Which B&W film?....I can't decide.

[Matthew Rolfe]

Hi, wouldn't mind a bit of help here. I'm a keen landscape photographer looking for a change in film.
I've been using Kodak T-Max 100 for a quite a while and i'm looking for a change. I tend to get a bit precious about one film and use it repeatedly, but now that I have bought a 8x10 camera I think it is time for a change and some experimentation. I'm not asking for advice on what film I should start using from now on, but rather what would be a good film to try out as my first pack of 8x10.



Thanks

[77seriesiii]

try 'em all!!

I currently use efke 25, Ortho, Foma 100, 200 and have a yellow box in the fridge. I just started shooting the efke so havent developed it, the Foma is great, love it. I also develop w/ pryocat HD as well.

Honestly, nothing wrong with getting a small sample 25 sheets of each type, maybe even throw in x-ray and IR.

happy shooting

Erick

[Mark Woods]

I've used Ilford's Delta 100, but I keep going back to FP 4+ 125. I just bought some Adox ortho film, but haven't shot any of it yet.

[David Beal]

Try Delta 100 at EI=50, developed in 1:50 Rodinal.

Good shooting.

/s/ David

[IanG]

Agree about Delta 100, and it's cheaper than Tmax in the UK.

Like David I shoot it at 50 EI but I process mine in Pyrocat HD, it's an excellent film.

Ian

[Bosaiya]

Efke 25, of course.

[Daniel_Buck]

Adox CHS 25 and ortho 25 are fun, and inexpensive :-)

[Matthew Rolfe]

Cheers for the advice, I think I will give the Delta 100 a go at 50 first.

[Brian Ellis]

Since you seem to want a change for the sake of making a change (no criticism, nothing wrong with trying different films, it's just that you don't say what if anything bothers you about TMax 100) I guess I'd look for something as different as possible. So that would mean a speed significantly different from TMax 100 in a non-tabular, traditional film, e.g. Ilford HP5+ on the high speed end or Efke 25 on the lower. I assume Ilford still makes HP5+ in 8x10, I haven't used it for a while and nowadays you hardly know from one day to the next what's still around when it comes to film based photography.

[Matthew Rolfe]

Brian, I don't really have too much of a problem with T-Max 100, I just wanted to take the oppurtunity to try something new and see what I may be missing. I will definitly take your advice and try something completely different. Efke 25 seems to crop up a lot so I will try it out.

thanks