elude
Some photographer
Black and White film only. I am not good enough to do well with both. 🙂
Film: Color or B & W or both when you travel?
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markrich
Enthusiatic amatuer
A recent trip to Berlin with Agfa APX 100 black and white and Agfa Precisa 100 Colour Slide Film was a very pleasant combination. Very much enjoyed using them with my Bessa R2a and 35mm f/1.4 SC.
I've popped some photos up at http://www.expono.com/markrich/album/16698.
I've popped some photos up at http://www.expono.com/markrich/album/16698.
Vince Lupo
Whatever
Since I bought my Monochrom, I've bee pretty well using nothing but it for 'personal' work, and vacations are no exception. Usually I'll shoot colour if we go someplace more 'tropical'.
anjoca76
Well-known
I always bring both, but shoot a little more color than b&w. Sometimes I regret that later--especially midday shots when lighting may be less than ideal--but not usually.
Tijmendal
Young photog
Good to see this thread for my upcoming around the world trip (next year). I'm already thinking about how I want to do it photography wise. The only thing that's sure I want to photograph - a lot. I have never travelled with film before (except when I lived overseas and had to take my film back home) so don't know how cumbersome it is. Of course I love film, but it seems like it could be quite the hassle. And then there's of course the question which film to bring, which is even harder. Also on the fence about what camera setup to bring. Aaaargh. The choices.
Right now I'm thinking B&W on film and digital color.
Right now I'm thinking B&W on film and digital color.
Fuchs
Well-known
Some long -long- time ago, I used to go with three bodies, B&W, color neg and slides always loaded. With the advent of digital I used a loaded body (usually G2, M or a Nikon SLR) with B&W and used the DSLR for color. Nowadays, when and if I use film, I carry a Klasse, Contax T2 or Contax G2 with color negative and some NEXes. B&W only makes sense to me as a result of digital conversion, either from direct file out of the camera or as a result of a hybrid process.
Timmyjoe
Veteran
It is getting so difficult to find any place in the States that does good color processing, so for the last few years, when I travel I only shoot B&W film. All the color is done with digital. Real shame as I used to shoot quite a bit of Kodak Ektachrome.
Best,
-Tim
Best,
-Tim
^eagle^
Member
Always B/W ;-)
jschrader
Well-known
I voted b&w only but that is not quite true. I mostly have a DSLR for family and documentation but that does not count. I hope the kids take over that job soon.
I have been trying to do b&w on the DSLR but it somehow doesn't work. Technically, it may be all right but in my head something was wrong.
Since I have an M6 now loaded with b&w film, it is different. I don't know why
I have been trying to do b&w on the DSLR but it somehow doesn't work. Technically, it may be all right but in my head something was wrong.
Since I have an M6 now loaded with b&w film, it is different. I don't know why
swifty63
Fiat lux
I like both sorts of film - black AND white 🙄
hidejoshi
film user
I have just BW eyes. No idea shot color.
pdexposures
Well-known
I'll bring both along. Typically color in the M6 and BW in the M2.
_goodtimez
Well-known
For my next trip in the US I think I will just take one B&W film body and 2 lenses and I will eventually "steal" my wife's digital body anytime I feel I need to.
I wasn't trying to be funny in the first place LOL.
I wasn't trying to be funny in the first place LOL.
anjoca76
Well-known
That about sums it up for me. Same cameras, same film choices in them.
shootar401
Unregistred User
B&W mostly, unless its someplace that is very colourful like India, the tropics or someplace I know I will never be at again.
Ming Rider
Film, the next evolution.
Mainly B&W as I process myself and color is too expensive to do at home.
taemo
eat sleep shoot
I bring b&w and slide.
if I know that I will be taking scenery shots, then I will load it with color or slide.
if I know i will be shooting in the street then B&W since I also have my X100s with me.
if I know that I will be taking scenery shots, then I will load it with color or slide.
if I know i will be shooting in the street then B&W since I also have my X100s with me.
DougK
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Both; when I travel on vacation, I usually just take my digital camera so that I can shoot in color and convert later if I think a photo would look better in black and white. Lately, though, I've been having more fun shooting black and white film. I already know what the world looks like in color, so it might be fun to shoot B&W on my next vacation and see what happens.
Bill Clark
Veteran
Film is 100% black & white.
Digital is all color.
Digital is all color.
noisycheese
Normal(ish) Human
I am currently struggling to answer this question for myself.
I have an upcoming trip and will be taking my tripod, Leica M kit and my Hasselblad XPAN kit (no flash gear, though); that much has been decided. That's where things start to get complicated.
I am still deliberating on whether I will take B&W only, B&W and C-41, C-41 only, B&W and E-6 or E-6 only. At present, I am leaning toward taking C-41 only but have not committed to this course of action.
My thinking is that one film at one ISO will simplify things, and that C-41 has a much wider exposure latitude than E-6 does.
C-41 could also be scanned and converted to gray scale to produce B&W prints - although Fuji Pro 400 H (the C-41 I would take) will not have the same fingerprint as Kodak Tri-X, which accounts for the majority of my photography these days.
The stewing continues... 😀
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