Shooting B/W film tests - recommendations?

[Alain]

I picked up a Fuji GW670III camera and purchased four rolls of ISO100 film for testing purposes - Adox, Fuji Acros, Ilford FP4 and Delta.

In the past, I've pretty much always used a yellow filter, either Tiffen Yellow #12 or B+W Medium Yellow 022.

I'm wondering if I should be shooting this first test without filtration in order to see what the stock does on its own?

Also... the Fuji and Ilford being more modern stocks I assume are ok for over exposure, but I had read that Adox is best leaning toward under than over exposure?

What also do folks recommend for testing black and white contrast and grayscale? I'm mostly a landscape shooter - built and natural landscapes - and want to test the stocks for these purposes.

Thanks,
Alain

 

[Freakscene]

All these ISO 100 films handle overexposure less well than medium-speed (ISO 400) films. In my experience, overexposed Acros is particularly disastrous.

I generally test against the sort of subjects that i want to shoot, but the classic something black, something white, and a Macbeth colour chart is a classic for a reason.

Marty