What's your favorite film?

What I like the most - HIE, Astia, Reala 100
Use the most - B&W: Delta 400, Color: UC400

What I like the least - any C-41 B&W, Superia 400
 
If you are used to the Tmax films, stick with them.Without the "mirror-slap" of a SLR you can shoot at least 1-2 stops slower with the rangefinder and get your 800 speed that way.
The new Tmax 2-400 is quite impressive. Much better highlight/shadow handling than the old one and the grain is pretty close to 100 asa film!
As for my own favourites: Tri X because I have shot it for close to 50 years and I know what it can and cant do!
An other favourite is Kodaks Double XX moviestock, great midtones and if you are careful you can replicate the light in "The Third Man" or "Citizien Kane" (the non-digitized version) and the incredible range of grey of those movies!
 
Black and white, in respective order of speed (slow, medium-slow, medium-fast, properly fast): ADOX CHS25, AGFA APX100, Tri-X, Neopan 1600

Colour: Provia
 
Hmm, this is a tough one... At least these b&w films.
Slower than 100 ASA: Rollei PAN 25
In 100 ASA: Rollei Retro 100, APX 100, Neopan SS, Neopan Acros
In 200 ASA: Rollei Superpan 200, Fomapan 200
In 400 ASA: Tri-X, Neopan 400, Rollei R3
Faster than 400 ASA: Neopan 1600

I'm glad you didn't ask, what is you favorite film developer. ;)
 
Fuji's Acros 100 which is a beautiful emulsion! It sings with my Leica lenses, even when exposed indoors with flash.

Tri-x when I need more speed.

Not presently capturing anything with color film.
 
I agree with Tom's advice; stick with what you know. But, as you asked, here are my favourite films in BW and colour. Right now I am shooting only Neopan 400 and it does push nicely to 800.

Slow to Fast-->
BW: Adox CMS 20, PanF 50, Delta 100, APX100, TriX 400, Neopan 400.
Colour: Kodachrome 64
 
I love "the third man" . it is better than citizen kane which seems to be quite overestimated :)

Trix is my choice. Kurosawa's films are my favorites.

I remember that a movie photographer used double-xx in one of Bergman's BW movies. I forgot what that movie called.
 
Black and White: Tri-X (in DD-X or D76) and XP2. (Trying soon: Delta 100 and 400, Neopan 400, new TMAX 400, and HP5+).

Color: Provia 400x.
 
B&W: Ilford XP2 and Ice Cold in Alex
Colour: Fujifilm 400 NPH and Bladerunner

or maybe the Big Lebowski. Or Belleville Rendezvous
 
Favorites: FP4, HP5.
Just as good (were I used to them): APX 100
Currently tinkering with: Acros and Pan F
Would like to try soon: Adox CHS 50
Color film? I used to like Astia.
 
if you want an ISO 800 b&w film try TMZ, just be careful developing it and you will be very happy. The "true" speed of TMZ is 800.
 
Not really up to date! Get back into 15 years ago! No alternative to Kodak Tri-X and Ilford FP4 for the more light dependant shooting. My very first impression after getting back to analogue, mustn`t have changed a lot, old stuff has improved meanwhile enormously! BUT use Emofin!
Best regs Wolf
PS. Also that old C41 stuff versions being scanned now behave impressively!
 
Just a query - with the best 1.4 lens there is why do you need fast film? Even in grim London lighting in the day I end up at f8.0@1/500 with HP5+ and what I like about the lenses I have is what they do near maximum aperture. Delta 100 is very good indeed but finnicky with exposure, FP4 is not quite so fine grained but excellent tonality and much more tolerant of minor exposure errors. Still my favourite.
 
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