HOw to choose the correct film

Borderline case. If contrast control (limiting excessive contrast in the scene) is not an issue in the final print, slide will work fine. In portraiture and weddings you do not want contrasty photos but softer look, so color neg is better for that purpose in prints. YOu might base choice ultimately on cost...if slide has cost advantage for final print or if it is more expensive.

The grocery store variety... I wouldn't expect much.

Kappabeast wrote:
HAHAAH I am 22 but I really like the way film looks. I know digital is a lot easier to work with and more convient but I one of my professeurs has all these pictures from when he was in Africa (about 20yrs ago) and they have that nice attic look to them which I think adds a lot of character, plus the lens for the "old school" cameras are a lot cheeper

Thanks for the advice on films!

I just spent a whole role of the High Def Kodak on a white Heron and a tri colored heron feeding on minnows. Hopefully the pictures place doesn't misplace this roll and if they are good I will post them on here for you guys.

I am really excited about my new hobby!

well if you want that nice old attic look, and it was 20 years ago, it probabl y is kodachrome or just plain old ektachrome 64. Both can still be bought but a place in Kansas can do the k-14 development for the kodachrome and just about every major city can do e-6 same day.

You can still make an enlargement from a slide easily.

Well one of the main reasons people shoot slides is WYSIWYG, unlike negs where there may be slight shifts while printing.

I would say both will do fine and it's mostly matter of personal preference what you will use. Therefore I personally stick with Fuji. I got used to it, so I know what I can expect, even though nowadays my film use is limited to Fuji Velvia (thanks god I still have HUGE supply of Velvia 50 ) and some Provia 400.
It depends on what you will be shooting, but if possible go with slides. Nothing can compare to slides, especially when you see them on big wall If you go with slides then think where you will be shooting. If it's not gona be much light go with Provia 400 (did I mention I preffer Fuji? ). It can be pushed up to iso 800 without any noticeable grain, if iso400 won't be enough. If you think you will have enough light go with Velvia... nowadays it's iso100 and not 50 anymore.

i only ever use film with medium format but i can tell you what i use anyway, its pretty much the same if you use 35mm, for black and white i almost always use tri-x 400, for colour portrait i use portra nc for great skin tones but also use a lot of velvia 100 slide film.

My film choices match ecalpemos' for B&W and for portraiture and for general scenic slides. I would add that I used Fuji NPS and NPH for weddings, and Ektachrome 100 (EPN) for color accuracy. Amazing how the film choices have changed in 5-6 years!