What 120 film for winter trekking in Scotland.

[scarletfawth]

With a few friends, soon I'm going to the Scottish Highlands (Cairngorms) for a long weekend walking and staying in bothys (basic shelters). I'm going to take my fm2n with some HP5 or maybe some Ilford XP2, along with my MF Fuji GA645Wi.

What 120 film will be best for Scottish winter landscapes? Probably snowy misty ones, but I might get a good sunrise or sunset.

I've used Fuji Pro 400H before but not that much in the hills. Thanks for reading any advice gratefully received.

Simon

My flickr

 

[Lilserenity]

I love Ektar 100 or the new Portra 400 is very special.

 

[sevo]

The GA lens is none too fast - I found ISO 100 on the slow side in an Irish summer, so ISO 400 doubtlessly is indicated unless you carry a tripod.

 

[TareqPhoto]

You can't go wrong with Fuji color films, mostly Velvia and Provia, if one of those have reddish cast somehow then with the snow White bluish cold cast can be balanced then [i hope i am correct in that], also Ektar 100 is a lovely color neg, for B&W you also can't go wrong with most B&W films.
If i were to go there in winter then those films i will take for sure:
Velvia 50 /Velvia 100F
Provia 100F
Ektar 100
Reala 100
Tri-X 400
Pan F+ or FP4+
Acros 100
TMAX could be a spare

 

[scarletfawth]

I'm tending towards 400 so I dont have to carry a tripod. Ice axes, crampons and other stuff means I'm reluctant to carry a tripod.

Here is a sample of the other kit I'll be carrying.

This is where I'll be staying...(caution digital!)

 

[Lilserenity]

Depends on the look you want, but for the kit you have shown, I'd pack Portra 400 for a subtle look the scenes on the negative but with the flexibility to go high contrast and saturated in post process (assuming you're scanning.)

If you want vivid colours, well you haven't got masses of choice, but Provia 400X is also an excellent slide film and good colour too.

 

[drew.saunders]

It looks like you're leaning towards color (sorry, colour), but I find that the new TMY-2 is a perfect match for my GA645zi. The grain is not really all that much more than any 100 speed film (and probably finer than some 100 speed films), and the extra speed is really nice for hand held shots.