What film to use and when?

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Outside on a sunny day, or whenever you want strong, creamy vibrant colours.

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forgot the film...

Jul 19 2012 2:29AM

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I mostly shoot in colour, and for 35mm these are the films I use:

Fujichrome Velvia 50 (The unbeaten king of landscape photography, insanely sharp, unrivaled contrast and colours, shit for portraits.)

Fujichrome Velvia 100 (The colors aren't as warm the 50, people look a bit better do.)

Fujichrome Velvia 100F (A bit paler in colour then the 100 but very, very sharp.)
Fujichrome PROVIA 400X (The film that does everything, low noise)
Fujichrome PROVIA 100F (The film that does everything, now with low ISO.)
Fujichrome Astia 100 (Soft colors, perfect for portraits.)

The Velvia and Provia films have a cult following but the Velvia 50 is a legend itself.

Sadly not my pic but this is an example of what Velvia 50 can do:

Jul 19 2012 7:29AM

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^Provia is an awesome slide film, when I have the $ to pay for E6 processing mailout I make sure to pick up some. But I shoot Portra and various speeds of Ilford film. (lower speeds usually for landscapes etc)

Jul 19 2012 10:06AM

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ektar 100 for sunlight
velvia 50 for landscapes
portra 400/800 for when it gets a tad bit darker

Jul 19 2012 11:04AM

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This is going to be a very helpful reference.

Jul 19 2012 12:45PM

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Exactly my reasoning in making this.

Jul 19 2012 1:23PM

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b-e-a-utiful!

I've shot a bit of gold 100 (havent had cash to get it developed/scanned yet though), have some kodak ultramax 400, Portra 160 + 400, and a few other rolls still at my disposal. Portra looks great from what i've seen.

Jul 19 2012 1:39PM

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portra 160. love the grain and sharpness!

Jul 19 2012 2:14PM

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^examples, btw

Jul 19 2012 2:14PM

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i'm 6 shots into a roll of 400tx from my local camera shop, we'll see how this goes. also threads for invaluable advice.

Jul 19 2012 2:26PM

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I usually stick to Ektar when there's enough light. I'm too concerned about missing the exposure to shoot slide film. When it's a little darker I'll go with Portra 400. For BW I've shot Delta 400 and Neopan 100 but I don't really have a favorite. Portra and Ektar both have amazing color:

Portra 400

Ektar:

Jul 19 2012 2:39PM

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Ilford hp5 for skate photos, delta 400 for general B&W portraiture and other work. As for colour I've been shooting a lot of cheap fuji superia and Kodak gold/ultra 400 lately, I have a few roles of portra and fuji pro 400h but I'm saving those for something special.

Jul 20 2012 1:29AM

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I forgot to mention what I usually have shot for film. I shoot almost only B&W for film.

I use tmax-100 for general B&W. Sometimes Neopan-100 if it's significantly cheaper. Tmax-400 for low light or action stuff.

I have only really used Reala-100 for colour prints... and I've liked the results so far.

Jul 20 2012 1:41AM

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I always forget how fucked over Canadians get on film prices,

Jul 20 2012 1:49AM

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This is pretty much a "mythreads" for reference.

I've been getting into film using Fuji superia 400, because it's cheapish and I don't know what I'm doing really.

Just sent off a roll of expired Fujichrome Sensia 100 though (with developing coupon included in the 15 year-old film canister!), will see how that turns out.

Jul 20 2012 4:02AM

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lolol shooting a roll of delta 3200. Going to have to do some research before I try and process it, reallly don't want to fuck it up.

Jul 20 2012 11:27AM

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High ISO isn't any harder than other types of film btw.

I shoot HP5 and Velvia 50. If it's any darker, I'm not going to waste my time and money on high iso bs film.

Jul 20 2012 5:13PM

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threads for later when i can scan some film shots.

Jul 21 2012 2:29PM

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this exactly

Jul 21 2012 4:57PM

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Fuji isn't gong to be producing Velvia 100F anymore. I better try it out before it's too late.

Jul 21 2012 6:47PM

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I found a bag of kodak gold 100/200. Waiting on some special moments to shoot 4 rolls of fuji pro 400h 35mm and 5 rolls of 120mm fuji 400h too.

Only thing is, I need to get a medium format camera.

Really wanting the Contax 645 but my funds aren't quite there yet.

Jul 21 2012 10:04PM

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If you mainly shoot black and white, I highly suggest Arista Premium 400. It's just rebranded Tri-X for half the price. It's the only thing I've shoot in the last year and it's perfect for pretty much everything. Your exposure can be off by like 1 or 2 stops and you can still get a great image with a little work.

For color, like others have said, Portra 160NC or the new Portra 400 is pretty good for just about anything. I prefer 160NC shot at 100 over most other color films. For E6, I'm a fan of Provia 100F. Awesome colors but like most chrome/slide films you need to be pretty accurate on your exposure or you won't get the results you want.

Jul 21 2012 10:19PM

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Threads because I would love to start shooting some film if I find a cheap way to get it developed.

Jul 22 2012 4:46PM

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If you're shooting color neg, you can get it developed and scanned at Costco (if there's one near you) or almost any photo lab. It's way cheap at costco and good enough for reviewing your shots. If you want a good scan of them, it's better to have a good lab with a drum scanner do it, but it gets expensive, and you may have to send away for it. That really only matters if you want to make prints though, as even coscto gives you a scan that's a 6mp equivalent.

