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for black and white, i would seriously recommend just buying a brick of a specific film and only shoot that until you run out. it's the only way you'll learn the look of a film. you should also consider developing them yourself. You don't need a super fancy darkroom, just a bathroom. Films respond differently to different developers. Unless you know exactly what developer your film lab is using, you'll never know if tri-x is supposed to be that grainy, etc etc etc.
C41 print film: the Portra series is great. It's Kodak's last hurrah before they run themselves out of business. One of my favorite films is Fuji Superia 400, but i'm willing to wager that just about any of the slightly more expensive photojournalism C41 films are even better.
The absolute most important thing to remember, however, is to rate your print film 2/3 of a stop slower than it is, or overexpose by 2/3 of a stop every time. Print film actually performs better when it's overexposed. Unlike slide and monochrome film, however, it turns to absolute shit if it's underexposed by even 1/3 of a stop. It took me three years to figure this out, why half of my prints came out muddy and grainy and total crap.
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