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/p/, I've just started using a traditional black and white camera. What is the best film for a reasonable price?

Further, I still have the neg for this pic, so I can redo it if needed. I think the sky might be too light, and I'm sure there are other flaws.

Long story short, god I'm newb, help me guys.
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>> Anonymous
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>traditional black and white camera

Film cameras are neither "black and white" nor "color", it all depends on the type of film you insert into it.
>> Serenar !m827jEgWi.
The best film is the film that's cheap enough for you to keep shooting it. In my area, this is Fuji Neopan, but if you have few opportunities to get real B&W developed you may have to get slightly more expensive C41 B&W films, like Kodak BW400CN and Ilford XP2.

Of course, your camera takes color film too, so any cheapo supermarket film (though my area's supermarket films are twice as expensive as anywhere else) should be great.
>> Anonymous
focus when shooting, not in post
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>170241
That's not actually true. Before the advent of film, lens makers did things like not bothering to correct color tints in the glass, which worked fine for B&W but not so much for color film.

Granted, I doubt that you're likely to see such a camera outside of a museum nowadays.
>> thefamilyman !!rTVzm2BgTOa
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>>170241
as ac said, many older cameras (like before 1950's) weren't 'colour corrected'. Their lenses normally had a tinge of somesort.
When colour films became increacing avalible, lens manufactures started to 'correct' the lenses for the use of colour films. This is why you may come across cameras that say "Colour" in the model name or have "Colour Corrected" enscribed on it (lens).
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>170264
>Before the advent of color film
Whoops, forgot a word there.
>> Serenar !m827jEgWi.
>>170264
Non-color corrected lenses are quite common, and are still used a lot. But it's unlikely that they'd cause problems worth bothering about - maybe just a little extra CA.