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Anonymous
Hello /p/

I just purchased an Olympus OM-1, and I'm looking for some different kinds of film to try out. Can /p/ recommend any. I'm looking for mainly black and white but I'd be willing to try color as well.

Also (this may be a dumb question but) is the process for developing your own black and white prints much more complicated than color?
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>> Anonymous
galveston texas.
>> Anonymous
developing B&W prints is much easier than color to my knoweldge. havent actually printed color but it looks like something of a bitch to do. black and white can be really easy.

As for some film suggestions, Ilford Delta and Kodak TMAX are two ive gotten nice results from.
>> Anonymous
Ilford Pan 400 if you want a really grainy look. Pushes well to +1. I'm tempted to push it +2 or even +3, develop in Rodinal 1+20 at 25 Celsius, and see the grain then. It's gritty even when shooting nominally and developing 1+100 at 20 C.

Fomapan 200 is an ok all-purpose film, high latitude and tolerance. Good results when shooting at -1 and developing nominally. Don't try to push it though, it will fail miserably.

Kodak Academy 200 I really liked for some reason, despite everyone saying the worst things about it. I can't say much though, I only had one roll of it, and sadly it's not available anymore.

They're all cheapo films, so you'll like them if you're in a poor student mode. Since I'm constantly in poor student mode, I can't recommend any any higher-end films.

By developing prints, do you also mean developing films? Anyway, developing B&W films is pretty much child's play. Printing B&W itself is a bit more messing around, but developing the prints is just moving them between trays.
>> Anonymous
OP: Yes I mean developing black and white films. As you can see I'm very much a beginner. What do you mean by +1,+2, +3?
>> ac
>>51501
Stops. I.e., if you develop ISO400 film at ISO800, you've pushed it +1 stops.
>> Anonymous
>>51501
http://www.silverlight.co.uk/tutorials/toc.html

This site will give you a nice start on developing (among other things).

>>51502
More precisely, if you EXPOSE and develop ISO400 film as if it was ISO800. Just developing as ISO800 would only make it overdeveloped.
>> thefamilyman
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i always use Ilford HP5 and Kodak T-Max 400 and push them by 2 stops.
gives me ISO1600 witch is very flexible in all lighting conditions. Also when developed with D-76 1:0 it gives the film nice grain and high contrast.

Pic taken with Ilford HP5 +2stops in low indoor lighting
>> Anonymous
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OP: Thanks for the website and the suggestions. I'm really interested in getting into film photography and developing my own film. Any more advice/recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

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>> Anonymous
>>51665
What do you need to know? Less thinking, more doing.
>> Anonymous
OP: hah thats probably the best advice.