For those of you who use film, what do you use and why? What are your favored shooting conditions and subjects? Have you tried a film that you especially disliked? Why?Agfa APX100 is still my standard for BW photgraphy, either in 35mm or 120.
The best way to determine the best film is to shoot a few test rolls but I'd like a heads-up on anything really good or really bad.
I'm testing the NEOPAN films, which seems to be very good as well, ACROS in Rodinal 1+50 is beautiful.
In 35mm BW the new Agfa APX400 is a difficult film, grainy like hell and has a lotta contrast.
In Color I'm partial to Fuji, Velvia is the best slide film since Kodachrome
And their print film is excellent, besides is available in amny formats.
Fuji's tend to have ultra vivid greens for outdoors photography and render sunsets differently than other films (specially velvia/provia)
Now is fall-colors time, good timing to test films ;)
I use Kodak's "new" Portra VC (Vivid Color) negative film, either 160 or 400 ASA in my 35mm Nikon FM3a, which is totally manual. I use only natural lighting and shoot "nature," often water, sticks, weeds, whatever's where I'm shooting. (The websites http://home.earthlink.net/~photographs.by.sally.mack/ and http://home.earthlink.net/~photographs.by.sally.mack2/ show some of my photos.)
I'm happy with the Portra VC film as long as the photos are printed by an analog lab (digital labs turn the colors too bright and too hard, garish). The film seems to have a tendency toward certain blues, lending things a bluish cast if there's a tiny bit of certain dark blue anywhere in the picture. On the other hand, I haven't had that problem for awhile, so maybe it was just those particular rolls of film.
I'm wondering if anyone has particular recommendations, especially those of you who use natural lighting outdoors. (Sorry, digital folks, I'm not ready for that, yet.)
Thanks.
--Sally
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