Favourite 400 speed B+W film?

[Russ]

Neopan 400 souped in X-Tol

 

[DanT]

I really like Neopan 400, but recently HP5+ has been really growing on me.

 

[Lawrence A.]

HP-5+. Tri-x is a close second.

 

[steveyork]

Tri-x or Neopan for me. I like XP2 too, but it's expensive.

HP5 is nice, but I prefer a little more contrast.

Arista.edu is very grainy for a 400 film.

TMAX is soooo bland. Nor am I a big fan of Kodak's C41 stuff.

 

[lxmike]

Ive always loved HP5

 

[RObert Budding]

. . . HP5 is nice, but I prefer a little more contrast. . .

Contrast is completely controllable by altering development time. So what is the issue?

 

[DNG]

HP5 is nice, but I prefer a little more contrast.

Add 15% more time as starting place. increase in 5% increments till you get the contrast you want.

DON'T Change anything else, or you won't know what caused the change in contrast. Change time for major shifts in contrast..

Use agitation as a fine tuning tool after you get "YOUR" time/temp.

 

[Bill Clark]

Tri-X

Been using it for 50 plus years!

 

[Messsucherkamera]

My favorite is Kodak Tri-X developed in D76 @1:1 strength. The results are simply beautiful.

 

[Ming Rider]

Ilford HP5+ in Rodinal 1:50. Yum 🙂

 

[varchs]

I have started using Rollei Retro 400 as an affordable choice...
So far I have only tested @1600, @800.
I am developing it with R09 and ilford fixer...
It seems nice but it does not exactly fit in my scanner's tray (Rollei DF-S 190 SE). Film's perforation does not fit the tray's spacers... and you can not lay the film super flat while scanning.

 

[Rangefinderfreak]

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.

 

[Ed Weatherly]

I voted Tri-X because it gives me what I want more of the time than anything else I have tried. I am shooting it in a Diacord TLR. I have also used and liked HP5 and Ultrafine in 120.

I am experimenting with HP5 in 135 right now in a Ricoh 500 G and in Pentax Spotmatic.

I started developing these films in Rodinal and am now using D76. I like the results for both but really like the convenience of Rodinal.

 

[gsgary]

XP2 developed in Rodinal is quite nice

 

[pismo923]

I am really liking the look I am getting with TMax 400 developed in DD-X. Especially some low light stuff with the Hexar AF

 

[StefanJozef]

I too am using TMax 400, developed in TMax developer. I love it.

 

[Rangefinderfreak]

Double X Eastman 522

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

 

[phl0w]

Tri-X in D76 1+1.

 

[Bill Clark]

Tri-X

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

However, I do like TMY400 & Delta 400.

 

[antistatic]

Tri-X but at 200 in D76 1+1 for 8 minutes at 20C