ISO 800 how?

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Time to see if the collective wisdom of this place can settle an internal debate for me.

I am planning to visit Berlin later this year and want to take some colour film with me to shoot either 6x6 or 6x7 (depending on if I can fit a Mamiya RB67 into my Ryanair hand baggage allowance :P)

I expect to be doing a fair amount of shooting outside of daylight hours (those early winter sunsets are fast approaching!) and have decided I probably want to shoot at ISO 800.

Now, I could shoot Provia 400X and push it a stop OR I could shoot Portra 800. I am more inclined to shoot Provia given that it is cheaper, but would Portra 800 be nicer? What would you lot do?
 
Use a tripod or a monopoid and shoot 400. Am sure you will be able to cope with low light its only 1 stop after all

all the best :D
 
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John Hendry said:
Use a tripod or a monopoid and shoot 400. Am sure you will be able to cope with low light its only 1 stop after all

all the best :D
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Well I didn't have a tripod and only Superia 200:-

Hand held Canon T70 superia 200
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Hand held Canon T70 superia 200
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It's a slightly different proposition hand holding a T70 instead of an RB67
 
FruitFlakes said:
Just use the new Portra 400, it has an insane exposure latitude (people rate it at 1600 w/o any push processing).

http://www.twinlenslife.com/2010/12/in-bleak-midwinter-new-kodak-portra400.html
http://www.twinlenslife.com/2010/12/its-our-favorite-time-of-light-new.html
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I agree, Portra 400 has so much flexibility when it comes to exposure, I've shot it at 1600 with normal processing and the results looked very close to those shot at 400 with very little to no increase in grain.

At 7dayshop Portra 400 is only about 10p more than Provia 400X - on a side note I can't believe the price of 400X in 35mm, £7!:gag: The last time I shot it 10 months ago it was about £4.50!
 
You'll already have lugged yourself, your luggage and the hefty RB67 all the way to Berlin - only to cheap out on the film stock, for the sake of very little savings? Just go for the Portra, whether 400 pushed or 800 stock, and enjoy your trip.
 
Musicman said:
It's a slightly different proposition hand holding a T70 instead of an RB67
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erm well the RB67 is heavier that should help........the lens on the T70 was 28mm f2.8 (can't remember what F number the lens was set at on a TV camera) so assuming the Canon 28mm was WO, compared with WO lenses of the RB67 at F3.8 or F4.5, still possible for a reasonable result at asa 200 hand held, but anyway I've always believed a slow film plus tripod is the best solution for most low light and night shots, and would go for Kodak's portra 400asa for colour neg film.
 
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