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About to get my first 35mm Film Camera!

What is good film to use that isn't so pricey (am guessing am-going to be messing most of the early shots up :P

So yeha.. what film for Color and what film for B&W?
>> okto
Do you want cheap and good, or just cheap?

Cheap and good BW: Neopan. Buy the imported stuff from B&H
Cheap color: Fuji Superia
Less cheap, but way better color: Fuji Reala

Also shop around on eBay for people selling off their film stashes, it's stupid cheap.
Expired film is your friend, too. For BW, film can be five years expired and be perfectly good. Color neg, about a year, color transparency, about six months.
>> Anonymous
Kodak Colorplus
>> Anonymous
>>205355
Oh wow. Not OP but thanks.
>> Anonymous
>>205352
Buy all your film in packs of ten. That way you will get them for $1 less per roll.

I mostly buy HP5+ for black and white.
>> Anonymous
Thanks for the help guys!!

Anyone know a UK version of H&P? (Britfag here)
>> Anonymous
For color, you might wanna try out these, once you get done with your share of Superia (good color, dirt cheap, can find it anywhere. It's basically corner store film):

Kodak Portra 160, in VC and NC varieties
Fuji Pro 400H and 160S, equivalent of portra. The vivid variety of 400H though (is there a neutral? Im not sure) is really nice.
>> Serenar !m827jEgWi.
Just go for cheap stuff first - it's really not that much worse, and you save tons. Superia is great, and for BW either Neopan or Kodak BW400CN depending on which one is cheaper to develop in your area.
>> Anonymous
i had to buy film in the US and surprisingly the film from the US was more expensive compared to imported

i bought Fujifilm Neopan 400 and i would like sell you it because i never used it (didnt make as many mistakes as i thought)
>> Anonymous
>>205352
Kodak Golds, seriously.
>> Anonymous
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The best of the best of the best.

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>> Anonymous
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I roll my own, and it's really cheap.
>> Anonymous
>>206005
I'll look that up, wonder if by best you mean "truecolor" which isnt what we always look after, then I'd have to disagree in it being best. Regardless, I'll check it out, because I haven't.

>>206407
Aand... what the fuck is that? Arista Edu?
>> Anonymous
>>206424
Rebadged Fomapan, a great little Czech film.
>> Anonymous
FUJI VELVIA 50 or 100!! Some of the most beautiful slide film ever! The color saturation is amazing. However I only recommend it for landscape or wildlife, not human skintones
>> Anonymous
>>206424

http://www.freestylephoto.biz/sc_prod.php?cat_id=&pid=1000000838
>> okto
>>206433
see
>What is good film to use that isn't so pricey

How is Velvia not pricey?! This kid wants film he can bun to learn on.
>> Anonymous
kodak gold for color. it is cheap and okay. or get some generic stuff. you are only learning, so get cheap.
>> Anonymous
>>206600
Not just that, dude. It's expensive, difficult for someone new to use, it's slide film (less forgiving), and iso 50 is relatively challenging to start with.
>> Anonymous
>>205352
get cheap expired or rebranded film like this anon was recommending:>>206520
freestyle.biz is good for almost all your student (and some pro) needs.

If you're not processing them yourself just stick to E6 color slide and C41 color neg films.
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oh hai guyz. What's happening in this thread?

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>> okto
>>206660
Your Tmax canister is open, that's what.
>> Anonymous
hey /p/
im not op but I just recently got myself 3 rangefinders and also need film..

I was going for colour slide film at the start but now that I am out of dollars, I wont be able to afford neither the film nor the processing/print

So what are the best options for b&w film? I really don't want colour negative cos i wont be developing myself but rather getting a lab to do it so don't want them fucking up the exposure/colour etc so thought B&W will be safe bet since as we are all aware: B&W = insta-art.

so I need some film for different situations. I will have each of the 3 cameras loaded for specific situations as follows:
1. Day time outdoors (sunny)
2. Day time indoors (sunny outside)
3. Night time w/ street lights etc (nice lights in background for bokeh stuff - preferably i would have gotten colour slide, but again, i dont have the dollars)

Well /p/?
few details about the cameras: all fixed prime lens between 45mm and 35mm and max aperture between 1.9 and 1.7 all pretty clean.
>> Serenar !m827jEgWi.
>>206687
Any color chemistry BW film, like Kodak BW400CN or Ilford XP2 Super should be idiot proof at the lab. Most of them are ISO 400 though, which may be a little limiting.
>> Anonymous
>>206690
what about night time? ISO1600?
>> Serenar !m827jEgWi.
>>206693
You can take pictures in pretty damn low light with at f/1.7 with 400 speed film if you have reasonably steady hands.

If you really need the ISO boost, there's Superia 1600 (color), Neopan 1600 (BW) and T-Max/Delta 3200 (BW).
>> Anonymous
>>206755
any specific recommendations or comparisons of black and white film for the above listed purposes? Or should I just try a few out?
>> okto
>>206774
Neopan 1600 is fab, surprisingly reasonable grain. Same for Superia 1600. Natura 1600 is like deep magic, but you have to import it from Japan.

Ilford Delta 3200 has popcorn grain. If you want grainy, it's badass, and different than almost any other grain.

Tmax 3200 is another highspeed option, but like Delta it's costy as hell and in addition can be kind of a bitch about overexposure.