Your prefered color and B&W film?

For B/W, pretty much anything that says Fuji I love. Acros, Neopan... I'll grab some 1600 if I need it, but if I know I'll be out until into the night I'll probably bring Delta 3200, from which I've gotten results I like both at speed and at 1600. HP5 is cool, but I prefer the Neopan. Don't use Tri-X. The Fuji has a smoothness, creaminess thing in the mid-tones going down that looks good on my prints, but I'm still trying to determine if it translates consistently to my scans.

For color, again Fuji slides. Velvia and then Provia for people. Still getting to know Astia.
 
Another vote for Fuji Reala. For the last year or so I've only shot colour when there's lots of light.

As for B&W it's between Fuji Neopan 400 and Tri-X. Or Neopan 1600 and Kodak 3200 @1600 if you need more speed.
 
I guess Fuji Reala would be my print film although for the small amount of colour I shoot I use my dwindling stocks of Fuji Velvia 50.

B&W is Ilford PAN F rated at 25 or for a fast film Fuji Acros or Delta 100

I'm not big on grain😀
 
Unless you use C-41 b/w, you'll find it more expensive than colour to have a lab process & print it. If you shoot much b/w, you'll want to figure out how to do it yourself, even if you just start with a change bag & only developing the negs. Most photo stores will offer you some help if you help them by taking what they increasingly see as anachronisms off their shelves.
 
Telenous is right - experimenting will reap rewards and it's all about your own vision and which film will show it. In B+W my taste runs to Foma or Adox products and I also love all the Ilford B+W films. For colour I love Agfa XRG 200 but stocks seem to be finished. Try shooting with the finest colour film ever made - Kodachrome. You will be astounded.
 
hp5 for b&w, how i rate it depends mostly on the season. spring/summer and probably until october (in other words, when i can expect the sun to be up) i rate it 64, developing accordingly. winter is mostly overcast around here so a more trad rate of 250 fits better. dev in xtol mostly, or whatever is handy at the time.

i don't know anything about 200iso color films, but i do like kodak portra160nc, i find fuji astia kind of wonderful too. higher iso you have nph (400) and npz (800) from fuji (don't remember what they renamed them to).

as you can tell from the above i kind of like muted colors and low contrast, if your preferences are on the other side of the contrast scale this input of mine is pretty useless... ,-) anyway, good luck with your choices...
 
grainhound said:
Unless you use C-41 b/w, you'll find it more expensive than colour to have a lab process & print it. If you shoot much b/w, you'll want to figure out how to do it yourself, even if you just start with a change bag & only developing the negs. Most photo stores will offer you some help if you help them by taking what they increasingly see as anachronisms off their shelves.
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i agree.

i don't shoot colour but i like the looks of reala from others.

for b&w, if you plan on using a lab, and then maybe buying a film scanner in the future, i would go with a chromogenic film and i would pick ilford's film, it's good and that company still fully supports b&w shooters.

if you plan on learning to process film yourself, then ilfords hp5 is a good one to learn with, very forgiving.

i like the ilford delta films and have been shooting them exclusvely of late, both the 100 and the 400.

but there are lots of good films out there.
joe
 
greggebhardt said:
Is there a particular film that is better than scanning than others? I got a Nikon 5000 scanner coming and have never used one. Is one kind of film better for scanning than another?
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I get very good results from scanning Reala. All of the Fuji films seem to be easier to scan than the others - Fuji has put some serious R&D money into making that the case.

William
 
Well, I don't shoot enough colour to care much, but Fuji Superia 200 is nice, particularly for the price. For B&W, it's TX to the almost complete exclusion of all else, from EI 25 to EI 12,800, as required.
 
I've experimented with many film brands, but my favorites in C-41 are Fuji Superia for color and Ilford XP2 for B&W. You can order a variety of different films online from B&H Photo and experiment. They have good prices and fast delivery.
 
ISO 400 B&W: HP5, Tri-X, TMAX 400

ISO 100 B&W: Efke 100, TMAX 100

Color: Superia 400, Reala

The Efke emulsion is very delicate and you really have to be careful, but the film is very good. 1+50 Rodinal works wonders with it.
 
Color: Fujifilm Pro 400H, and good ol' Fujifilm Superia

B&W: Kodak Tri-X, Fuji Neopan 1600, Agfa APX 100
 
GeneW said:
Col: Fuji C-41 films & slide films -- from ISO 100-800

B&W: Acros 100, Neopan 400, Tri-X (my fave)

Gene
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What Gene said. (With the exception that I may like Neopan 400 a tad more than Tri-X).
 
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