that doesn't mean he never does
 
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