Film
Below is a list of films, which I've used, or bought intending to use. I tend to store film in the freezer and there's plenty of things in my freezer which have been there for a very long time.
Black & White
- Kodak T400CN - Chromogenic C41. Shoot it at ASA 250 or so, and get it printed on B&W paper for smooth, grainless prints. Very, very nice indeed in 120 size. It is possible to get almost perfect B&W from a minilab, they just have to know what they're doing.
- Kodak HIE - infrared. Nice stuff, but needs careful handling. I usually shoot it at ISO 200 with a #25 red filter.
- Kodax Tri-X - Set it to ASA 320. The classic B&W film. Jane Bown uses it all the time.
- Kodax T-Max 100 - Nice, smooth.
- Kodax T-Max 400 - never tried it.
- Kodax T-Max 1000 - Grain, grain, grain. Judging from comments on the PDML, this film is very sensitive to the developer used. I don't soup my own film, so this film is unusably grainy for me.
- Konica Monochrome - Chromogenic C41. It's ok, but needs over exposure to be properly contrasty.
- Ilford XP2 - Chromogenic C41. Use T400CN. I find XP2 muddy to look at. It gets a full range of tones, though.
- Ilford HP5 -
- Ilford SFX - almost an infrared film. I've got a 120 roll in development.
- Fuji SS - There's a frozen roll in
Colour Print
- Fuji NPH 400 - good for skin tones and outdoors. Very nice in Medium Format. Nice and subtle for portraits.
- Fuji Superia 400 - damn good print film, excellent for under odd lighting conditions. I tend to use this and a 1.4 lens for gig photography.
- Fuji Superia 200 - a bit of a nothing film, not very sharp or colourful, tends to over saturate with reds very easily
- Kodak NC 160 - nice for skintones, a little slow.
Colour Transparency
- Fuji Velvia 50 - Bring a tripod. Don't point it at people unless you want them to look like ruddy-faced drunks. Great for landscapes. Use a warm-up filter and rate it at about 40. This film is just incredible for landscapes with lots of green. You should also use the biggest negative you can find. I use velvia in my 6x7 a lot, for land and seascapes.
- Fuji Astia 100 - Find some models. A nice neutral film designed for accurate colour reproduction.
- Fuji Provia 400f - Nice. Astia, but faster.
- Fuji Provia 1600 - A strange, washed out film.
- Kodak EIR - Colour Infared. Strange and expensive film which works at ASA 200 with a light blue filter. Changes colours of things, doesn't seem to have the dreamy effect that HIE does.
If the man who paints only the tree, or flower, or other surface he sees before him were an artist, the king of artists would be the photographer. It is for the artist to do something beyond this. -- James McNeill Whistler