First B&W film?

[Robert Hall]

I had to go dig. I knew it was either Super XX, Verichrome Pan, or Tri-x.

Looks like Verichrome wins! (guessing about 1965)

 

[Davesw]

Tri X Pan as a young boy, with 400 speed dad did not need to set me up with a tripod or a flash.

 

[ricksplace]

Vericrome pan in 127. Early 60's

 

[Mearns]

Tmax 100

 

[sienarot]

tmax 400

 

[ozphoto]

Agfapan 100

 

[Ed Sukach]

Possibly, the original Kodak Verichrome, devloped in Microdol. That was orthochromatic, with little sensitivity to red. Lips were rendered black, and developing was done in trays, under a red safelight.

Hooo... memories ...Ansco Supreme, Royal Pan(?), Agfa... What was the *fast"* film, ASA (then) 1600 ... "Record" something or other (lots of photographs done with candlelight...).

The start of Rodinal addiction.

Late 1940's.

Revised: Agfa Isopan Record. Still have a roll of that stuff around here somewhere...

 

[André E.C.]

Tri-X here!



Cheers



André

 

[Gary Holliday]

Couldn't find my first film which was disappointing, found the rest which were all taken on Tmax, Fp4 safety film and HP5.

First film I fell in love with was HP5, not sure why I don't use it now?!

 

[Ed Sukach]

Hello, I am currently new to the black and white film, I am taking my first photography class ..

Hello, Manda, and welcome to APUG!!!

 

[Cor]

Tmax400 at 250asa; D76 1:1 at 250asa in 1988.. (at an introductory B&W course). Camera: a brand new Minolta X300..

Best,

Cor

 

[polaski]

I can't remember, but it was in the mid 1950's, and it came in 127 size for my Baby Brownie.

 

[Thomas Bertilsson]

Here is the print I made from that roll the other day. It turned out pretty good. Neg sleeve says I shot it in 1987. I was sixteen.

- Thomas

Same here. I shot one film for a school project, then had about a fifteen year hiatus before I shot another roll of b&w film again.
I still have that roll of film, and plan on making some prints from it soon.

It was 35mm, developed in D76 stock.

- Thomas

 

[JBrunner]

Plus x. I think my paper was Oriental.

 

[Simon R Galley]

I was seven and I am almost sure it was FP4, certainly ILFORD, my grandfather gave it to me along with a KODAK Retinette camera, it had to be ILFORD... as he had a saying 'ILFORD for black and white, KODAK for colour' always KODACHROME, we shot the film that day and I developed it and printed it the following day in his darkroom ( with a little help of course ) in Heaton, a suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, I can remember it like it was yesterday, unbelievably it was 1966...when that print came up it was magic, alchemy ...a wonder...and it still is...and if I could have looked then 41 years into the future......I would never have guessed I would be writing about it today...its some journey photography has taken me on.....many of you reading this the same I guess...

Simon ILFORD Photo / HARMAN technology Limited :

 

[Philippe-Georges]

AGFAPAN 400 with my mother's AGFA BILLY RECORD II, I was 15 and hooked for ever!

 

[Christopher Walrath]

TMY-135.

 

[DAK]

It was about 65 years ago so I suppose it was Verichrome Pan. Dave

 

[DAK]

Forgot to say I took the film to the drugstore for processing and printing. Dave

 

[harveyje]

Verichrome (ortho)

 

[nworth]

Mine was the orthochromatic film Universal packaged in 00 size (35mm with paper backing and a special spool for their cameras). It was followed by the panchromatic film in the same size and the orthochromatic Kodak Verichrome, which was followed by the old Plus-X. We're talking 1948 and 1949 here.

 

[John Kasaian]

Verichrome pan in my dad's reflex brownie