ULTIMATE BLACK AND WHITE FILM GUIDE: 100 SPEED, 120 FILM
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Analog photography is becoming more and more popular. It returns to everyday life and has a large number of enthusiasts again. Great idea for video, very useful. 👌
And as a paradox, a fully functional mechanical camera is easier to be made for medium format(TLR) than for 35 mm(SLR). The more you depart from 35mm cameras, the easier is to build a camera.
Fantastic. I was somewhat suprised to learn that overall my preference was Delta 100.
Thanks for doing the boring "footwork" so we don't have to. ;)
You're welcome! Thanks for watching Azriel.
@@AndrewGoodCamera +1 Delta 100 is amazing
+1 Delta100
Thanks for another unbiased film comparison. At this speed, I normally go for to FP-4, but Delta 100 looks like a great alternative. Lots of time and money spent here, very much appreciated.
So happy to know that Acros II is coming soon!
The trick with all Foma films is that they're really a stop slower than the box says. 100 is really 50, 400 is really 200. Expose a stop more, develop about 10% less than recommended. Abracadabra, less grain and better shadow detail.
Wow.... That explains it... Been shooting Fomapan 100 and finding the results a bit...dull and grey
Thanks, that helps a lot! i too found the foma to be too grainy.
This is all about right, I'd even drop the dev time a bit more than 10%, depending on what you're using. Foma is a budget film yes, but not so beginner friendly due to its sensitivity in exposure and developing.
My clear preference here was TMax 100. It's good to know what to get. The delta 100 did all right too. I only wish Fuji's Acros II had been out at the time you made this, that's also a film I've loved when I've seen it and would have dearly liked to compare.
Thanks for doing this test. It’s very helpful for those who are trying to get a better understanding of film. I think my favorite from the test was Fp4.
Thanks for the hard work. Ultrafine and FP4 were close as my top 2. Tmax and Delta came out with almost the identical score for me. Shows me that this blind test and the spreadsheet are pretty accurate in assessing personal preference. Based on this I just ordered a bunch of FP4+. Looking forward to a new emulsion in my quiver!
I'm partial towards Rollei rpx but also like to shoot foma. This is a great comparison... thanks a bunch!!
First of all, thank you very much for making these useful and thorough videos. I'm a photographer that uses film for his work all throughout the process, meaning that I finish it printing in my darkroom and later on scanning the prints. Probably most of your viewers work your way (shooting film and scanning it directly) and it's perfectly fine. But I miss seeing how these films work in the enlarger. Maybe setting up a contrast filter 2 and making consistent prints, so we can analyze the actual contrast and grain of each film on paper. I would love to see this process on one of your next videos. Cheers!
UPDATE TO MY UPDATE: Hey everyone on this thread. I'm updating the update I made in regards to Ultrafine Extreme Pro. Awhile back I heard from a source I trusted that Extreme Pro was just a rebadge of other film stocks through the years and I believed that source. However, I just had a great conversation with Jeff over at Photo Warehouse regarding Ultrafine Extreme Pro. He assured me that Extreme Pro is NOT rebadged and that it has been sourced from the same supplier since it was improved over regular Ultrafine eight or so years ago. The emulsion is also not available in any other name anywhere else. This is very encouraging to me and I've never been more glad to be wrong, as I really love this film.
Hey everyone on this thread. I'm updating the update I made in regards to Ultrafine Extreme Pro. Awhile back I heard from a source I trusted that Extreme Pro was just a rebadge of other film stocks through the years and I believed that source. However, I just had a great conversation with Jeff over at Photo Warehouse regarding Ultrafine Extreme Pro. He assured me that Extreme Pro is NOT rebadged and that it has been sourced from the same supplier since it was improved over regular Ultrafine eight or so years ago. The emulsion is also not available in any other name anywhere else. This is very encouraging to me and I've never been more glad to be wrong, as I really love this film.
Thanks for the update!
Hi Andrew, thank for your review. My preference for now is Rollei RPX100 and Delta 400
Thanks for this comparison!
My favorite film has been Rollei 80s for quite some time now, I'm glad it still made it into my top 2 during the blind test part.
I'm also constantly annoyed by the curling Rollei films, but they have one major advantage for me: a clear base, meaning I can (and usually do) process them as B&W slides.
A huge thank you for all your time and effort in doing this comparison test, you've saved me and many others a lot of time and money.
Took the blind test and it seems that Delta100 is my favorite, I've never shot it before, but I will soon. Thanks for doing the hardwork on this. It very good to know the comparisons of film stocks the way you did. note: the first blind test you did was also very helpful.
