Black n White Photo Lovers - Minoltian

[GoKuu]

Calling all Minoltians,

Just wanna have a head count on below matter....surious to find out....

1. How many out there loves to shoot in Black n White Films? :lovegrin:

2. What are your Top 3 Black n White Films?

3. How many of you develope and print out Black n White photo yourself?

Cheers!! :cheers:

 

[vader]

I shot B & W all the time, films I like are ilford pan-f, hp-5, fp-4, sfx. favourite developers is rodinal, favourite papers and ilford warmtone FB and normal FB. :bsmilie:

 

[Paperkurt]

I m a newbie juz developed a roll of b&w love e results

tmax100
My World

 

[ajaismd68]

I love taking black & white photographs usually using Ilford HP5 400 or Delta 400. I used to develop it at my friends' lab but due to work commitment, I still looking for any photo developing stores that can develop it excellently. Any advise, please. :dunno:

 

[ileaf]

i've shot 5rolls of black & white so far.
like the effect, but need to put in more effort to improve on this. can't really see the tones of black & white from the world of colour. any one got any tips on that?

i tried on Ilford delta 100,400,3200,kodak tmax400 & trix-400. paisei, but other than grain size between different ISO speed, can't really differentiate the strength of each film... yet.

 

[vader]

i've shot 5rolls of black & white so far.
like the effect, but need to put in more effort to improve on this. can't really see the tones of black & white from the world of colour. any one got any tips on that?

i tried on Ilford delta 100,400,3200,kodak tmax400 & trix-400. paisei, but other than grain size between different ISO speed, can't really differentiate the strength of each film... yet.

Hey...you use any filters when you do B & W photography?? Try using orange filter other B & W filters and you see the tones slowly.....

What strength you toking about? elaborate plz...I dun understand.... :dunno:

 

[yeocolin]

I shot B & W all the time, films I like are ilford pan-f, hp-5, fp-4, sfx. favourite developers is rodinal, favourite papers and ilford warmtone FB and normal FB. :bsmilie:

Hi. I'm pretty new to B&W and would love to hear some pointers from all of you.

Vader, I noticed Ilford Delta is not amongst your choice of film. May I know why, especially for 35mm format? :dunno:

 

[ileaf]

Hey...you use any filters when you do B & W photography?? Try using orange filter other B & W filters and you see the tones slowly.....

What strength you toking about? elaborate plz...I dun understand.... :dunno:

yup, hv tried on orange filter, in fact, my avatar was shot using the orange filter. the effect is good!

strength for each film?
er, take slides for example, velvia is widely used in landscape & macro for its saturated colours; and provia & astia are more widely used in potrait as they product good skintones. that's what i meant by strength.

i believe each b&w film has some special characteristics too.

 

[vader]

Hi. I'm pretty new to B&W and would love to hear some pointers from all of you.

Vader, I noticed Ilford Delta is not amongst your choice of film. May I know why, especially for 35mm format? :dunno:

Haiz.....when will ruby stock up on hp-5......I've juz buy 2 rolls of Delta 400...I prefer the tones of hp-5 lah,with my exposure and processing timing it'll turn out good tones and fine grain....exposure, processing timing, temperature, chemicals are all within my control. that's the good thing about processing yourself.

I've use tri-x pan from kodak formerly and the tones is also very close to hp-5 but I've got 1 batch of tri-x pan films with problems so I switch to ilford. also use t-max 400 before...contrast too high, but it's grain is good.

I used hp-5 for my streets shots and weddings shoots, delta 3200 sometimes for weddings too, fp-4 for portraits, and pan-f 50 for studio shoots. delta 100 & 400 is good for fine arts stuffs and when very big enlargements are needed. fuji neo pan is also good films too, agfa too...

It's up to your personal prefs, sometimes you got to consider if the chemicals suits the film or not and if the processing time is available or not with the chemicals you are using....

 

[deslim27]

The only 'B&W' film I used is Kodak 400CN :bsmilie:

Anyone used a Fuji Neopan before? Can find in Singapore?

 

[vader]

The only 'B&W' film I used is Kodak 400CN :bsmilie:

Anyone used a Fuji Neopan before? Can find in Singapore?

neo pan is available in konota @ penisular plaza lah...400cn is also good film too, it's fine for a 400 ISO film....but I'll go for XP-2 super.....my experience with the CN and XP is that orange filters is the least you need to use....to get better contrast...it's quite flat tone leh without filters.....

