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What is your favorite brand of camera film?

Hey guys I was just curious as to what your brand of choice is when it comes to purchasing camera film, specifically 120 of 35mm format.
Also, do you prefer color or B&W film?
Do you have a certain speed you are partial to (ISO)?

Oh and also what's your personal favorite film camera?

For black and white film, my favorite is definitely Kodak Plus-X. It's 125 ISO and so it needs plenty of light (or a slower shutter speed). But I love using it for landscape photos and long exposures. It captures super sharp images with no grain, and it has a really nice warm tone. It's also very forgiving with exposure and development mistakes. It's probably the most forgiving film I've used. I've used it in both 35mm and 120 format. It's absolutely amazing in 120 format, and you wouldn't believe how much you can enlarge an image from a 120 Plus-X negative. It will blow you away.

I've also used Ilford HP 5 Plus, and I'm starting to like it. It's a higher ISO film than I normally use and it does have a lot more grain. But the grainy effect can be interesting with some subjects. It also comes in handy when you need to take pictures in low lighting, but still need a reasonably fast shutter speed.

For color, I would say that my favorite films would be Kodak Gold 200, Fuji 200, or the new film that Kodak just made, called Ektar 100. Ektar is really picky about exposure and you have to try to get it just right. It's kind of tricky to use it with manual exposure and you really need a light meter. But it captures very sharp pictures with awesome color saturation. It has a completey different look to it that I've never seen before. If you get the exposure right and give it plenty of light, Ektar 100 will capture absolutely amazing pictures that will blow you away. It's perfect for landscape and architectural pictures.

As far as my favorite camera goes...that's going to be a tough question. I have a big collection of vintage cameras and I can't pick one favorite. I guess I would have to say that my favorite 120 camera is my Yashica A (a twin lens reflex). It's a very nice, solid camera with excellent optics and I also like the 6x6 image format. I think my favorite 35mm camera is my Minolta SRT-101. I actually just got it recently, but I really like it. After that, I would say that my Argus C3 and Argus C4 rangefinder cameras would be my next favorites.

Film cameras are a blast to use. Especially vintage manual cameras. There's nothing like using a REAL all-metal camera and hearing the snap of a mechanical shutter

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