Film: Color or B & W or both when you travel?

[wotalegend]

I am leaving in 2 weeks on a 3 week trip to Fiji and New Zealand. I have two bricks of Legacy Pro 400, one brick of Ektar 100, and two bodies to load them in. I expect to use all the Legacy Pro and maybe have some Ektar left over by the time I get home. Depends how quickly the Legacy Pro runs out - I don't expect to be able to buy any conventional B&W in the far South of NZ. I had considered taking a DSLR for colour but the sensor size and the fact that it doesn't work well with AI-s lenses means that my choice of lenses to take would need to be expanded. (It's a D100 - I can't afford to keep up with the digital update rat race.) Oh, and I will be taking a digital P&S, just for quick snaps and emergencies.

 

[mrbrown]

Agfa APX400 or Neopan 400 for one of my Bessas (R4M or R3M) and Panny GF-1 for the colour shots.

I am tempted to carry two film bodies next time, one with b&w and one with color film to see how that works out. With a little GRD-II for the quick and dirty digital stuff. Heheh.

 

[ChrisPlatt]

When flying I buy film at my destination to avoid airport x ray hassles.
Of course this limits me to whatever is available, usually C41 color film.
Then I mail it for processing before I return.

When driving or taking the train I usually bring both BW and color.
Most often I wind up shooting Kodachrome.
I'm not sure what I will do after December 2010...

Chris

 

[kossi008]

You know, I've been debating this for my upcoming vacation. And since I can't decide and I don't want to carry two bodies, I'll just bring both and switch as needed. Hah.

 

[Darkhorse]

It's a tough call, and I think it varies greatly depending on the subject matter. For instance I can't see using black and white in a place like Hawaii (where I recently went), and for that I mainly used digital because I had an underwater housing unit.

However, I may need to go to Paris in the near future for work. Since I've already been there and shot it all in digital color - I'll probably just shoot in Tri-X next time I go.

 

[italy74]

Let me explain.
When I'll go to Ethiopia, I'll have only one camera, my FM3A.
Color will be loaded, hopefully to capture some colourful place (usually Africa is very colourful in towns) otherwise I'll switch to Tri-X asap.

 

[TareqPhoto]

I don't know what to choose, i never done travel shots with film yet, but i may start to do this year, so digital is there always, and film will be for first time if i travel this year with a film camera, and i will shoot both, but i am trying to do B&W more with film, color is winner with digital for me.

 

[bizarrius]

fast B&W for evening/night shots.
slow color for daylight shots.

i use this:

and a small notebook 🙂

 

[israel_alanis]

Hello, I shot both, I use color when daylight is with, if I meet people, trying to capture all colors of the places I visit, flowers, birds, trees or more.

If I go to bar, restaurante, party or friend´s house I shot with B&W, 400 or 3200 without flash and pushing it in the night.

The inconvenience of using two or more types of film, is that you should already know, at some point you can doubt which one to use. But if you have patience, use two types of film can be very functional.

Regards

 

[eddie1960]

i'm about to leave on vacation, i have 20 rolls legacy pro 100 and 20 legacy pro 400 (fuji by any other name) and 5 rolls each pro 400 and reala 100 in case. I'll toss my dslr with 2 lenses in the bag in case (to satisfy my wife's need for instant shots to post to her facebook) and my flash (i'll be shooting a friends gig at the 100 club that will likely require it a little for non stage shots despite how much i hate using it)

 

[robert blu]

Usually i shoot B&W and my wife shoots colors. Unless we travel in a place really reach of color, as Arles, South France last sommer when I shot color slides. I'm not able to use in the same time B&W and colors, I do not manage to concentrate and i miss many opportunity ending with holes in both, the B&W and the color work. In some case I take a different camera (as my Rolleiflex or the Holga) and use this just for portaits, ehich can be on color. So, at the end it depends...
robert

 

[filmtwit]

if I want color, I tend to shoot digital.
Film for me is perfect as a B&W medium in part because digital does it so mediocrely.

 

[TaoPhoto]

A lot of these responses say something to the effect of "when traveling I bring digital (or whatever) because it's easier." I guess I'm in a different camp. I enjoy photography, and I enjoy manual, film-based photography most of all. Digital is, to me, boring. When I travel, I like adventure, and that includes the adventure of my M6 or Bessa, or a Fed or Zorki and my Luna Pro meter. I load black and white for cities, color for countryside, and the XA in my pocket has the other choice, just in case.

 

[Jani_from_Finland]

I recently went back to film "full-time" and dont have any digital left but my LX3. I have not found my film yet, but for bw i have always trusted on the Neopan 400 or Trix, on color its always been more mixed what ever was available as in the past i bought a pack of different films (c41/e6), but as availability on films has gone down i'll ordered some Ektar and Portra to see how them look and what is good in my eyes.
I think the Neopan 400 and Portra 400 will bee my standard from this summer if i get a consistency and grip of my film shooting.

 

[rizraz]

Now mostly B&W films and maybe a G9 for colour. I found out the 1 or 2 rolls of colour remain in the bag when I get back home...... and have really cut down on DSLR as I now prefer to travel light.

 

[Out to Lunch]

I usually take one epson and one 35mm rangefinder with me so that I can inter-change the lenses in-between digital and analogue. I always research whether or not I could buy film locally. If so, I buy whatever film I can lay my hands on locally.

 

[goo0h]

We'll see how the results come out, but for my recent trip to Peru, I took my Zeiss Ikon, my Besa R3A, 3 lenses, my flash, and lots of film. Shot 20 rolls of Ektar 100 (sent off to Precision Camera adversiting here), about 4 rolls of TMAX 100, and about 5 rolls of Tri-X shot at 400, 800, and 1600. Looking back, I probably should have only taken the Ektar and the Tri-X (for mainly night or indoor shots.) We'll see how things come out if I change my mind later....

 

[deirdre]

I prefer color, shoot digital only in color, and I shoot a mix of B&W and color on film. For this last trip, I exclusively used my 15mm and 90mm lenses for film, and used the others for digital.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

I didn't vote because there's no option for "B&W and color film and digital"

 

[umcelinho]

I usually do color only, but that's my standard. I think I suck on B&W.