Where to buy 35mm film? What kind?

Hey guys I'm going to go "backwards" by today's standard and buying a 35mm SLR to complement my 40D.

I'm no novice to photography but I never got into the film age as I was growing up.

I'm wondering where is a good place to purchase good film from and what are some good ones to get.
Any good places online?

I'm going to use it for Black and White only!

If this is not the correct place in the forums for this I apologize in advance.

local camera shops if you have any. can't help on the brand/type tho.

I used to buy Ilford HP5+ from B&H, as well as from a local camera shop.

I've heard that you can find bigger lots of film cheap on eBay (although it's sometimes expired).

Velvia is the current top shelf slide film brand, or at least when Kodacrome officially exits (if it hasn't already).

Try the Ilford XP2; it's a b/w film that can be processed in c-41 (color) chemistry.

When I had my darkroom it was all I used for my last ten years of film work.

If you are planning to only shoot black and white try some Kodak T-Max ISO 100 or 400. A good camera shop should have it but if not you can buy it from B&H.

http://www.amazon.com …57&ref=pd_sl_27​eowulnjy_b

http://www.google.com …&resnum=3&ved=0​CCYQrQQwAg

Take Care,
Cheers, Patrick

NJ.Murphy wrote in post #9903690
Try the Ilford XP2; it's a b/w film that can be processed in c-41 (color) chemistry.

When I had my darkroom it was all I used for my last ten years of film work.

Also does this film and the Kodak T-Max film follow the same rules for processing and any recommendations for places that do good work with processing?

Also what does it mean if it cant be processed in color chemistry?

Ilford HP5 Plus

can't really say what type of film you should get as it's kinda like saying what type of music you should listen to. what I like might not be what you like which might notbe what someone else likes. each different film has it's own look and feel to it. how much grain, contrast it has. how sensative is it to different colors can all change the tone curve as well. each has it's own tone curve on top of that as well on it's own even.

best thing I can say is look around at different film online and see how the images come out and compare that to what you are looking for. thankfully black and white film though is usually fairly cheap and each film (excluding the fake black and white films that get developed in color chems) can all use the same developers.

that is the other thing also . different developers can change how the image looks as well so there really is no this is better this is best this is what works it's more of some fun and experimentation to find what works for you.


though places to go to get information you can try apug.org
for film and chems B&H photo and adorama have some stuff and better prices it seems then freestylephoto.biz. freestyle is more expensive usually it seems but has a greater selection.

majin tcz wrote in post #9903811
Also does this film and the Kodak T-Max film follow the same rules for processing and any recommendations for places that do good work with processing?

Also what does it mean if it cant be processed in color chemistry?

Any decent photo lab can process T-Max or any other B&W film. I used to process my own with either Microdol-X or T-Max developer, Kodak Indicator Stop Bath and Kodak Rapid Fixer.

I stopped using my darkroom a couple of few years ago and never used B&W film that was processed using color film chemistry.

Bob_A wrote in post #9903693
If you are planning to only shoot black and white try some Kodak T-Max ISO 100 or 400.

That's a good recommendation if your goal is resolution and sharpness But if you really want the immense dynamic range and gorgeous tonality of traditional B&W film, I'd stay away from T-Max, from Ilford Delta, and from Fuji Neopan.

Ilford FP4+ (125), HP5+ (400), and Kodak TriX are the way to go if you want a traditional emulsion.

There are lots and lots and lots of emulsions out there and it's fun to experiment. Half of the fun in B&W is developing and printing too.

Freestyle Photo has the best supply out there.

http://www.freestyleph​oto.biz …Black-and-White-Film-35mm

Ansel A said triX set at 320 ASA to bring in the contrast...using the sweet tasting d76 developer.

but I'd recommend that tmax400 that you can develop using color negative chemicals; so that you can also get it done at Costco.

ckramos wrote in post #9907088
but I'd recommend that tmax400 that you can develop using color negative chemicals; so that you can also get it done at Costco.

You can't develop Tmax 400 in color chemistry!

The C41 black and white films (C41 being the color neg chemistry) are Kodak BW400CN and Ilford XP2.

It's fun to try different films, but I've pretty much settled on Tri-X.