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Do you shoot mostly b/w or colour film?

Do you shoot mostly b/w or colour film or about the same?

  • I photograph with at least 30% b/w or colour film

    Votes: 11 15.7%

  • I photograph mostly with b/w film. I consume less 30% with colour film.

    Votes: 49 70.0%

  • I photograph mostly with colour film. I consumer less than 30% with b/w film.

    Votes: 10 14.3%
  • Total voters
    70

This is exactly what I do Interesting poll.
 

When I am not shooting black & white film, I shoot color film. I never got the hang of colour film with its superfluous vowel.
 
Most of what I shoot is 35mm color slide. I do shoot the occasional roll of B&W, and the occasional roll of color negative. Now that I have a medium format camera, it is highly likely that B&W and color negative film will be shot in 120, leaving the 35mm camera free for slides.
 
I probably do 70% B&W - but usually with odd-duck films like SO-253 and TechPan. All of my colour is E6 - mostly Velvia and some Provia. I sort of flip back and forth though, sometimes I'll do 70% E6 and 30% B&W for a period. I'd say mostly B&W though.
 
I was exclusively a b/w film shooter for many years... '03 when I built the darkroom until about 2011. Since then, I've been almost exclusively a color film shooter. Seems I go all in! Maybe it will swing back to b/w, someday?
 
i use black and white film ( and black and white paper in/camera ) and
if i shoot color film, i develop it in dektol and caffenol C and turn it into black and white film.
 
filmconquistador said:
I buy in a small store in Taipei, Taiwan. They have an ebay store with the film available. Not sure if i can send links here i will send it in a message to you
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95% or so B&W. I have had good success developing C-41 at home and could probably manage with E-6 but other than going to the scanner I can't print color....yet.
I have the equipment to print RA-4 but I'm woefully lacking in knowledge of the process.
 
Larry the sailor said:
I have the equipment to print RA-4 but I'm woefully lacking in knowledge of the process.
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I'd really recommend giving it a go. It's surprisingly straightforward, and there's lots of great information here on APUG about it. In fact it's how I'm planning to spend my evening today
 
I was shooting a ratio of 80% Colour 20% BW, but as the local lab does such a horrendous job of C41 (and stopped E6) I have switched to only home developed B&W.
 
I get torn between the two. I use colour and enjoy a moderate of success with colour printing but I am starting to find it too 'mechanical'. By this I mean, once I get the colour balance set right I can print without a mass of filtration changes. The only thing that defeats me is if I get areas where they would benefit from dodging/burning this will introduce colour balance changes which are almost impossible to correct. With B&W, that problem doesn't happen but it takes a great deal more skill to get a balanced image.

I used 2x24 exp of Ilford last Saturday down by the river on the docklands and they are hanging up ready to be printed. They actually look quite interesting so will get the treatment today.
 
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