Great test and a lot of work, thank you. My opinion is, that the main reason to shot analog is that at the end of the day you should hold a physical photo in your hands. That is always the moment for me when I know why I shoot analog.
I've been using Foma for years, I love the unpredictability. The blind test also showed me, I still like it. hahahhaha This was fun. Thanks for posting this.
You're welcome Jen!
Thank you for such a great comparison- I've been heavy into digital and recently picked up a Yashika D and FM2n to try to slow down and enjoy the art a bit. I too leaned toward the ultra fine and FP4 which would probably give great latitude for scans and post processing tweaks.
I was very surprised to see the similarities of the ultrafine. I usually use fp4, but I’m gonna order the ultrafine next! I do also like delta 100, but usually stick to cubic grain. Thanks for doing this.
Great comparison. I’m totally bummed Fuji Acros is discontinued, it was my favorite. I started shooting with tmax & Ilford Delta. More film videos please, love to see the Bronica out. Thanks!
GREAT comparisons, Thanks.In your experience or research what is most similar to discontinued, Kodak Plus X. Thanks,Joe
I like that Ilford FP4 125
Thank You for this extensive work! I would like to point out that the choice of developer has huge effect on any film (except Acros😀) Devolpipng the same film in Rodinal will give totally different results than developing it in Xtol, ( these two are rather extreme examples effectwise) the effect is drastic in tonality, sharpnes, grain, and even film speed ( shadow detail)
Of course I recognised my all - time favourites Ilford FP4 and Delta 100. But I must say that I was pleasantly surprised with Fomapan judging from your pictures, given I never used it...
Really torn between the two. (Looking to buy a few boxes to start my journey in to 4x5 monorail cameras)
thanks for this!!!! i was very surprised that fp4 and delta 100 scored exactly the same score.
it would be great you doing a 400 speed in 120 roll film
BTW. regarding the grain in Fomapan 100 someone said that under no circumstances use Rodinal developer if the film is scanned. He gets excellent results using Tetenal Ultrafin 1+20 - 15 minutes. Don't know how this translates to the Kodak developer, but as you got unpleasant graininess, then is not a good choice as developer for this film. Also, its own Foma chemicals might make a difference.
Ilford Delta 100 got all 5s for me, with FP4 as a close second :)) so so thankful for this!
I picked Rollei 80S and Ilford Delta 100 as the 2 best, though I prefer Rollei 80S overall. I've never used Ultrafine Extreme because it hasn't been in stock for years.
Thank you very much for your expo. What it pleases my is the love you have photography. All the best! 😀
Thank you for your time and work and sharing that work, I know how much work it was. I love Rollei Retro 80S but looking at your results, maybe TMax needs a closer look.
Thai information is great ! I’m just getting into Film photography and this videos and the other one on 35 mm made my weekend!! Thanks again
Thanks for another entertaining and very informative video! I think I stay with Ilford Delta (100 & 400) developed in Ilford DD-X.
Thank you so much for the amazing work you've done! This guide is as great as the others!
My N°1 from the test was Fomapan and now I can't wait to try it on the field.
Cheers!!!
What a great video, and I can only imagine the time and effort you put into this!
There were a few surprises and a few not so much. I think I had a different favourite in each picture, but my own go to - fp4 - turned out to be the only film I liked in every single shot.
Delta really surprised me.. I didn't expect to like it at all but it was probably just behind fp4 as my favourite overall.
I do really love that fomapan grain... Apparently it's not to everybody's tastes 🤣
My single favourite result was actually retro 80 in the hat pic, the contrast range was just phenomenal to my eye. The 80 also did a splendid job on the roof of the old house. It was also the worst for me in some other instances.
Tmax really left me cold and was easily my least favourite overall...
I guess the takeaway is that there is no best film, it's all about the scene and how a given film renders those particular colours and the light in that precise moment, and more importantly how the viewer responds to the qualities of the resulting image. There's always something new to discover with film. 🙂
Oh and like you and many others said... Acros was the GOAT !!!
Thank you for this series, would have been great when started shooting film in my mid teens (which just realize was 20 years ago, whoa). Clearly a lot of effort, money, and time been put into this endeavour.
9:50 Which is discontinued. The more research do coming back after forced five year hiatus the more find how much prices skyrocketed and disappointingly missed out on some good to great films. At least coming back now, can stock up a few before gets more.
Just liked right away! Now let's enjoy it!
