Peta Pixel article on film.

[Bill Clark]

Thought you might enjoy reading this article:

https://petapixel.com/2017/07/22/top-10-camera-films-preferred-photographers/

I like the number one pick!

 

[BLKRCAT]

interesting, no t grain BW films show up in the poll.

 

[Bill Clark]

I didn't notice that. Interesting.

Thanks.

 

[ptpdprinter]

I am surprised that the Lomography and Cinestill films made the top ten. Is the survey site geared toward that niche of the market?

 

[valdas]

interesting, no t grain BW films show up in the poll.

Yep... and I would not vote for any T grain myself, so not surprised so much. What is surprising to me are several Lomo films on the list. Personally - never tried, so maybe I need to...

 

[Ko.Fe.]

After scrolling through bunch of scans (this is what film photography is these days) I bumped into something serious

https://petapixel.com/2013/08/16/convert-your-old-film-slr-into-a-digital-camera-with-the-digipod/

 

[taemo]

i'd be more curious what RFF would get for color and B&W from the tool as basically that's how they got their top10 from 38,000 users which may be a different demographic (millennials) than this forum
https://www.oneyearwithfilmonly.com/film-dating

I got Ektar 100/Velvia 100 and HP5+/Delta400, pretty close to what I use as I shoot primarily HP5+ and few remaining Neopan400 along with Acros 100. For color I choose whichever but if we had a local E-6 lab, I would be shooting more velvia for sure.

 

[Bill Clark]

I wonder where a person would control this after putting it into a film camera? Simple things such as changing ISO, off/on, lcd, card slot, hooking up a flash, battery into it and others.

Interesting idea though.

 

[Bill Clark]

Taemo maybe you hit on a good idea. A poll of rangefinder members and the films we use.

This may have been previously done but there are quite a few members who joined recently.

 

[charjohncarter]

I'm somewhat surprised, too. No none grains! Maybe they look too much like digital. Still Tmax 100 is one of my favorites. And Tmax 400 has a look that I like but not as much as TriX.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

I wonder where a person would control this after putting it into a film camera? Simple things such as changing ISO, off/on, lcd, card slot, hooking up a flash, battery into it and others.

Interesting idea though.

With this your will be converting your film camera to iPhone camera, which is trendy and Magnum accepted photo tool these days.

 

[BLKRCAT]

What is surprising to me are several Lomo films on the list. Personally - never tried, so maybe I need to...

They were actually quite good back 3 or 4 years ago, mostly because they were repackaged films from other companies.

But still quite good. I haven't purchased any lomo films since their 120 backing paper mishaps.

 

[stompyq]

I agree with the top 3, although I would go EKtar, Portra and then TriX. Long live Kodak

 

[stompyq]

Should probably add the Arista EDU films. They are quite good for a cheap film

 

[gnuyork]

With this your will be converting your film camera to iPhone camera, which is trendy and Magnum accepted photo tool these days.

minus the film camera

 

[gnuyork]

Should probably add the Arista EDU films. They are quite good for a cheap film

But aren't these just derivatives of various classic stocks?

 

[nukecoke]

Looks like just another sponsored/hyping article.

 

[Arbitrarium]

Definitely agree about the top colour films. Never been a fan of Tri-X myself though, I prefer a slow Ilford.

 

[Chubberino]

Expected Cinestill 800 over 50.

 

[brbo]

Simply horrible examples of typical film type "look".

And since he got the results based on the same lousy examples some people that never shot any of those films preferred...