Usage of color film / B&W film

[Chris101]

Rats!

I voted with the majority. And in fact, I am shooting color film right now - I am exposing a slow film (ei 80) through a stopped down lens (f/11) and an 85B filter - the exposure is calculated to be 12 minutes, and I'm a little over halfway done. But I do this so rarely!

I shoot almost all of my color on digital (and so my Color/Mono ratio would be more like 40/60 instead of the 80+/20- that I selected. With film, it is more like 250 monochrome photos for every color picture I shoot. I blame deuteranopia.

 

[mhcfires]

I shoot mostly B&W film. I too get asked if I am converting to B&W in Photoshop, I give people a blank stare. They don't make digital Graflex cameras. 😀 I do have a digital camera, which gets used occasionally, but I have my IIIf, my old Rollei and my Speed for my pleasure. 🙂

 

[paulfish4570]

i much prefer bw. but i do not process, and kodak bw400cn is all that is avalable out here in the country, and is well-processed by the closest walgreens. so i shoot some color because it is available, and less expensive. i just HAVE to shoot since the formerly dormant photo bear was awakened ...

 

[thegman]

Started off just doing B&W, tried some colour (Velvia) and loved the results, so I'll probably shoot a lot more colour from now on. Also, the scans I get some "real" B&W film have not been great, but the scans I've had from XP2 have been lovely, so when I do shoot B&W it will likely be XP2, Neopan 400CN etc.

 

[johnny.moped]

I shoot film BECAUSE of color print film.
just like the colors better. never got it the digital way.
fuji reala, kodak portra... never seen this colors with a digital camera.

 

[Konvict]

Color/B&W films

Color/B&W films

I'll usually shoot a couple of 120 B&W/E6 films when shooting models. I still get superior results with film even though I take many more digital stills at the same time. By superior it includes not only the film look but the photo itself is better. I'll use it more often as the main images of a series if not the only ones. Not demeaning digital,there are just some models and subjects I wouldn't bother wasting film on...lol. Less is more in my case.

 

[ErnestoJL]

I definitely prefer B&W over anything else either film or digital, but budgetwise... OK, I shoot C41 an get negs scanned then I can do whatever I want with the PS.
I leave pure B&W film for some situations and develop it at home just because I love a wet darkroom much more than any computer based editing software. It´s the way I started in photography, and is the way I want it to be done.
OK, I know..I´m an old dog...

Cheers
Ernesto

 

[Becoming]

80:20

Portra 400NC
Tri-X in Rodinal

 

[funkpilz]

I'm getting increasingly bored and annoyed with color negative film, despite attributes such as latitude and consistent development. I hate having to worry about white-balance, I hate having to drop film off at the lab for developing, I hate to actually pay for every roll of C-41 even though B/W costs me money in the long run as well, and I simply hate not being able to develop the stuff myself. Which is always lots of fun and a very good opportunity to experiment with different chemicals or just push/pull processing and various other things.
Slide film is another matter. Although it's very expensive, I occasionally and very enthusiastically shoot a lot of chrome in short spans of time. Mostly on travels, I love doing retro-style slide shows and I would love to get a medium format projector someday if possible.
Still, black and white is where my heart is. It's so easy and so hard at the same time, and it's got unique characteristics that I love and hate at the same time.