What is your favorite B&W film and why?

[Bromo33333]

Kodak 400CN (C-41) for the "hour developing" near instant gratification for a roll of "snapshots".

Otherwise TMAX 100 or 400 for when I want to take time and be careful.

(Have Inford Delta I am going to try - how does that compare to TMAX?)

 

[Konical]

Good Evening,

T-Max 100. Minimal graininess, availability in 35mm, 120, and sheet film sizes, flexible contrast easily controlled with varied processing times/developers, and excellent reciprocity characteristics.

Konical

 

[User Removed]

Does not really matter to me. Basically, I use whatever is available, and as long as you know how to use your materials, you have nothing to worry about.

I find that I take just as good of pictures when using expensive film, as when I use really cheep film! Therefore, I use JandC Pro100 is 8x10 size, as it's the cheepest 8x10 on the market right now...and it creates beautiful images.

 

[25asa]

They don't make it anymore.



We're all doomed.

 

[reub2000]

I like Tri-X. A nice film for street photography, and speed for shady areas or a cloudy day.

 

[Philippe-Georges]

They don't make it anymore.



We're all doomed.

Not doomed, yet, but still looking for an alternative to what I have used for more than 35 years...

 

[André E.C.]

Ilford FP4+ and Delta 400.

I like the present (yet not dominant) smooth grain and the classic look of FP4+ (my all time favourite), as for the Delta 400, well, I just love that range of mid tones.

Cheers

André

 

[j-fr]

Favorite film: T-MAX 400.

Fast. Fine grain for a 400 film. Long toe curve. Responds to different developers, lots of possibilities.

j-fr

www.j-fr.dk

 

[Ole]

Ilford FP4+.

I'll use others if I need more speed, or less speed, or if I don't happen to have any FP4+ in that size.

 

[Steve Smith]

Mainly Ilford FP4+ and HP5+

Occasionally use Fuji Acros 100 and Neopan 400


Steve.

 

[metod]

Tmax100…easily accessible, quite cheap, love the clear base of the film and that it is very flat. It is also quite forgiving ( -1 stop) and almost grain free. Could not get any better….
Only needs more care when developing, but that’s OK

 

[Woolliscroft]

Joint Ilford Delta 400 and Kodak Tec Pan (yes I know the latter is discontinued, but I still have half a freezer full).

David.

 

[dpurdy]

ACROS has a nice green box and works well in XTOL
Tmax 100 is the best film available
APX 100 (120) I still have 80 rolls. top quality very cheap.
Tmax 400 for 35mm wedding candids

 

[juan]

Adox/Efke PL100 because it expands and contracts well and because it is available in all three of my sizes 2x3, 4x5 and 8x10. JandC Classic 400 for my hand-held Speed Graphics - again its available in both 2x3 and 4x5.
Both of these films give me good prints after having learned to use them.
juan

 

[Michael W]

Fuji Neopan 1600 in Xtol is my favourite fast film.

In 400 I like Neopan & Tmax.
Tmax is great in Tmax developer.
I just bought 2 bulk rolls of Tri-X & I'll be testing it to see what I think.
Planning to use Rodinal first.
Recently I've been using HP5 in Xtol & liked it very much.
I want to binge on all these films & devs & see if I end up really liking one combo.

 

[Confusion Circle]

Kodak Tech Pan & Scala....but since they're not made anymore, Tri-X rules. I do like FP4 though.

 

[ricksplace]

I use a lot of different b&w film, but I guess my all-time fav is fp4+. I am becoming very partial to arista.edu ultra (Foma) in 120.

Rick

 

[reellis67]

%85 of what I do I do with FP4+. HP5+ makes up about %8 and Pan F+ the remainder, in black and white. I really like what I get from these films as far as control, tonality, grain, and dynamic range. I've used FP4+ for so much that I find I can get just about any result I want from it using different developers or types of development.

- Randy

 

[pschauss]

Plus-X. I like the combination of fine grain, sharpness, and contrast. I have tried other in the 100-125 iso range, but none of them has the same punch that I get out of Plus-X. For me, it works well in D76 1+1 and Rodinal 1+50.

 

[Robert Kerwin]

FP4+ and HP5+ are my favorites. I love the look and tonality of both films and haven't found much that they couldn't handle.

- Robert

 

[Andy K]

HP5+, FP4+, Pan F. Because they are reliable, easily available and cover just about everything I want to do.

 

[butterflydream]

APX100, the solid black and the tonality.

 

[borgida]

Efke 25, FP4+, and Pan F (which I wish was manufactured in 4x5 sheets).

 

[Black Dog]

APX 400, XP2, Delta3200 and HP5+ once my APX runs out. Trying ADOX, though if I used one film it would probably be XP2.

 

[pgomena]

APX 100 and Delta 100 in 120, I'll probably shift to FP4 Plus when the APX runs out. In 35mm it's Tri-X and Delta 100. Sheet film: Tri-X and Delta 100, sometimes TMax 400.

Peter Gomena