What Film Do You Like?

The film i use the most is kodak ektar 100 for 35mm. I use fuji superia and reala when the subject i am shooting has lots of the color green in it. I think fuji does green really nicely such as at a baseball game. When i want the absolute most accurate color i use Kodak Portra NC

I like and prefer to use Ilford.

SoftlySpoken wrote in post #10646572
OH NO! OP used the F word ... FILM.

boo you

VELVIA!!

In order...

Forrest Gump
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Wizard of Oz
Top Gun
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

hahahaha

alright then...

Velvia, Fujichrome and Tri-X but I can't seem to get the bulky cylinder into the little slot in my camera.

The real question should be what film developer combination do you like for B&W. The developer and the dilution, temp and agitation can have as large of an impact on the look of the final print as the film.

I always liked tri-x pro 320 sheet film with a very week dilution of HC 110

T-Max 400 with Rodinal 1:50.

The king of all color film Kodachrome 25 professional.

I worked with Ilford HP5+ the whole time I shot film in college and always liked it. Found it somewhat forgiving, but a lot of fun.

Since the demise of Kodachrome, I've really wished that I had taken the time to shoot with some - I feel like I missed out on a whole era there.

airfrogusmc wrote in post #10881138
The real question should be what film developer combination do you like for B&W. The developer and the dilution, temp and agitation can have as large of an impact on the look of the final print as the film.

Tri-X in D-76/ID-11 1:1.. FP4 and PanF also in D-76/ID-11 1:1..

Sounds very conservative but these combinations worked for me for many years..

If I had a film camera I would be using HP4

For B&W, I liked Ilford. For color, I used consumer Kodak 100 and 400 speed.

Mark

I used to shot a lot of Tri-X and some Tech Pan.

Pennington wrote in post #10881698
Since the demise of Kodachrome, I've really wished that I had taken the time to shoot with some - I feel like I missed out on a whole era there.

I've been feeling the same way lately. For some reason we've had a raft of customers bringing in old slides to be scanned to CD, and every time - every time - I see a Kodachrome slide fromthe 60s or earlier, I am in disbelief of how good they still look - the colors, the clarity. I wish I would have had a roll or two for myself.

Because of that thought, I ended up picking up some film, and a camera my dad has had for years, and am going to have a bit of fun with some different things. I've got 2ea Fuji Velvia ISO 50, 1 roll of Fuji Velvia 100, and 2 rolls of Ilford SFX 200 (IR).

Out of the (less-than-extensive) film use I've had to date, I like the Kodak Tri-X 4"x5" (ISO 320, rated at 200) the best. I had an entire class devoted to view cameras, and I was always amazed at this film, probabaly because it is the largest imaging surface I've ever shot with, and the enlargements I got out of them were beautiful!

35mm: Fuji Provia 400
120: Kodak Protra 400NC