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I think there are probably a lot of candidates for the most controversial film. I'm going to nominate one, based on the widely divergent opinions that have been expressed about it. In general terms I would speculate that it would be the fomapan line, but more specifically, fomapan 200 (which by the way, I have a lot of in my bulk loader.)
Some say it's fine-grained. Some say it's coarse grained. Some say it has wide latitude. Some say it has poor latitude. Some say its box speed is its true box speed. Some say its true speed is way less than its box speed. Some say its tonality (whatever that is) is great. some hate its tonality. Some say its too contrasty. Some say it looks dull. Some say it has a classic look. Some say it has more of a modern look. Some say it's T-grain. Some say it's not. (I think the consensus is that it is partly T-grain.) Some say it has a lot of emulsion defects. Some say they never had that problem. Some complain about the anti-halation dye coming out in the developer is troublesome. Some people don't care. Some say the emulsion is too soft. Some people say it's not so bad. Some people (as I recall) complain about it not drying flat. Some say it's very flat. Some people love it. Some people hate it. Some say it's a good deal because it's inexpensive. Some people say it's not a good deal because it leads to too many missed shots. Some say it has too much blooming around the highlights. Some people see that as a positive aspect of its personality. Some say it has poor long-shutter-speed reciprocity characteristics. Some people say... well I guess nobody claims its long-shutter-speed reciprocity characteristics are great.
Did I miss anything?
What other films are candidates for being among the most controversial.
On the flip side, the films that could be nominated as least controversial would probably be Tri-X, HP5+, and FP4+.
Some say it's fine-grained. Some say it's coarse grained. Some say it has wide latitude. Some say it has poor latitude. Some say its box speed is its true box speed. Some say its true speed is way less than its box speed. Some say its tonality (whatever that is) is great. some hate its tonality. Some say its too contrasty. Some say it looks dull. Some say it has a classic look. Some say it has more of a modern look. Some say it's T-grain. Some say it's not. (I think the consensus is that it is partly T-grain.) Some say it has a lot of emulsion defects. Some say they never had that problem. Some complain about the anti-halation dye coming out in the developer is troublesome. Some people don't care. Some say the emulsion is too soft. Some people say it's not so bad. Some people (as I recall) complain about it not drying flat. Some say it's very flat. Some people love it. Some people hate it. Some say it's a good deal because it's inexpensive. Some people say it's not a good deal because it leads to too many missed shots. Some say it has too much blooming around the highlights. Some people see that as a positive aspect of its personality. Some say it has poor long-shutter-speed reciprocity characteristics. Some people say... well I guess nobody claims its long-shutter-speed reciprocity characteristics are great.
Did I miss anything?
What other films are candidates for being among the most controversial.
On the flip side, the films that could be nominated as least controversial would probably be Tri-X, HP5+, and FP4+.