T-Max 100, Tri-X 100, or Fuji Neopan 100?

[Bill58]

What's the best/ your favorite film for my old Canon lenses? I'm mostly a daylight (smoggy sky), yellow filter, streetshooter--sometimes hit/ sometimes miss.

Thanks in advance, folks.

 

[markinlondon]

Maybe a 400 film? HP5 is good.

Mark

 

[wlewisiii]

Plus-X is my old standby: EI400 & Diafine is a sweet combination. Love Fomapan 100 too as it's very similar. Neopan is nice if you can find SS rather than Acros.

I don't care for Tmax or any of the modern grain emulsions. They just don't look quite right to me plus they don't play nice with Diafine 🙂

But you'll eventually get as many different answers as there are emulsions 😀 Shoot some and see what _you_ like.

William

 

[titrisol]

Street shooting means 125/5.6 or so for 100 film?
I'd rather use a 400 film that allows you to shott at 250/11

 

[Pherdinand]

what do you mean tri-x 100? Pulled???
tri-x 400 is good for what you describe. FP4+ is also very nice (and cheap!!!), although i used it in a TLR and 6x6 more extensively.

 

[Simon Larbalestier]

TX 400 works well on old Leica glass IMHO

 

[ChrisL]

Tri-x is one of my favorite films for just about every type of shooting. You can develop it in just about anything, I have used instant coffee, it's bit grainy but not what I would call a bad grain though. T-Max is a good film but a bit tricky to develop. I have souped T-max in Diafine before and the results are not bad but not as good as Tri-X. If you want to work with a T grain film look at shooting Ilford Delta. I like the way Delta looks in Diafine and it's a very sharp film.

The fun part is Tri-X at 1000 with my GSN. Souping it in Diafine it makes a great low light / street combo.

 

[nightfly]

Neopan 400 is my favorite. It's very flexible, has a little more modern look than Tri-X and although it's very hard to screw it up, you can tweak it with different developers to get the look you like. You can push it, (it's essentially the same as their 1600 emulsion, you just need to increase your development times) and I imagine you could pull it but I haven't tried that. For a more classic look, Tri-X is still a great film.

For 100 speed I like FP4 though, it's a grainy 100 speed film so I'm more inclined to just shoot 400. I find FP4 is nice for shooting snow though.

Personally HP5 always looks dull and grey to me. I heard someone remark that HP5 makes everyplace look like England and that has certainly been my experience. Since I already have other 400's that look great to me, I've never set aside the time to tweak it and make it work but I'm sure it's doable since some people do like it.

I wouldn't spend too much time shooting a million different types of film. Find one you like and just get to know it and shoot it alot.

 

[pesphoto]

My standard for years has been TriX 400, most often pushed to 800 or 1000 for street shooting. Lately Ive been trying out Neopan 400 and have some APX400 waiting to be shot.

 

[Rich Silfver]

Never liked Tmax in 135.

I say go either with;

Fuji Acros 100,
Fuji Neopan 400, or
Tri-X 400.

 

[jonasv]

FP4+ (80-125 ISO) and Tri-X (400 ISO and above) is a combination that works for me.

 

[markinlondon]

That explains why my pictures look that way. I'd always wondered. 🙂

Mark

 

[Todd.Hanz]

For street

Acros rated at 50-100
Tri-X rated at 200

your results may vary 🙂

Todd

 

[tkluck]

Tri-x is one of my favorite films for just about every type of shooting. You can develop it in just about anything, I have used instant coffee, it's bit grainy but not what I would call a bad grain though. T-Max is a good film but a bit tricky to develop. I have souped T-max in Diafine before and the results are not bad but not as good as Tri-X. If you want to work with a T grain film look at shooting Ilford Delta. I like the way Delta looks in Diafine and it's a very sharp film.

The fun part is Tri-X at 1000 with my GSN. Souping it in Diafine it makes a great low light / street combo.

Can't find Instant Coffee in the Massive Dev Chart...
Curious, seriously;
Sugest a starting time/temp? Brand?

 

[titrisol]

The cheaper instant coffee is best, look at this recipe and thread
http://www.apug.org/forums/article.php?a=22

 

[trittium]

apx 400 pulled to 200 in d-76 1:3

ummm saucey

 

[Bill58]

Street shooting means 125/5.6 or so for 100 film?
I'd rather use a 400 film that allows you to shott at 250/11

Why 250/11? Min. DOF or other reason? Best 400 B+W is what for you?

Bill

 

[Bill58]

Street shooting means 125/5.6 or so for 100 film?
I'd rather use a 400 film that allows you to shott at 250/11

Why 250/11? Min. DOF or other reason? Best 400 B+W is what for you?

Bill

 

[sf]

I shot my scanner test with Neopan Acros 100. Used 25 year old canon lens without any filter. Neopan is amazing film.

look here : http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22719

for some 35mm shots on Neopan Acros.

 

[kshapero]

TriX 400 does great for me.