Film Format: 35mm Film Colour & Type: Colour Negative (C-41) ISO: 160 Grain: Fine Contrast: Normal Colour Balance: Daylight-Balanced Film (≈5500K) Exposure Latitude: Wide / Very Wide Latitude DX Coding: No Film Development Process: Colour (C-41) Perfect for: 👪 Portraits, 🏔️ Landscapes, and 🎬 Studio Work
Description
Kodak Portra 160 is a professional-grade colour negative film that delivers exceptional skin tones and fine grain. It's perfect for capturing portraits, landscapes, and everyday moments with a classic, timeless look.
With its wide exposure latitude, you can shoot confidently in a variety of lighting conditions and still get beautiful, accurate colours.
Features:
- ISO 160 speed - but can be shot at 200 or 100 ISO with no perceptible difference - Fine grain thanks to the professional-grade emulsion - Wide exposure latitude - Accurate colour reproduction, particularly with people photos
Benefits:
- Capture images with a classic, timeless look - Get exceptional skin tones and fine detail - Shoot confidently in a variety of lighting conditions - Perfect for portraits, landscapes, and everyday moments - Experience the unique process and satisfaction of shooting with film
A pack of 5 ensures great value and over 150 picture-perfect photographs.
NB: Portra 160 and Portra 400 single units come in clear plastic canisters without expiry dates on. Our expiry dates are a minimum of 6 months and up to two years, if you need a more specific date please contact us via email or live chat.
Kodak - properly known as Kodak Eastman - was founded in America in 1888 and dominated the "Western" world of photography for the next 100 years, constantly in fierce rivalry with the Japanese Fuji. Similarly to Fuji the advent of digital photography at the turn of the century caused significant financial problems. A late attempt to win in the compact market was hit by the rise of mobile photography and bankruptcy followed in 2012. Fortunately the photography business has survived under the Kodak Alaris name - based in Hertfordshire, England - and they have delighted the analogue industry by pledging continued support for film production and the promise of bringing back old favourite emulsions.
For more information about the brand check out our bio of Kodak
When you buy your camera film from us we can ship it across the UK, Europe, USA, New Zealand, Australia and Canada (more countries planned soon!) So buy your Kodak Portra Film 35mm Colour ISO 160 5-pack today and dive back into the fun of 35mm film photography!
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Now you probably couldn't get a much better scene than this to point your hurdy gurdy at, so a bit lucky on that score when the rain stopped and the sun started sparring with the clouds.
And I don't slap a 20mm lens on very often but this was screaming for it to fill my daisy roots with that big old Norfolk sky.
There was a bit of difference between up above and the marshes exposure-wise, but the film's latitude rendered both more or less as I saw them.
It was also crying out for a polariser. But I didn't have one, so I tweaked that bit in post just to give the sky some extra 'oomph.
This doesn't come cheap at £20 a throw. But it's worth it if you want serious quality to capture something that really pops.
The more underrated sister to portra 400 but absolutely stunning film at a slightly cheaper price.
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Matthew D.
Perfect for:Great All-Rounder, Beginners, Portraits, Landscapes, Street Photography, Architecture, Travel, Studio Work
Accreditation Handles:Instagr
Exceptional tonality and sharpness
If only it were cheaper I'd use it more!
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Stuart B. (Glenrothes, GB)
Perfect for:Great All-Rounder, Portraits
Portra 160 at the Museum
I used Kodak Portra 160 in a Pentax MX to take a few photos at the National Museum of Scotland accompanied by my partner and daughter. As usual I love the natural colours that Portra 160 produces.
I ended up having to be very careful with setting up my shots as 160 ISO was a little slow for the interior of the Museum. The sample photo I have uploaded was taking with an f1.4 50mm Pentax-M lens set to f1.4. Even then I had to wedge myself against a railing to take a shake free exposure of a 15th of second. The colour and lack of overt grain in the resulting picture make the effort worth it.
I have previously in 2025 used Portra 160 to take photos of wild flowers in the autumn sunshine. I would say that the film is more easily used in these conditions given its film speed and gives excellent natural results.
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M. (Sheffield, GB)
Perfect for:Portraits, Street Photography
Gorgeous results!
no complaints, beautiful film, great portrait results but i really loved how street photography shots came out
