Portrait film

[Greg12]

We are talking pictures for the school yearbook. These will be pictures taken by a tripod camera.

What speed of film do u recomind. Keep in mind the camera I use is a professional unit and can use "funny" speed film like 1600 or sub ISO 100.
It can also use process E-6 film


PS Can u get slide film developed on regular kodak paper and not slides

[redwudz]

Some types of Ektachrome that is dual layered for the movie industry has both slide and negative components, but I have used regular Ektachrome and have the slides printed with special paper so an internegative isn't necessary. Really, you should go to a photographic store that deals with pro photographers. They are usually more than happy to give you some good advice. As far as film speed, it really depends on your lighting, natural, flash, strobe, different types of reflectors, etc. I'm afraid I'm not an expert and your should get the best advice available to make this work the way you want it.

[BJ_M]

get a 5meg+ digital camera like everyone else shooting for schools / newspapers / trade mags and such

save yourself a lot of work in layout ..

[The village idiot]

Use color negative film (process C-41)! It will give you more exposure latitude (more forgiving to exposure mistakes). Basically the slower the film speed, the better. You might want to try some AGFA portrait film ( I forget the exact name) It is color negative and has a coloration that is normally slightly warmer. This warmer coloration is generally considered a flattering feature, alond with a slight softening effect in the normal flesh tone ranges. I think the speed was ASA 160, and I used to buy it at Ritz photo stores. The other films in that series were AGFA optima, and AGFA Ultra, maybe that will help you track them down, all were in a silver foil box for the 135mm size.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=1354&is=REG

This is all assuming that you are using daylight temperature flash, as these films are meant for 5500K lighting (daylight). If you need 3200K film, I can't help you, never used any and don't know where to find it.

You could check http://www.bhphotovideo.com for the films, and then go to your local stores to find it. After that just use a good color negative film like Kodak Gold ASA100 or better that you can get almost anywhere. Though the digital photos have a distinct advantage... You can see if you need any retakes immediately!

[Greg12]

People complained that our use of digital cameras made the yearbook look bad.

[Greg12]

Digital cameras i've found burr to easy.

[BJ_M]

well good ones don't ... i didnt mean a 300-400$ model but a pro or semi pro model ..