Hey Guys! Still don't have film holders quite yet, but I'm ready to shop for film. The day the holders arrive I want to be ready to shoot.
In the medium format world, I really liked Efke 25, 50, and 100. I liked the super-fine grain and the film had the overall "style" I was looking for. I was thinking about trying this out in 11x14.
When I was trying out LF, I used Kodak TXP 320, and I liked what I saw. In 11x14, when you contact print the whole "grain" worry is long since gone.
I should mention the application... while I learn about my camera and play with movements I'm pretty much going to be sticking to 11x14 silver gelatin contact prints. The first 20 shots will probably be developed at a lab, and after that I'll develop myself. After I start to get comfortable with shooting and developing, I'm going to want to begin to use the negatives in alternative processes, beginning with cyanotypes and hopefully ending with albumen prints.
I'm sort of torn between getting a box of ADOX PL100 (aka Efke 100) of 50 sheets from J&C, or getting a small assortment of 25 sheet boxes at Freestyle. I have no idea how long it's going to take to use up 25 sheets (or 50 sheets) of film.... I'll be shooting on weekends only, probably on one of the two days, and I'm pretty darn enthusiastic.
What films do you guys prefer and why? Is ISO 100 (or 25) WAY slow for large format? (I tend to stop down a lot in my medium format shots.) Anyone have experience with the J&C, Arista, or Bergger films?
Thanks!
--A
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