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. 
RbrtPtikLeoSeny My love, my baby 2,482 posts Likes: 1 Joined Apr 2005 Location: Mont Vernon, NH More info | Nov 21, 2006 21:07 | #1 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.
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Sledhed Goldmember  2,510 posts Likes: 3 Joined Jun 2005 Location: Crete, IL. More info | Nov 21, 2006 21:40 | #2 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. Chris
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RbrtPtikLeoSeny THREAD STARTER My love, my baby 2,482 posts Likes: 1 Joined Apr 2005 Location: Mont Vernon, NH More info | Nov 21, 2006 22:34 | #3 Sledhed wrote in post #2297002  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.
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lmitch6 Senior Member 539 posts Joined Oct 2005 Location: California More info | Nov 22, 2006 07:35 | #4 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!
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Mcary Senior Member  978 posts Joined Oct 2006 Location: Virginia USA More info | Nov 22, 2006 08:14 | #5 For B&W Ilford HP5 or FP-4 OMG I saw a nipple, my eye's are bleeding!
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gjl711 Wait.. you can't unkill your own kill.  57,737 posts Likes: 4070 Joined Aug 2006 Location: Deep in the heart of Texas More info | Nov 22, 2006 11:02 | #6 Sledhed wrote in post #2297002 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. Not sure why, but call me JJ.
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KCMOAl Goldmember  1,115 posts Likes: 1 Joined Sep 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO More info | Nov 22, 2006 12:35 | #7 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. Film: Leica M-4, Elan 7E, Rolleiflex 2.8f, Pentax 645 -- Digital: Canon Pro-1, EOS 5D Mk III
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rhys Dis-Membered  5,351 posts Likes: 2 Joined May 2006 Location: Columbia SC More info | Nov 22, 2006 12:52 | #8 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. Rhys
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codex0 "Scut Farkus"  1,062 posts Joined May 2005 Location: Pennsylvania More info | Nov 22, 2006 12:52 | #9 lmitch6 wrote in post #2298463 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. Cody Goddard
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