What kind of film do you use in your "take everywhere" camera

benveniste · Sep 7, 2014

If you count "on my person," my only "take everywhere camera" is my phone.

However, my "car camera" is still a Nikon Pronea S, so I use whatever APS film I still have in my freezer.

StoneNYC · Sep 8, 2014

benveniste said:
If you count "on my person," my only "take everywhere camera" is my phone.

However, my "car camera" is still a Nikon Pronea S, so I use whatever APS film I still have in my freezer.

You reminded me about my Minolta that I keep in the trunk and the one roll of "whatever" film (usually Eastman Double-X but I just loaded my last roll so I'm switching to HP5+ since kodak killed that too...),

Ricardo Miranda · Sep 8, 2014

Peltigera said:
I use Agfa Vista + 200 ISO film. It is a good all-rounder and costs £1.00 per 24 exposure cassette. Developing and scanning to CD cost me £5.50 so it is quite a cheap option. I generally have two cameras loaded with it at any given time - three cameras at the moment.

Same here! Except it only costs me £4.50 for development and scanning with Snaps Photo Services.

payral · Sep 8, 2014

Tri-X rated at 250 in Leica M6 (1 with Summicron 50 & 1 with Summicron 35)

nosmok · Sep 8, 2014

Panatomic X. I don't have to worry about Kodak killing it, it's already dead! It's almost as good at 125 as it is at 32.

--nosmok

LeftCoastKid · Jul 2, 2017

Tri-X or HP5+ (love them both), always rated at EI200, and loaded into my M4 body (always equipped with a late 50mm Summicron.

Ian Grant · Jul 2, 2017

In all formats it used to be FP4, then from 1986 until it was discontinued (in 120 & 5x4) it was AP/APx100, then I switched to Tmax 100. Because of poor availability of Kodak B&W films (while outside the UK/EU) I switched to Delta 100. All excellent films.

Ian

Sirius Glass · Jul 2, 2017

Kodak Tri-X 400 at box speed.

tessar · Jul 2, 2017

I use Ilford HP5+ at box speed and never keep a camera in the glove compartment! Even up here in Canada during the summer it gets very hot in there; must get even hotter in Florida.

Sirius Glass · Jul 2, 2017

Yes, glove boxes are a no no for cameras every where.

Cholentpot · Jul 2, 2017

400 speed b&w film. Although I never liked the look of 400 speed film in 135 format it's what works.

Craig75 · Jul 2, 2017

hp5+ at 800

MattKing · Jul 2, 2017

T-Max 400, because I can shoot it at anywhere between an EI of 200 and 800, on the same roll, and get very usable results.

macfred · Jul 2, 2017

Ilford XP2 Super ...

MattKing said:
... because I can shoot it at anywhere between an EI of 200 and 800, on the same roll, and get very usable results.

MattKing · Jul 2, 2017

macfred said:
Ilford XP2 Super ...

Also a good choice, if you either have a lab do your developing, or do your own C41 developing yourself.

Paul Howell · Jul 2, 2017

If I can set the ISO Tmax 400 pushed to 800, if a point and shoot, Foma 400 or Ultrafine 400 color Kodacolor 200 and 400.

guangong · Jul 2, 2017

I understand "take everywhere " to mean always with you. If so, my always in my pocket camera is a Minox or Minolta 16 with Delta 100. My "usually with me camera" is an xa or Rollei 35 with hp5. If I carry my bag - a rangefinder or slur with Delta 100. In fact, most of my still photography is with Delta 100.

LAG · Jul 4, 2017

MattKing said:
I would use TMAX 400 and take into account Kodak's recommendation that the same development be used whether you meter at EI 400 or EI 800 for most developers. I would use TMAX developer, because if one stop underexposure isn't enough, you can underexpose it another stop (EI 1600) and push the development to get acceptable results.

MattKing said:
T-Max 400, because I can shoot it at anywhere between an EI of 200 and 800, on the same roll, and get very usable results.

Matt I guess reading is more tiring than writing (Wink)

As for my take everywhere camera: the smallest the format, the lower the ISO

RalphLambrecht · Jul 4, 2017

drgoose said:
Lately I have been carrying my camera everywhere I go and having a camera in mu glove cpartment. The question I have is which film do you guys carry in your every day camera since the decision has to be made in advance without knowing what the shooting conditions will be. I have been tempted to use tri X.400 and push it to 1600 since that would give me enough sensitivity to use it in low light conditions and either use stand development with rodinal or use D76 with regular development as per the Published times. Is this a sensible approach?

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Kodak Tmax400 in a Mamiya6

Siompa · Jul 4, 2017

I usually go with tri-x at box speed during the summer and 1600 in winter times (gets dark in sweden). I tried hp5 but doesn't really like the way it prints compared to tri-x.

Since i got my darkroom my film expenses gotten a bit too high so im gonna give fomapan a try and see how it looks. 3,20 € a roll is hard to beat

benjiboy · Jul 4, 2017

Ilford HP5 Plus at the I.S.O 400 box speed.

MattKing · Jul 4, 2017

LAG said:
Matt I guess reading is more tiring than writing (Wink)

Usually, before I post on three year old "what do you do?" type threads, I check to make sure I haven't already posted before I post to them. Must have missed that for this one .

dale116dot7 · Jul 4, 2017

I usually have my outdoor camera loaded with Velvia 50, my indoor camera with Portra 800.

narsuitus · Jul 5, 2017

drgoose said:
...which film do you guys carry in your every day camera...

In the pre-Kodak bankruptcy days and the pre-digital days when I carried an every day film camera, I shot Kodak Tri-X.

Today, I shoot Ilford HP5 and Arista EDU 400 in 35mm and 120 roll film sizes.

etn · Jul 6, 2017

Same here, Tri-X. The camera depends on the mood, though: Rolleiflex, SWC or a 35mm rangefinder of some sort.

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