[Leica] Which colour neg film?

[gpinkcp at msn.com (Gary Pinkerton)]

I've been shooting Portra 160 and 400, highly recommend.
Both are very good and scan nicely with great color. 
The 400 has a bit of grain but still has good detail.
Gary
 
> From: lug at paulhardycarter.com
> Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 15:29:43 +0100
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Subject: [Leica] Which colour neg film?
> 
> I've got a job coming up for which I'm going to have to shoot colour neg 
> film. Now, I haven't shot colour neg for 25 years, so I reckon I'm a 
> little behind the times here.
> 
> What's considered the best of the bunch these days?
> 
> Apparently I can now get very useable results from 400asa now? The films 
> will be scanned and used for publicity/publication, so the quality has to 
> be there.
> 
> Looking forward to your advice.
> 
> P.
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