Favorite 120 film?

[RbrtPtikLeoSeny]

I just got my Mamiya 645 in the mail and I love this thing! There are so many different films though, I can't figure out what is what. I'm just wondering what you guys have found to be the best (or your favorite) B&W and Color medium format films. :)

[Sledhed]

I have a Mamiya 645 1000S, I need to dig it out I haven't used it in awhile. I always shot Kodak Tri-X for B&W and Ektachrome for slides.

[RbrtPtikLeoSeny]

I have a Mamiya 645 1000S, I need to dig it out I haven't used it in awhile. I always shot Kodak Tri-X for B&W and Ektachrome for slides.

Cool! I ran over to Ritz and grabbed a few rolls of Kodak Tri-x. Seems like good stuff, I've shot one roll so far. I'm waking myself up early tomorrow to shoot another roll or two.

[lmitch6]

I really liked Kodak's Portra NC (not sure if it's still on the market). Tmax & Tri-x were my favorite black and white films!

[Mcary]

For B&W Ilford HP5 or FP-4
Color Print Fuji Pro 160S, 160C or NPH-400
Slide Film Fuji Astia.


Mike

[gjl711]

I have a Mamiya 645 1000S, I need to dig it out I haven't used it in awhile. I always shot Kodak Tri-X for B&W and Ektachrome for slides.
Never though of medium format for slides as I have never seen one so I looked up a medium format slide projector. YIKES!!! Dang... those things ain’t cheep.

[KCMO Al]

Velvia. Hands down. You can get incredible prints from it. I used it when I was shooting with my Pentax 645. Sadly, good MF scanners are very expensive.

[rhys]

I used Ilford HP5, FP4, Pan F and then I found Efke 100. Efke is a Czech film producer and it's good stuff. There are the occasional air bubbles in the emulsion but otherwise it's fine. The best thing about it is it doesn't have the anti-reticulation coating so you can reticulate it fairly easily. I used to shoot Efke develop, stop, cool the film in colder water then pour hotter water in and then do the normal fixing. Then I'd wash it in a bath of hardening agent. After that I had the most wonderful reticulation patterns on the film and prints. Very nice.

[codex0]

I really liked Kodak's Portra NC (not sure if it's still on the market). Tmax & Tri-x were my favorite black and white films!

Kodak recently "reengineered" their Potra for finer grain - I just got four sample rolls (160 NC, 160 VC, 400 NC, 400VC) in the mail.