It's been four years since I shot any film. If you're going to shoot
traditional process B&W film, process it yourself to provide the best
possible negatives for scanning and reduce costs.
My favorite B&W films as of the last of my 35mm shooting are
Agfa APX25 (EI 50 in XTOL 1:1) *
Kodak Tmax 100 (EI 200 in XTOL 1:1)
Ilford Delta 100 Professional (EI 200 in XTOL 1:1
Kodak Tmax 400 (EI 640-800 in XTOL 1:1)
Kodak CN400T 400 (C-41 process, expose from ASA 320 to ASA 640)
Kodak B&W Select 400 (C-41 process, exposure @ ASA 400)
Ilford XP2 Super (C-41 process, expose @ ASA 400-640)
For color:
Agfa Ultra 50 * (wild colors)
Fuji Reala II (or new, or ?? ... Fuji's product naming is a mess)
ASA 100 (very fine resolution, saturated but not unrealistic color)
* No longer available (I have a bunch of it frozen still...)
In the last two years of shooting 35mm film, I standardized on APX
25, Delta 100 and TMax 400 for B&W and Fuji Reala 100 for color. (I
continued to use APX100 for Minox occasionally, TMax 100 and 400 for
6x6.)
Godfrey
On Jul 6, 2006, at 11:02 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Now that I have a scanner capable of good film scans, I'd like to
> begin
> shooting more film. I've mostly used Fujifilm Superia 200/400
> because it
> was about the only film available to me, aside from some Kodak. Any
> suggestions for some good 35mm film? I prefer negative film
> because slide
> film is expensive to develop (about 3x the cost).
>
> B&W and colour!
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