 

[deslim27]

neo pan is available in konota @ penisular plaza lah...400cn is also good film too, it's fine for a 400 ISO film....but I'll go for XP-2 super.....my experience with the CN and XP is that orange filters is the least you need to use....to get better contrast...it's quite flat tone leh without filters.....

Okok.. thanks!

I like to go with yellow filter with CN. With yellow filter, the skin tone look so light and smooth :bsmilie:

Neo pan is also use C-41 chemical in common photo lab right?

 

[vader]

Neo pan is also use C-41 chemical in common photo lab right?

Nah, it's using B&W chemicals man...konota can do it mah..... hey...learn it lah....it's not difficult man....then you can stay home and process films and your wife will not say anything.... :blah: :bsmilie:

 

[Aton]

I've never tried the true blue B&W film, only used 400CN.
quite a good film to try out B&W without hurting the pocket too much, because C41 process film is cheaper than real B&W, unless I know how to develop B&W.

 

[deslim27]

your wife will not say anything....

Cos she has fainted?! :bsmilie:

Not that I don't want to do B&W, difficult to get it processed, the shops are in the CH area. If I get those standard photo labs to do, they will take 1 week to return.

DIY is out of question! My son will do a nice wall painting for me with chemical.. haaa..

 

[GoKuu]

Guys n Gals,

Wow...

Well, I myself is still a very newbie in Black n White Photography... learning to get a correct exposure, good contrast blah blah blah... but most eager to learn how to develope and make my own print... that would be perfect... to me, that's the masterpiece of Black n White Photography...

Going to try IR Film on my very old Yashica FX3...

I like Ilford, but haven't try on hp-5. After reading u guys feedbacks, i'm gonna try it out soon... next that i'm going to try also, will be Neopan... :lovegrin:


May I ask one stupid question.... which film gives the best contrast result?

:devil: I LOVE BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY!!!!! :devil:

 

[reactan]

The only 'B&W' film I used is Kodak 400CN :bsmilie:

Anyone used a Fuji Neopan before? Can find in Singapore?

I was told when i was developing my 400CN that shooting with the 400CN is no different from shooting with a color film, and then converting to b n w in photoshop. It can only handle 3.5 stops of contrast, while a true b n w film like ilford can handle up to 7 stops.

Having said that...i've only done one roll of b n w, HAvent tried the ilfords yet, but i intend to attend SAFRA's next b n w workshop.

Al

 

[vader]

May I ask one stupid question.... which film gives the best contrast result?

:devil: I LOVE BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY!!!!! :devil:

Nah, I would not call it a stupid question but it's a innocent question.

best contrast depends on the exposure, chemicals used, what filters you use, the processing timing, films used, papers used, temperature used to process the films.....so.....go on out to shoot and try them all..... :sweat: that's what I do also :sweat:

keep a log book man....write all details in there.....

 

[vivientan]

I :heart: B & W PHOTOGRAPHY!!! :lovegrin:

I guess in a way, it expresses the mood and feel that I would like to bring out in a photo. But again, depends on what you are shooting. I think b & w works best for abstract still shots and portraits. Plus, I shoot a lot of b & w when I'm depressed! :bsmilie:

Like most have mentioned above, nothing beats processing b & w films & photos yourself! I've not been into a darkroom for almost 8 yrs...really missed those days man! It's the satisfaction of seeing the fruits of your labour coming to life and having full control on how you want your photos to turn out eg contrast, exposure etc.

My favourite b & w films? Ilford HP5! Have used Tri-X pan too...quite satisfied with the results too.

I've been wanting to get filters for b & w photography, but there are so many in the market I'm not too sure which ones to get. Maybe someone can lend me some filters to play with before I decide what to get?

Lately, I've been trying to PS the b & w photos I scanned. Tough work...very diff to achieve the contrast that I want! :sweat: Still trying to brush up my PS skills. Anybody has good tips on PS-ing b & w photos?

 

[vader]

I've been wanting to get filters for b & w photography, but there are so many in the market I'm not too sure which ones to get. Maybe someone can lend me some filters to play with before I decide what to get?

haha. next time got outing we 'll try ger...

Depressed as in your whole world is black......so B&W inspiration is there