Kodak Portra 400 is a professional color negative film designed for shooting portraits in cloudy weather or indoors with natural daylight from a window. It can also be used as a versatile film for all kinds of subjects under appropriate lighting conditions.

Portra films were first introduced by Kodak in 1998. They are the successors to the Vericolor family of films, which in turn replaced the Ektacolor.

At the end of 2010, Kodak released a new version of Portra 400 to replace two previous films - the more saturated Portra 400VC (Vivid Color) and the less saturated Portra 400NC (Neutral Color). The characteristics of the Portra 400 are closer to the Portra 400NC, with relatively neutral saturation and a natural color reproduction.

The new Portra 400 incorporates a number of technological advances from the Kodak Vision line of professional motion picture films - including finer grain, higher sharpness and improved skin tones.

Our in-depth exposure test of Portra 400 from -3 EV to + 7 EV is available in a dedicated article:

Films at different exposures: Kodak Portra 400

Examples of photographs taken on Kodak Portra 400 film and printed optically on Kodak Endura Glossy Paper.

Examples of Kodak Color Portra 400 emulation in Dehancer.