Whats your favorite film?

Ok, going back to my post from 8/5/2003 where I stated that my favorite b&w film in 120 format was T-Max 100 and that I was experimenting with Tri-X.

I did.

Damn it...that Tri-X is a wonderful film....
I really like the additional speed I'm getting (320) and the tones are very nice indeed.

The only negative thing I could find was that sometimes in tougher lighting situations it has a tendency to be really contrasty and blow out the highlights. But..I'm working on it.

Great film, just bought another pro-pack.

Example photo:

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For B&W, Ilford Delta 100. I like the definition, grain, tonality. I like to develop myself, and it's readily available most everywhere here in Europe. For color, I like the new Ektachrome 100GX. I like the slightly warm tones, but that's a personal preference. If I have to buy color from small local shops, it's usually Fuji Sensia or Velvia. I tried Agfa RSX, and it's ok, but a bit too yellow for my taste. On the other hand, it does do fall foilage nicely.
Mike
 
Summitar, that's an impressive shot. It's beautiful and scary at the same time...

Tri-X... Time to get some and try it (bad pun... sorry :( )

Last time I used it, the photos came out terribly grainy. But that was in my pre-rangefinder days. I'll see what happens now...
 
For years I have shoot Kodak Tri-X or Illford HP-(3,4,5) at ISO 200
For color Kodak Kodachrome 64
Recently a lot of Fuji color negative film
NPS/NPH
 
Fuji and Agfa for 35mm colour negative film. Fomapan 100 for B&W 120 lately.
 
Amateur Format:
Fuji Acros for when I want to develop things myself.
Fuji Cheapie 100 speed color when I'm going to scan or print.
Kodachrome 25 or 64 I prefer the 25, but will do the 64 if I can't find (and it's getting rarer) the former.

For Medium Format:
Fuji Acros, it's just wonderful.
Fuji 400 speed 120/220 for consistency. The grain is not noticable at high speeds. If I REALLY want the slowest speed I can get, I'll use the Fuji 160 which I'll have pulled down to 120 speed. I've used Fuji chromes to good effect.

For large format, It's Kodak B&W pro film all the way for black and white work. Ektachrome 100 for color.
 
For B&W: Tmax 100, 400 and 3200. Easy to develop and get good results when using Tmax developer, as long as you just follow the directions. For color prints: Kodak High Definition 200 and 400. Very fine grain fast films with good color balance. For color slides: Kodak 100G. The only slide film that I have found that I like better than the old Kodachrome.
 
The film I use the most is Ektachrome 320T (EPJ) pushed between 1 and 3 stops depending on how much is needed to reach 1/15 at f/1.2 or thereabouts. Lovely and sharp - like most Kodak films. At three stops push the colours and DMax are still good and the grain pattern gives an appearance of sharpness beyond that which you could expect at slow speeds and wide apertures. For medium format I use 160T (EPT), pushed two or three stops.

Second comes APX400 in DiXactol - I used to use Rodinal. I also like APX100 but use less of it.

Kodachrome 64 was my favourite for years and years, now I'm moving over to Ektachrome 100G when I want a slow-ish daylight film. For faster daylight film I go for E200, which pushes very well.

Other favourites, used less often:
T-Max 3200 (TMZ) in D76 1+1
Scala
Portra colour neg.

On the whole I like the sharpness of Kodak films in comparison to (to me, at least) the mushier grain of Fuji films. If only one company survives as a major film manufacturer, I hope that it is Kodak.

Best,
Helen
 
I bought 15 rolls of Reala 100 for my trip to Hawaii a few weeks ago. Wow, this film is great. Colours are not heavily saturated like Velvia but they printed very true-to-life. Seemed to have a good tonal range, too. The film did a great job of accurately recording the greens of Hawaii's foliage.

The group of colour photos at the end of my 2003 PAW are all shot on Reala:

http://bb.bc4x4.com/lars/paw/album.php




...lars
 
Hi All,

I'm new here and this is my first post. My first RF was a Minolta HiMatic 7 (1965 I believe). My current RF's are an Olympus XA and a Leica CL.

I use, almost exclusively, Ilford HP5+ rated at 400 and developed in HC-110 1:63. I've retired my wet darkroom. These days I scan on a Minolta Scan Elite II and use Photoshop 7.

I shoot digital as well, but I always have a rangefinder loaded with B&W in my kit bag.

Gene
 
the film depends on whats loaded- up ;and in the fridg.
in 35mm& 6x7 i like trix 320/400; and hp5; which seem to give me
good results..hp5 has become my favorite lately;and over the winterbreak i tried to get it all processed....so i have about 30 feet to look over.
this is my first post.fcg
 
Can anyone post some samples of Tri-X developed in Diafine with non-contrasty images? I'm interested in seeing just how flat the images appear.

...lars
 
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