Favourite 400 speed B+W film?

[Nokton48]

Double X Eastman 522

http://www.flickr.com/photos/40146285@N08/8044672928/in/photostream

Yes me too. Easy to shoot @ 400.

And also Kodak Tri-X.

 

[KevinVH]

For me definitely Tri-X in D76 stock

 

[Soeren]

Hmm how many of the films from back when this thread originated (2007) still exist 😀
best regards

 

[Addy101]

Well, from the list:both kodak films, both ilford films, fomapan 400, fujifilm Neopan 400 and Arista Edu films still exist. Edu still has another B&W film and Rollei also is selling several different B&W films. So, of the films in the list most still are available 😛

 

[DNG]

I guess I must update my choice....
Was Neopan 400....
But, now it's Kodak TMAX 400... I can rate it at 400 in my developing conditions.
Seems like every Classic Grain film I use, I need to shoot at ISO 200 after an ISO test roll with my developer... The T-Grain film came out with ISO 320-500 as its best speeds to use, using HC110 B at the Box speed recommended times.

UpDate 7-23-2015

I now use HC110 1:60 (H)... at 10.5m at 20c with Tmax400 @ 400 (After an ISO test at 10.5m at 20c).. I like the slightly extended DR the higher dilution gives.

 

[anjoca76]

I'm surprised Tmax 400 ranks so low. I think it's a terrific film. I soup it just as I do Tri-X (D76 1+1) and it never fails to impress me. I still shoot a bunch of Tri-X, but that's largely because of its affordable price as Arista Premium. I like HP5+ better than Tri-X these days too.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Tri-X

Reminds me when I was young, long ago, making photos with this film.

However, I do like TMY400 & Delta 400.

Well, not this film. But a similar film with the same name.

Cheers,

R.

 

[Bruno Gracia]

first time using HP5... but Neopan 400 my favourite one:


Tongue por Bruno Gracia, en Flickr

 

[Kkiuru]

Rollei maco RPX-400 as close to TRI-X you can get (we don`t have Arista 400 here)
with RPX-D or D 74 developers just fantastic.

Freestyle ships everywhere!

 

[luibargi]

Tri-X400 at 200 in Agfa Studio 1+30. Dev times depending on contrast, generally from 4,5' up to 7'

 

[Peter_S]

Delta 400 in Tetenal Ultrafin T-Plus. Not a big fan of that film until I started using that developer.

 

[Jani_from_Finland]

mf 400

mf 400

Since my favorite bw-film (Neopan 400) in MF and 400 is no longer found than just occasionally on evilbay, i needed to find something else latest now when i ran out of bw-film.
Had used Tri-x for a while and really like it.
Well, until tonight. Dev'd an HP5+ that i mistake for a 200 slide in my rolleicord loaded some months ago. So when i found out it was an HP5+ and forgot totally how it was shot as i had put the 'cords iso on 200 i decided to try to soup it in Rodinal/Adonal.
Never really been into stand developement other than occasional tryouts that had failed massively, now i had found out what i did wrong before and was faithful in trying the process once more.
Did the single roll in 500ml of 1+100 mix and let rest 120' total with 1' initial agitation and i must say, it looks good. Makes me want some more of this film as it really look good on the night shots also besides the daylight shots on the beginning of the film.
(Sorry, cant attach any photos of this film.)
I need to use a little more of this one, the film developed tonight gives some promise for future use.

 

[Jim Evidon]

first time using HP5... but Neopan 400 my favourite one:

Great image. I don't shoot film that often anymore, but when I do, I prefer HP5. An earlier thread said that Freestyle's Arista.EDU Ultra is the same as Ilford HP5. But I noticed that the PDF giving development times with different developers said "Made In Czech Republic". Ilford is a British company.

So, is that Arista film the same as HP5 or not? Does anybody know?

 

[Bruno Gracia]

thanks Jim, at the end I've found I prefer TriX is more "punch".

 

[Soeren]

Well, from the list:both kodak films, both ilford films, fomapan 400, fujifilm Neopan 400 and Arista Edu films still exist. Edu still has another B&W film and Rollei also is selling several different B&W films. So, of the films in the list most still are available 😛

Are you sure the Fuji Neopan is still manufactured? To my best knowledge
5 of the 11 named films are now out of production. too bad but thankfully we still got some of those that have been around for a long time.

 

[Fotohuis]

The only actual B&W film in the Fuji program is the Acros 100.

Going strong Ilford Harman and Foma with their complete B&W program. Additional Rollei with their RPX films and Retro S (from Agfa Gevaert) and some special films.

From above list: Forte stopped in 2007 and Efke/Fotokemika in 2012.

About Kodak: In B&W Tmax 100/400 and Tri-X (400) and a pretty unsure future for them.

 

[Jim Evidon]

thanks Jim, at the end I've found I prefer TriX is more "punch".

Bruno,
Given the extreme sharpness of your street shooting, what equipment do you use? A camera with auto focus, or a manual focus camera. If the latter, I assume you pre-focus. If so, what are your focus settings and preferred
f stop?

 

[marameo]

Tmax 400 is nice :angel:

 

[GarageBoy]

An earlier thread said that Freestyle's Arista.EDU Ultra is the same as Ilford HP5. But I noticed that the PDF giving development times with different developers said "Made In Czech Republic". Ilford is a British company.

So, is that Arista film the same as HP5 or not? Does anybody know?

It's fomapan, NOT Ilford, not sure who told you that

 

[Bruno Gracia]

Bruno,
Given the extreme sharpness of your street shooting, what equipment do you use? A camera with auto focus, or a manual focus camera. If the latter, I assume you pre-focus. If so, what are your focus settings and preferred
f stop?

Leica MP, 28 summicron ASPH. and focussing.