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Kodak Portra 160 vs Kodak Ektar 100

Two fine-grained Kodak films, opposite intentions.

The same photograph, same exposure, both looks at full strength. See the untouched original.

The difference

At the low-ISO end Kodak sold two very different products. Portra 160 is the flattest, most neutral colour negative here — built to be graded. Ektar 100 is the most saturated — built to be finished. Both have essentially invisible grain and both reward a tripod; what they do with colour could not be further apart.

Which to use

Portra 160

People, studio, and anything you intend to edit further.

Ektar 100

Landscape and architecture, finished in camera.

Side by side

Kodak Portra 160Kodak Ektar 100
Typecolour negativecolour negative
MakerKodakKodak
SpeedISO 160ISO 100
Produced2010–present2008–present
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Try Kodak Portra 160 on your photo → Try Kodak Ektar 100

A comparison on somebody else's reference photograph only tells you so much. Both of these render on your image in the tool, alongside the other 294.