What does naturally contrasty even mean?@Auer why would Foma 100 be "naturally contrasty" and why would EI matter?
Here's Foma shot at 80 and developed normally:
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litho film would be an extreme. Don't know if it is available as a roll film.
Lower ISO = greater contrast. Any low ISO film will be very contrasty. So look for ISO 25 films.
@Auer why would Foma 100 be "naturally contrasty" and why would EI matter?
Here's Foma shot at 80 and developed normally (excuse my sloppy agitation on this one):
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@Joseph Bell here the list of all B&W films. You want rebranded Agfa-Gevaert Aviphot films (they are always rebranded) because they were made for areal photography, i.e. they are truly "naturally contrasty". Rollei RPX is probably the most popular example.
Another angle is rebranded duplicating films. Lomography Fantome Kino at ISO 8 is probably going to be a slam dunk for you
+1Pan F 50
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@Auer why would Foma 100 be "naturally contrasty" and why would EI matter?
Here's Foma shot at 80 and developed normally (excuse my sloppy agitation on this one):
View attachment 281680
@Joseph Bell here the list of all B&W films. You want rebranded Agfa-Gevaert Aviphot films (they are always rebranded) because they were made for areal photography, i.e. they are truly "naturally contrasty". Rollei RPX is probably the most popular example.
Another angle is rebranded duplicating films. Lomography Fantome Kino at ISO 8 is probably going to be a slam dunk for you
This will sound strange and is based solely on what I have seen as examples of frames of this film. NBStrange in the sense of why include it in this thread when it is not low ISO. The box says 400 but that may be up for debate
The film is called JCH Streetpan. JCH stands for Japanese Film Hunter and the film exists with its name thanks to someone called Bellamy Hunt I saw an example of it shot by a person called Jess Hobbs when she did a 3 way comparison with this, Tri-X and HP5+. The film did appear to be considerably contrastier in all of her shots compared with the other two films with a lot less shadow detail so this certainly seems to qualify it as moody and film noirish to some reviewers. She(Jess Hobbs) shot identical scenes one after the other with 3 identical cameras, namely Pentax K1000.
Apparently the film is discontinued Agfa surveillance film. I was a bit puzzled in the review by this quote: "Let the record show – this film is a discontinued 35mm black-and-white surveillance film (originally manufactured by AGFA) that has been brought back from the grave. JCH Street Pan is not, as some have claimed, leftover film stock pulled out of deep freeze or something naughty like that. It’s freshly made and ready for shooting. We clear? Lovely."
Puzzled in the sense of how it can be both discontinued and freshly made at the same time but no matter. Anyway that is irrelevant to the outcome of the exposures.
I attach the review which includes quite a few examples.Here's the link. https://casualphotophile.com/2017/01/28/japan-camera-hunter-street-pan-400-six-months-in. The contrast in these examples looks as high as I imagine anyone is likely to want to go.
It may or may not be of any value to you
pentaxuser
Sincere thanks to everyone for your great responses, I certainly appreciate it. For 35mm, I will try the Lomography iso 8 film. I just need to find something for 120. I have tried the Ilford Pan F 50 but I didn't love the look of it. Perhaps I am a moron and a philistine!
You need to run the pan f through D23 1+3. Absolutely gorgeous. EI25.
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