Portra 800 recipe (profile)

Here are three photos starting with the Portra 800 recipe. The reference is from another thread and photos by contributor "photograf". You can check out the recipe here.


However, I did not stay true to the recipe and will do so in my next attempts. It was so sunny out that rather than take the photos with White Balance set to "shade" I left it in "daylight", so no doubt this affects the final results big time. I did move the white balance to 0:A14, though and stay true to all of the other settings. Feel free to add Portra 800 photos here if you would like to.

Photos are wonderful. I especially like the ducks. I also played with the white balance settings btw.

Great thread idea!

Here is a link to the recipe:

phtograf said:

Photos are wonderful. I especially like the ducks. I also played with the white balance settings btw.

Great thread idea!

Here is a link to the recipe:

https://www.tomasography.com/2020/07/03/ricoh-gr-iii-portra-800-profile/

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Thank you! On the ducks photo I forgot to shoot at a slower shutter speed as I was in a mindset for doing some street photography. I've been shooting in manual lately with the ISO set to automatic.

In looking at Tom's photos in the profile it seems that it is important to set the white balance to "shade" even though his photos are in full sunlight. Tom does not say if he was shooting with Highlight Correction "ON" or not. I have it turned on now as my default. And I have been playing with the Shadow Correction and set it to "Medium" as my default for now. The Noise Reduction settings are set to "OFF".

I look forward to seeing your photos from other film settings, too. Cheers!

I will admit to having little knowledge of the Kodak Portra 800 film.

But what is this profile trying to achieve? A reddish hue with a soft look?

Tomasography states a look of "A gas station on a deserted highway."

To me it seems a bit like a Leica Look.

Promeneur, do you have this in one of the two Image Control custom slots?

It is very nice. But this recipe of Elite Chrome is not close to kodak elite chrome. Elite Chrome has a beautiful white coldness and really vivid colors. It is the perfect film under a midday sun. This doesn't quite achieve it. But still I like it.

This is recipe is copied from Ritchie's Ricoh Recipes:

RITCHIE'S RICOH RECIPES

joslocum said:

I will admit to having little knowledge of the Kodak Portra 800 film.

But what is this profile trying to achieve? A reddish hue with a soft look?

Tomasography states a look of "A gas station on a deserted highway."

To me it seems a bit like a Leica Look.

Promeneur, do you have this in one of the two Image Control custom slots?

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I have practically no knowledge of film differences anymore. It's been too long. I remember I mostly bought Kodachrome and Ektachrome back in the day and occasionally Fujifilm.

Yes, the shots I posted in the beginning of this thread have a subtle red hue to me as well and maybe that makes for a softer look as they are also warmer. I didn't really follow the Portra 800 profile exactly as stated in the link. It makes a huge difference changing the white balance to the "shade" setting. I can see a place for it and will keep it for some creative experimentation.

Yes, I have set it up in one of the Image Control custom slots. I noticed that as I set the "shade" setting to 0:A14 it only effects that setting. In other words if you move to "Daylight" or the other white balance settings it does not save the 0:A14. So when you go back to other settings you don't have to worry about resetting the white balance grid.

Here are four photos following the film profile as the author wrote it. Enjoy!