Anyone Using Porta 160VC?

I have recently seen some very nice landscapes shot on Kodak Porta 160VC. I've also heard some good comments about it from users on another forum. Has anyone here tried this film for landscapes? What did you think of it? I'm mainly interested in sheet film rather than 35mm.

I know film is not very popular around here these days but I thought I'd ask anyway.

Cheers,

No experience with landscapes, but it was my pick of Kodak's litter for portraits. Still preferred Fuji NPS 160 for studio work, but in retrospect I might have really liked it for landscapes. My single concern these days would be its scanning characteristics. It was great for direct prints, but scanning might intro new challenges. Idle speculation all around, but based upon its rendering of skin tones, it might have a whole lot of promise for landscapes.

I've used it in the past in 120 rolls and liked it. I like the newer 400UC better, but it's not available in sheets. The color of 160VC reminds me more of that of Provia--nice but not overly saturated. It's easy to work with. As I recall, the Portra series was developed with scanning in mind.


Kent in SD

I use a lot of 4x5 Fuji NPS (and now Pro-160S) for landscape; it can capture an amazing tonal range compared to transparency film. Kodak 160VC should be quite similar but with slightly more saturated color and more contrast. Since I'm shooting neg to gain the greatest contrast range, I prefer the less contrasty version. I've recently started using Kodak 400NC on occasion since it's the only 400 speed color film available in 4x5. It has similar characteristics to NPS, and I've been quite pleased with it as well.

Both films make beautiful drum scans; I adjust the aperture of the scanning lens slightly to reduce visible grain, although the latter isn't really an issue in 4x5 anyway. I've got an article on my website regarding color neg scanning:

http://www.dannyburk.com/drum_scanning_color_negative_film.htm

Regards,
Danny

I`ve used it for most of what I do (35mm only) and it gives nice colour and good dynamic range. Lately, I`ve shifted to the 160NC version because I prefer its neutral palette (YMMV). The Fuji 160 variety is good, too but around here, it`s noticeably more expensive for some reason. Apparently, neg film scans very nicely if you know what you`re doing.

Thanks for the comments. They are very encouraging. It sounds like Porta 160VC could be a usefull film.

I figured out that the question I'm really trying to ask here is "Will I like Porta 160VC?" and the only way to answer that question is to try it. So, with that in mind, I ordered a ten sheet box. I hope to post something shot on Porta in the next couple of weeks.

Thanks,