cytogirl
Newbie
Hi, I am new to XPanII. I was wondering what is the best film to use?
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Terence T
Where'd my Bessa go?
The type that would fit in it of course!
I like transparencies and often find 100VS loaded in mine.
I like transparencies and often find 100VS loaded in mine.
clarence
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Unfortunately, you'll have to define 'best'. What sort of photography are you looking forward to using the Xpan for?
Clarence
Clarence
erikhaugsby
killer of threads
As Clarence said, everything is relative.
However, I would suggest using 135 rollfilm.
I prefer Ilford for B&W work, and Fuji for color chromes.
However, I would suggest using 135 rollfilm.
I prefer Ilford for B&W work, and Fuji for color chromes.
Parkes Owen
grain fed
erikhaugsby said:
I agree, Ilford has a good selection of B&W films and fuji velvia 50 or 100 is hard to beat if you`re into landscapes, enjoy your xpan!
SHERPA
Member
FUJI FILM Transparencies RVP 50
Ben1
X-pan #1 Fan
Well considering the xpan is a pano camera, ie used for taking landscapes, transparency films are your best choice (altho more expensive), and my pick would also be Fuji Velvia 50 & 100..... (altho 50 has been discontinued and becoming scarce in my country now).
sf
Veteran
Trouble with the slower chromes is vignetting if you don't have the center filter.
I'm a B&W guy, and I've seen that Neopan Acros is just about as fine grained as Velvia 100. Close, at least.
But, you'll never beat Velvia 50 or 100 for landscapes, vignetting or not.
I'm a B&W guy, and I've seen that Neopan Acros is just about as fine grained as Velvia 100. Close, at least.
But, you'll never beat Velvia 50 or 100 for landscapes, vignetting or not.
SHERPA
Member
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mikealex
XPan Newbie
As others have said, it depends on what you want.
I'm also new to the XPan (bought an original XPan-1 in mid-May), but I've been shooting regular 35mm with my Canon 1N for a while. I generally go between Kodak E100VS and Fuji Velvia 100. I recently bought a few rolls of Kodak BW400CN for B&W, but haven't loaded any of it yet.
So far, all I've had processed from the XPan has been E100VS, but I have a roll of Velvia 100 in it now. As soon as that's done, I'll load the B&W.
I'm also new to the XPan (bought an original XPan-1 in mid-May), but I've been shooting regular 35mm with my Canon 1N for a while. I generally go between Kodak E100VS and Fuji Velvia 100. I recently bought a few rolls of Kodak BW400CN for B&W, but haven't loaded any of it yet.
So far, all I've had processed from the XPan has been E100VS, but I have a roll of Velvia 100 in it now. As soon as that's done, I'll load the B&W.
