Should I buy portra 160 or 400, or Fuji Pro 400H for my Lubitel 166B?

[brainmonster]

I would start with cheapest film first. Shanghai 100 at its first price was ideal for it.
You never know if it is working Lubytel or not.

Thanks why I got the XP2, to test it first to see if it works

 

[brainmonster]

As Desi would say to Lucy: "22 posts about Fuji and Portra and you end up coming home with Ektar!

pentaxuser

Lucy has come home with Fuji and Portra already, so she decided to try Ektar this time

 

[MattKing]

I also ordered some Ilford XP2 400 (B&W Cross process).

FWIW, XP2 is designed for the color negative (C-41) process chemistry.
No Cross Processing involved.
Cross Processing refers to processing a film designed for one process in processing chemicals designed for another type of film.
XP2 is better described as a Chromogenic black and white film.
XP2 is a really good choice for people who rely on labs to develop their black and white film. It prints well too - in a traditional darkroom, or in a scan and digital print workflow.

 

[moto-uno]

And to add to MattKing 's statement above , it also develops' well in b&w chemistry . Peter

 

[moto-uno]

in Hc-110, Peter

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

Unfortunately B&H only sells 5 packs of 120 film, so I'll have to choose which 5 pack to buy of portra. Can't get it locally here in Hawaii.
So, what do you recommend, 5 pack of Portra 160 or 5 pack of Portra 400? I'm still not sure which one would be ideal.

Call them. Maybe they'll split the box. It doesn't hurt to ask.

 

[neilt3]

Unfortunately B&H only sells 5 packs of 120 film, so I'll have to choose which 5 pack to buy of portra. Can't get it locally here in Hawaii.
So, what do you recommend, 5 pack of Portra 160 or 5 pack of Portra 400? I'm still not sure which one would be ideal.

The simple answer is that you load one camera with Portra 160 , another camera with 400 and a third camera with B&W film , then use whichever body is loaded with whatever you need at the time .
So the real question is not which film to buy , but which other two cameras to buy ?
Maybe a Yashica TLR and a Rolleicord ?
It's a slippery slope when you can't decide !

Never miss a shot through lack of having the right film loaded .

Have fun .