Really shocked by the look of Rollei Retro! But as a poor European, Fomapan remains my choice. Thank you Andrew (liked D, F and G before revealing)!
BTW, as I said a couple of times by now, I can't wait to see what you think about Portra 160 in your natural environment...
This video was so well done and helpful!!! I love the greys in the Tmax the most, but I like the ultrafine and ilford ones close second!
Nice video. Thank you.
These film review vids are fantastic, your more recent videos have definitely been next level, subscribed a while ago, but the new upload notification bell now checked Andrew, really great stuff!
Have to appreciate the effort you saw in putting up this comparison. Thanks!
Thanks, you saved me a lot of money and testing. In general they were all sufficiently similar that there is not a ton of difference between any of the seven films unless you want to focus on plus or minus a small bit.
I did like E, F, & G but that is because I tend to like more contrast than a flat tonal distribution from white to black. This is all very subjective and being a painter I find its not the material so much that matters, rather its what you do with it so any of the 7 would work fine for me.
Really useful. Thanks. I started out with Tmax (120 & 4x5) but have recently switched to Delta 100. I print analogue and get good results with both films, but the Ilford has a ‘smoothness’ that really appeals. I have a couple of boxes of Acros 4x5 which I’ve not tried yet.
This was very nice. My preference when watching was for Delta 100, FP4 and Ultrafine Extreme. I also correctly surmised which one was TMax. I didn't like it nearly as much in this comparison because of how flat it was, but from my own experience, TMax when developed with Rodinal is just gorgeous...Rodinal adds a bit of that punch and sharpness back, while maintaining very fine grain and beautiful tonality with TMax. Need to get some Delta 100 though.
Tmax 100 is by far my favorite low grain silky smooth film. I go with TRI-X 400 when I want grain and snappy contrast.
Only recently found my love for Tri-X. Tend to shoot it at 1600. It's such a versatile film!
neliro isn’t it just the best
Just wanna say thank you for your hard work!
I have watched a few of your comparisons. After 1 year of testing on my own as well, I ended up choosing FP4+. A couple reasons. 1, I find it to be very consistent. I always seem to get the look I want. 2, the look is very uniform and allows me to have the freedom to edit in post for a variety of looks. 3, the price and availability. Seems I can buy it anywhere and just choose the lowest prices. 4, it is available in 135, 120 and 4x5 sheet film. So I can now have a similar result from all my cameras and can also develop 135 and 120 at the same time.
As far as developers go, I tried just 4. HC110 ( Didn't like my inconsistent results), Ilford DDx ( was good but too expensive and short lived). Rodinal (love it for 120 and 4x5 but not 135) and my final choice is XTol 1:1. I am very happy with the consistency, the tonality and the subtle classic grain. In 4x5, especially, FP4+ and XTol are amazing!!! To get more value from my Xtol when developing 4x5, which uses 1L in my tank for just 6 frames, I recently started mixing 500ml of Xtol 1:1 with 500ml of Rodinal 1:50. The results are fantastic and I am saving money. Thanks for all your hard work. It made my hard work.....less hard! Peace!
Glad to hear that Ron, and thanks for checking back in to follow up and share your findings!
Really enjoy your film studies, very useful and helpful
Interesting!
Foma and FP4 came top for me, Delta next.
Ultrafine and both Rolleis were just kinda, blah.
Tmax looked worst in every example.
Great review! Tks for the video
awesome comparison! My preference was FP4 and Ultrafine. FP4 is a beast I push it regularly up to 3200 ISO with great results!
This. Is. Awesome.
Awesome review once again, shared on twitter and thanks again for taking the time to produce such quality content. 👍
Thanks for sharing!
Denae & Andrew YVW
These videos are great, thank you so much for this!
Really interesting review thanks, I enjoyed it and learnt things!
I have just recently started photography again after a gap of about 11 years, mainly due to failing eyesight which Mede it difficult for me to use a camera. Recently there has been some improvement in eyesight, so I have got my cameras out of store and am trying again. I collect cameras, I have about 50, and some are much more difficult for me to use than others. I like Hartman’s budget film, Kentmere 100, but that is only available in 35 mm, so could not have been included in your list.
I have to say that I’ve never really liked medium format, though I did use a couple of TLRs at work many years ago. I like the small size and light weight of 35 mm cameras, and the range of movements and slow working of large format ones, and for me medium format ones seem to fall into a gap in the middle.
Thank you so much for all your hard work man, love it.
I wish you had included Ilford Ortho Plus at 80 ASA.
