Quick turnover and not that expensive, 10/10
This film has a rich colour palette in all situations. Highly recommend for weddings, family portraits and things which you really want a "special" photo of.
Good value for money, though a little grainy for my taste. This was the film that most of my childhood photos were taken on. So I brought a roll and ran it through one of my cameras. I wasn't disappointed.
When I first started this hobby (2018) it was Ilford HP5 that I started with. That and Instax film for my Instax mini 9. I find this film to be a good one to start off with, as it's so forgiving, and many people shoot nothing but HP5 all the year round. I understand why. Personally I am more of a fan of FP4 and Delta 100 and 400, as well as Ortho Plus, but that doesn't mean I don't still have a soft spot for this little classic!
I love the feel of this paper. It's closer to card than paper as it is nice and thick. The downside being that it takes an eternity to fix and wash, so it's not "economical" in that way. Well worth your best negatives though, especially if you are looking to display in a gallery (sadly I'm not that famous 😜).
I made another print from this film the other day. Negative size was 6x9 centimeters on a Zeiss Box Tengor camera. Frankly my phone camera doesn't do justice to the print. This film, though it takes some practice to use, is fantastically sharp and the developer I used was Pyrocat HD.
Sometimes hard to get the balance of light right with this film but you can get some interesting effects either way. Definitely has that dreamlike 'Instagram' look, which you will either love or hate. Good that it's cheaper than 600 film but still a pricey mistake if you mess up a shot!
A fun film to use, probably best used for informal occasions, white spots look great on darker pictures!
it maybe a love it or hate it film, im on the love it side, deep shadows, inky yummyness , low grain. Fun to mess about with as well. one i will be buying again.
The perfect colour film to capture everyday life. I use to just shoot black and white, but this film has completely changed that.
I was delighted to find this film finally available to purchase in the UK. Lovely colours and captures the light in the air really well. Hoping it comes back in stock soon.
I bought this film so I could participate in a film and print developing course. My first time developing film I got great results 🎉 I used this film before and will continue to buy it.
This was my first roll of Portra 800 and it just took my breath away when I saw the results. I wanted it for a visit to Bletchley Park, including indoor, hand-held shots, and inevitably I had a rather unfairly cinematic mental image of what I might like to capture. The film must have read my mind! The light was often even lower than I envisaged so I was sometimes on the edge of what felt sensible, but it gave me back stunningly rich colours and the feeling of being somewhere really special. I rather liked the little bits of halation on bright light sources. I wasn't sure how it would do outside on a sunny day, but needn't have worried: it did me proud there too with gentle blue skies and all the shadow detail I could want. Awe-inspiring stuff.
This was my first roll of Portra 400 and I can see it's not going to be my last. I didn't have the sunniest days but no matter: it delivered beautiful, natural colours to bring out the character of each subject without introducing any unnecessary hype. Not cheap, but that encouraged me to try to raise my game to live up to this lovely film.
This is my second time developing film from AW and once again faultless service and great quality scans.
The whole process is made so easy with the prepaid sticker to send my films by post and then negatives returned free.
The quality of development and scans is amazing, I am yet to have a photo that isn't upto scratch due to reasons other than my own photography skills.
I will continue to use AW for all my developing needs.
I sent my 35mm film in to be developed and am very pleased with the results, and this was despite a tricky roll as a result of me mishandling my Konstruktor camera.
as per the words of my girlfriend. cost effective and easy for beginners!!
First time using the wonderlab and I couldn’t be happier with the results. I was keep updated when my film arrived with them and as it made it’s journey through the development process. I’m completely stoked with the scans of my photos. Will definitely being using the service again.
It was great to be kept update. I did struggle a bit with viewing my photographs and selecting the ones for print and buying film at the same time. But I think I was on the App and kept going on to website if that makes sense. Anyway all good ordered prints and film. Wonderful work from the lab from a not too good photographer. I just enjoy it.
Absolutely excellent prints! I bought the film I used and got the processing done by the amazing team at analogue wonderland and I couldn't be happier! The film came well packaged and with instructions how to send my film back and processed and throughout the developing process I received updates from the team at analogue wonderland via email which I loved and it made me even more excited to receive my photos! And now being able to view my prints I couldn't be more overjoyed! Thank you analogue wonderland your team is incredible and I can't wait to send off my next roll of film!
I like the app as I was able to follow the process from start to finish
I've been avoiding Kodak black and white because of the price.
However, it is definitely my favourite film.
I brought a box of 5 rolls of portra 160 film.i shot 4 rolls at a railway heritage centre. All I can say is I'm really impressed with this film.ive been shooting fujifilm 400 H as my main film stock but as this film is hard to come by now I've started to use portra 160.this film is superb the colours are vibrant. The image quality is superb .I deafantly recommend this film for everyone. I'm having this film as my main film and I will use it on my photo shoots.
This was my first step into film photography. Analogue wonderland was recommended by much more experienced as a high quality and efficient service. Totally agree with them and will be back.
I went to Scotland armed with SFX and an IR filter, in search of dramatic skies. 2 weeks of 100% cloud cover later I gave up and shot it on a drizzly afternoon. Pleasing grain (to my eyes) and a nice range of tones. I develop in caffenol, and it works OK but this one seems to have a darker base than usual. The scanner dealt with that OK though.
