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| Posted by chrisbet: Sat Apr 13th, 2024 19:03 | 1st Post |
| Yes - I know, a bit odd on a DSLR forum but I have now acquired an FE to go alongside the FM - in the day I always used Kodak Gold 200 asa for colour and Ilford FP4 125 asa for black and white. Are these still the best general purpose stocks?
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| Posted by Iain: Sat Apr 13th, 2024 20:38 | 2nd Post |
| I always used Fujifilm.
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| Posted by Graham Whistler: Mon Apr 15th, 2024 08:13 | 3rd Post |
Are you going to shoot some film with it. I still put the odd roll of FP4 in my Rolleiflex 3.5F, I got it new for £140 in 1959 it is still as good as new. Click here to comment on this image.
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| Posted by chrisbet: Mon Apr 15th, 2024 10:34 | 4th Post |
| Yes - my plan is to load one with B&W and the other with colour and use them for street photography and portraits. They are less intrusive than the bigger DSLRs
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| Posted by jk: Mon Apr 15th, 2024 13:21 | 5th Post |
| I believe the old film stocks of Kodak Tri-X and Pan-F as still made but for colour thr Fujifilm products are fine. For slides Kodachrome seems to have died but Fuji still make their range. That said I have my old F2 cameras and and F3 just for the love of handling them. I find film to be less useful for my photography and all prints will need to be made from digital images unless you want to invest in a full wet darkroom. Digital is environmentally and practically so much easier/better.
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| Posted by chrisbet: Wed Apr 17th, 2024 12:19 | 6th Post |
| Well, after reading a lot of reviews I find the whole situation confusing! So, as a starter for 10 I have gone for a roll of Ilford HP5+ (400 asa) and a roll of Kodak Gold (200 asa) I'll shoot them both through the FE which has been fully serviced and then maybe a roll of Fuji film colour & B&W and see which I prefer......
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| Posted by Eric: Thu Apr 18th, 2024 19:22 | 7th Post |
chrisbet wrote:Well, after reading a lot of reviews I find the whole situation confusing! So, as a starter for 10 I have gone for a roll of Ilford HP5+ (400 asa) and a roll of Kodak Gold (200 asa) I'll shoot them both through the FE which has been fully serviced and then maybe a roll of Fuji film colour & B&W and see which I prefer......You may find the HP5 a bit grainier than 400 ISO on your DSLR. But I used it for action and got some nice results. You could also try XP2 ….which is a BW film using C41 colour chemistry…..I found that gave less grain than XP5. Fuji Velvia was the saturated 50asa beast but tended to be greenish. I used Provia 100asa in preference. Whatever happened to Konica ? That was a nice 100asa colour film with a slight blue shift.
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| Posted by Iain: Thu Apr 18th, 2024 20:23 | 8th Post |
Eric wrote:You may find the HP5 a bit grainier than 400 ISO on your DSLR. But I used it for action and got some nice results.Konica was a nice film. It was Fuji print film I was using for the sport, 400 and 800asa and the 800 was pushed to 3200 when I did a night time game at the Newcastle Falcons rugby ground as they had 6 candles for flood light or so it seemed.
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| Posted by Eric: Fri Apr 19th, 2024 15:22 | 9th Post |
Iain wrote:Konica was a nice film. It was Fuji print film I was using for the sport, 400 and 800asa and the 800 was pushed to 3200 when I did a night time game at the Newcastle Falcons rugby ground as they had 6 candles for flood light or so it seemed.Spot the ball competitions were difficult in those days....you had so much grain the size of the football, you were spoilt where t put the X 
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| Posted by Iain: Sat Apr 20th, 2024 10:13 | 10th Post |
Eric wrote:Spot the ball competitions were difficult in those days....you had so much grain the size of the football, you were spoilt where t put the XThat was the case at the rugby but it was either that or no pictures.
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| Posted by jk: Sun Apr 21st, 2024 19:14 | 11th Post |
| XP2 will yield you some good b&w images if a little flatter in contrast to TriX or HP5.
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| Posted by Eric: Mon Apr 22nd, 2024 10:28 | 12th Post |
jk wrote:XP2 will yield you some good b&w images if a little flatter in contrast to TriX or HP5.I suspect that’s down to typical laboratory C41 ‘average’ processing. I tended to do my own FP4 and HP5 developing and yes they were more contrasty ….but I used to boost contrast when printing my XP2 lab negs.
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