1st choice in B & W film?

[Guest maddoc2003jp]

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I tried many BW films but always come back to Tri-X. Since HC-110 is now hard to get where I live, my recent developer is Tmax. So ... Tri-X / Tmax that is.

[budrichard]

I've used Tri-x for many many years but ordered a supply of T-Max 400 and am now working with that film to learn its charachteristics.

My best buy was 300' rolls of Tri-x movie film that I used for many years before it ran out. Great stuff!-Dick

[peter_n]

Mine is Tri-X which you can buy rebranded now for $2.99/36exp roll. Wonderful film!

[tobey bilek]

T Max 100 or Delta 100 in D76 1:1.

 

Delta 400 in Xtol or DDX only. Anything else looks terrible.

 

TMax 400 in D76 1:1

 

Tri x at EI200 looks ok if you like the curve shape of TriX. cut development 20%.

[underground]

I use Pan-f for 95% of my B&W work.

 

so my answer is Pan-f

[Mountaineer-American]

As far as I'm concerned there are 3 black & white films: Tri-X, Tri-X and Tri-X.

[stunsworth]

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Tri-X in winter, FP4 in summer.

[roguewave]

TriX by day, Neopan 1600 by night. Love that night stuff.

[cbretteville]

I didn't like the look of scanned Tri-X until I switched to a Minolta 5400 mk 1 that iI picked up last year (it is way better for B&W than the mk 2 which I bought new when it cam out in 2005). Now I'm back in love with the file that was my favourite in the 80s.

 

So Tri-X and APX100 (as well as Tech Pan of which I still have some left). Its like with 50s an RF shooters: it is really hard to choose just one.

Carl

[engelfangen]

Acros 100 @ 80 D76 1+1 11.5min 20°C :-)

[jplomley]

TMax 400, Neopan 400, Neopan 1600 in 35mm, Across 100 and Delta 100, the latter reverse processed to a positive, in 4x5.

[MPerson]

My main films were Tri-X and Plus-X and I have a large stash of APX 100 in the freezer.

 

Last year I discovered Double-X and am shooting just that for this year. I have also switched to making my own developers.

[carbon_dragon]

Tri-X, but with a great affection for Kodak HIE and Tech Pan (no longer made but I still have some)

[batmobile]

Probably Neopan 400.

 

I would be happy with quite a list of films actually. I am happy to use TriX, D400, HP5+, FP4+, Foma 100, Delta 100, Neopan 400, Neopan 1600, Delta 3200, Efke 25 and possibly a few I forgot. When looking at my prints, the most apparent thing is whether I took a decent photogreaph or not. Still, a film you get on with helps make the best of a good photograph, but truth be told, most films can produce stunning results with some testing and familiarity.

 

When I am not shooting in earnest I have been film testing and experiemnting, which is a great way of becoming stronger with your own selection and getting to know other combos better. Its useful when a film goes away as 120 Neopan 400 is. I can switch seamlessly over onto something else and go right out and shoot once in a lifetime opportunities without feeling nervous.