Appreciation post: I finally tried pushing a roll of Portra 400

I was always told it would just make my photos look weird and grainy, but I shot a roll at 1600 for a dim indoor party last month. The lab developed it normally, and the colors held up way better than I thought they would. Has anyone else had good results pushing other color films?

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the_julia1mo ago

I was wrong, pushing color film is legit.

willowroberts1mo ago

Wait, you pushed color film and it WORKED? I tried that once with some old Portra and got the weirdest green shadows, like a bad 70s sci-fi movie. The whole roll was just a sad, murky mess. I figured it was a hard rule you just didn't break. What did you even push, two stops? This changes everything.