Your favorite Go To film?

[durr3]

I would like to get a vote on what everyone is shooting these days.
Indoor, outdoor, natural light, general portrait photography
I have my favs, but would like to know yours.

100 - 400 asa

4x5 - 8x10

Thanks

[Bill_1856]

Ilford Hp4, FP5. 4x5, 5x7, Whole Plate.

[Bruce Watson]

I have my favs, but would like to know yours.

In the last decade or so I've only used two films in 5x4. TMY-2, and Portra 160.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Efke 25

[Tin Can]

Efke 25

Jim, why Efke 25?

I ask as I have quite a bit of it in 2x3 sheet and have been waiting for the right moment...

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Jim, why Efke 25?

I ask as I have quite a bit of it in 2x3 sheet and have been waiting for the right moment...

Randy, I have been asked this a lot especially since I shoot it in 8 x 10, 11 x 14 and 8 x 20. I'm now left with a freezer full of 8 x 10 and some 11 x 14. I love what the film gives me in tonality, lack of grain and the overall look. I also shoot Bergger 200 in 8 x 20 and 14 x 17 which gives me the old look I am after.
It is a challenge for me in the forest when my exposures can be 1/2 an hour or more but man the carbon contact prints from the neg's when I get it right are the best. Also, for portraits the slow speed helps. I also love the FP 4+ that I have as well.

[Tin Can]

Thanks Jim. I hope I can put my Efke to good use enlarged.

Randy, I have been asked this a lot especially since I shoot it in 8 x 10, 11 x 14 and 8 x 20. I'm now left with a freezer full of 8 x 10 and some 11 x 14. I love what the film gives me in tonality, lack of grain and the overall look. I also shoot Bergger 200 in 8 x 20 and 14 x 17 which gives me the old look I am after.
It is a challenge for me in the forest when my exposures can be 1/2 an hour or more but man the carbon contact prints from the neg's when I get it right are the best. Also, for portraits the slow speed helps. I also love the FP 4+ that I have as well.

[durr3]

Randy, I have been asked this a lot especially since I shoot it in 8 x 10, 11 x 14 and 8 x 20. I'm now left with a freezer full of 8 x 10 and some 11 x 14. I love what the film gives me in tonality, lack of grain and the overall look. I also shoot Bergger 200 in 8 x 20 and 14 x 17 which gives me the old look I am after.
It is a challenge for me in the forest when my exposures can be 1/2 an hour or more but man the carbon contact prints from the neg's when I get it right are the best. Also, for portraits the slow speed helps. I also love the FP 4+ that I have as well.

Hi Jim,

Where can I get some Bergger 200 and Efke 25 film? Or, is it all gone? thanks

J Durr

[IanG]

Hi Jim,

Where can I get some Bergger 200 and Efke 25 film? Or, is it all gone? thanks

J Durr

It's all long gone you'd have to get it from those of us who still have stocks. I think I have around 3 or 4 boxes of Fortepan 200 (sold as Berger 200) in 10x8 I never used it in smaller sizes, it's a direct descendant of Kodak Double X made in Hungary just before WWII at the Kodak Ltd plant.

Ian

[Robert Kalman]

Tri-X 4x5 and 8x10. I rate the 4x5 @ ISO 160 and the 8x10 @ ISO 100. Works for me.