>>3065224Ektar is a nasty film to deal with because its color profile is very unpredictable and requires heavy-handed work in post. It seems to be extremely sensitive to variations in exposure, like slide film but in a different way. In one frame you get vivid, powerful colors and the next one comes out with a pale blue cast that makes everything look dead. It requires lots of fine tuning in post, as opposed to Portra that seems to come out nice and natural every time. Ektar has a characteristic "coldness" to it that's fine sometimes, but it robs the life out of the scene and makes summer shots look uncanny. Like a bright summer day in late July when winds suddenly shift and the temp drops below +10C. Pic related, it's one of my old Ektar snasphits.
