4x5 Fuji 160C

DJGainer · May 13, 2008

I recently moved up to 4x5 and want to shoot Fuji 160C. I've found it listed at freestyle in Quickloads, but I'd prefer loose sheets. Does anyone know of an online distributor that has this film in sheets?

-Dave

keithwms · May 13, 2008

megaperls webshop...

B&H has S at substantially lower cost, but not C or NC. Sure you can't get by with S?

DJGainer · May 13, 2008

Well, yeah, I could get by...but compromise is not in my nature!!

Pinholemaster · May 14, 2008

There's also Badger Graphics for LF film. http://www.badgergraphic.com/

DJGainer · May 14, 2008

Looks like I will consider Quickloads, then. I haven't tested 160S, but assumed it was softer and more suitable for portraiture rather than landscape photography; landscape is what I primarily shoot. For some reason I thought I had seen loose sheets advertised somewhere online.

keithwms · May 14, 2008

I use 160S for landscape. Just rate it at 125 or so and you're good to go.

Lee L · May 14, 2008

I do the same as Keith for outdoors. Pro 160S at EI 125. You get a bit of extra latitude over the C. The C has slightly more vibrant colors, but the S looks very natural, with great differentiation of subtle color variations, and I like the extra latitude for landscapes. In really flat light or low contrast, or if I wanted to punch up the colors, I might go for the C. But 160S isn't a compromise on color for me. I tried both and then ordered a large batch of the S.

It's a little bit along the lines of S = Eliot Porter and C = Pete Turner, but more subtle a difference than that suggests.

Lee

DJGainer · May 14, 2008

Lee L said:
It's a little bit along the lines of S = Eliot Porter and C = Pete Turner, but more subtle a difference than that suggests.

Lee

Well put. I'll give them a shot.

Tom Hoskinson · May 14, 2008

DJGainer said:
Looks like I will consider Quickloads, then. I haven't tested 160S, but assumed it was softer and more suitable for portraiture rather than landscape photography; landscape is what I primarily shoot. For some reason I thought I had seen loose sheets advertised somewhere online.

I routinely use Fuji 160 S for landscape photography. I shoot it as 4x5 quick loads and I also use it as 120 rollfilm in my Mamiya 7II. I also carry 160 C as a just-in-case backup, but find that I don't use it.

SecondFocus · May 14, 2008

I have been using 160c medium format

This is the new formulation and I really like it.

4x5 Fuji 160C

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