Jul 22 2012 4:55PM

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Thought I should include some examples of the Gold 100 that I shot.

Jul 22 2012 11:45PM

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I love Kodak gold, 400 is perfect for fall/dusk. I want to try some 100 and 200 soon too.

Jul 23 2012 12:04AM

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Alright guys.. I'm going full on darkroom status hipster as fuck style pretty soon. What would you guys recommend for good n00b traditional B&W film with a good cheap:quality ratio?

Jul 26 2012 7:18AM

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ilford hp5+ it's cheapest BW film at B&H and Ilford makes good stuff, i pretty much exclusively shoot Hp5. It pushes to 800 well and it's juts nice overall. this was in d76 but i recently tarted using HC110 and i make a new batch for every roll cause you get a bottle of concentrate. Doing the new bath makes way nicer negatives all the time.

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i also like tri-x, it's punchy. this was done in HC110. Super contrasty although that was the light here obviously.

color, i really like slides. provia 100 is great and cheap. also ektar is good. if you're looking for 400 i'd go with portra.

all of the black and white on here either hp5 tri-x or tmax. the color is a mix of slides, ektar, or digital.

Jul 26 2012 9:20AM

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oops here's the first one

Jul 26 2012 9:25AM

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I love shooting Kodak Gold 100, i highly recommend it

Jul 26 2012 10:00AM

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Arista Premium 400 aka rebranded Tri-x. Seriously at like $2.50 a roll it's the best price to quality film out there. You could also do 100ft bulk rolls though you'll need canisters and a bulk film loader but both of those can be found for super cheap.

Jul 26 2012 1:12PM

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Anyone ever used anything by Efke?

Jul 26 2012 4:05PM

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http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/24745-REG/Ilford_1574616_HP5_Plus_135_36_Black.html

Jul 26 2012 5:54PM

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haven't personally used it but one of my customers at work has some photos shot with it

yashica mat 124g + efke 100 b&w

yashica mat 124g + efke aura ir820 infrared

Jul 26 2012 6:48PM

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efke 25 is beautiful for landscapes. highly recommend it, cannot beat the quality.

Jul 26 2012 7:22PM

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Just bought some Ilford PanF+ in 120 today. Should be interesting.

Jul 27 2012 6:17PM

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Picked up some of this today for 8 bucks. Saw on the package "made in Japan". Figured it's just 3rd party Fujifilm, so figured for 8 bucks? why not..

Curious to see how it turns out. I'm guessing it's pretty much just Superia 400 or whatever base-level stuff they have.

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Expect the unexpected.

This is what happened when i used a ~15-year old rolls with Chinese markings on them:

Aug 5 2012 5:30PM

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Wow, this looks cool!

Sep 10 2012 2:13PM

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Just shot my first roll of 120. Portra 160 is a nice and versatile film, but I really dislike warm tones with there's lots of green in the subject. All the vegetation turns into a nasty olive color. I probably won't use Portra for anything foresty again. I'm about to try some Ektar 100 this weekend.

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You won't be disappointed. Especially considering you don't like warm colors. To me Ektar is the 'ultimate' film look. I love how featherlight the film looks. Ektar pics always look carless somehow.

I've been shooting some rolls this weekend as well. No 120 because my Mamiya is so big, but my XD-7 was going strong (as always).

Deciding which film scanner to pick up. Canoscan 9000 or a V600. It doesn't really seem to matter, so I might go with the Canon because it's 30$ cheaper, although it looks like a toy, whereas the Epson looks super nice.

Sep 10 2012 3:20PM

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You won't be disappointed with a v600, such a great purchase!

Sep 10 2012 3:44PM

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I don't doubt that, but if the Canon is 30$ cheaper and just as good, why not get that? That's what I'm telling myself anyway. I don't feel good about the Canon though.

Also: I heard the software that comes with the V600 sucks, but the V700's software is great. To what extent is this true?

Sep 10 2012 3:54PM

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if you don't feel good about the canon. don't get it.

and.. the software seems pretty fine to me...

Sep 10 2012 3:56PM

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I have found T-Max 100 and 400 to be very versatile, easy to process and yield good results. Ilford HP5 is very good too as someone already posted. Likewise, 100 and 400 TMY are great for 120 mm.

I've been using Kodak Technical Pan lately, since I got a lot of it for free. I develop it with HC 110 dilution F, which gives very good continuous tone negatives. It's extremely sharp: when enlarged to 8x10 the grain is almost imperceptible. If you develop it with D76, rodinol or the stronger dilutions of HC110, it is extremely contrasty (i.e. no midtones) which can be interesting.

When I shoot colour I usually use Fuji 400.

I have some 800 ISO 120 film which I'm excited to try.

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Since all films react differently, does anyone have any tips for exposing Ektar? I overexposed all my Portra 160 by 1 stop, which I think was due to my iPhone light meter not being calibrated. I'm told Portra has amazing headroom, so a lot of people underexpose with great results. What are some of Ektar's quirks?

I need to pick up another roll for this weekend in Jackson. Any suggestions? I was thinking Astia 100f...

Can someone recommend a good, fine tungsten film? I'm kind of pissed I started shooting after Fuji 64T was discontinued. I want those deep blues from city lights...

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