Ive been shooting ultrafine films for a while now. I've had some pretty phenomenal results.
I have also tested kentmere 100 next to ultrafine 100 and they seem darn near identical.. so that might be something to take note of.
Great video ! Not too surprisingly, FP4+ is my favorite, but I didn't know I wouldn't like TMax 100, as I like the 400 version pretty well.
Do you plan on doing it for 400 ISO film ? I mostly use this range, so it'd be very interesting for me, and I'm sure many others :)
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This was totally brilliant! many thanks...
The shelves were fantastic.
So glad to have come acros, oops, Freudian slip, across this video. Great info for someone trying to find a replacement to Acros.
😂 Good one. Yeah Acros will be missed. Nothing quite like it, unfortunately.
Merci ! Merci ! Merci ! Fantastic work, thank you for this.
Quite the lovely comparison of the various ones, and I love how additional shots were included as well! It seems that E was my main one that regularly drew my eye (so FP4), as I seemed to like what it offered up... And that's from someone who honestly has no idea what their thoughts on black and white photography are since they've never taken any photos that way ^_^;;;; It was definitely the one that "stood out" to me and pretty much shouted "hey, give me a try, you know you want to".
Definitely love that such a comparison was done, and hopefully, when time and funds permit, a colour film one will also be available... Although I'll playfully say I don't know how you'll sneak CineStill into a 100 speed comparison since it's only available in 50 or 800 :P
Yeah, color will be a bit of a challenge. But I think what the plan is to shoot with all the color films currently available (since it's looking like there are only nine) regardless of speed. I'm excited to start working on it soon.
Oh wow, there's only nine left? That's... smaller than I was expecting, but still hopefully a wide enough selection of choices to have different qualities!
Thank you for this videos
Thank you. I saw this video about 30 seconds after purchasing a box of 4x5 Fomapan 200 :-)
As I understand it Tri-X 400 has a reputation for wide exposure latitude. What 50-100 speed film would you say is most like it in that respect? FP4? One of the Rollies?
This is awesome and very helpful for someone who has recently started trying to take film more seriously! Thank you! (PS I haven't heard of compounding variables; perhaps you meant confounding variables? Regardless, your point made sense and was extremely helpful!)
Fantastic video swo well done love it an di will share it around
Delta 100 seems to be the best for my work.
Great video! I loved the last comparison as well. Btw from what I've seen (still rumors) is that the Ultrafine Xtreme films are Kentmere which is an Ilford product and I've had great luck with the 35mm. The Ultrafine Plus is the bad Lucky repack
I don't think so. Kentmere makes a 35mm 100 and 400 speed film, but not 120. Ultrafine Xtreme comes in 35 and 125, and they are definitely the same emulsion. And no, I don't think Ultrafine repacks Lucky either. Doesn't make sense as it's definitely coated/finished by Harmon.
Denae & Andrew true but that's just how it's cut off the master roll. Kentmere is an Ilford product as well just the cheaper brand, either way the Xtreme films are awesome. The plus version is totally different and had a bunch of problems with consistency and bleeding from the backing paper onto the film.
Right. Harmon, technically. In my 400 speed, 35mm guide I looked at those, and I just didn't see them as close enough. And it would seem odd that Kentmere would not create 125, but sell both 35 and 120 to be rebadged by Photo Warehouse. I really think Ultrafine is something else. Maybe some other European film which was discontinued, but who Photo Warehouse and Harmon partnered to bring as a budget film to America. But who knows.
I wonder if ORWO is still out there, since the East German ORiginal WOlfen films were thicker than Verichrome Pan/Ilford FP4.
please check again the images at 7:27 and 7:44. They suppose to be the same but it seems two Ds are not matching. Thank you very much for this great effort.
So damn comprehensive. Amazing, thanks so much.
This was excellent. Thanks.
Thank you
Great video!
but you forgot Shanghai GP3 100
You should have added Fomapan 200, it's a good 100 iso film! :)
Luc B exactly!
Hey, Foma is great if you use the right developer. He complains about grain but i shot foma 100 and developed in Foma Excel developer, no visible grain in 8x10 prints , so its up to developer. I always shot box speed. so DEVELOPER makes a trick.
Has anyone tried 120 Shanghai B&W film recently? I use their 4x5" film and like it.
The reason I am asking is I want to order some 120 Shanghai to try but not if they still are having trouble with the backing. If you are not aware, a few years ago Shanghai had a problem with the ink on the paper backing that would transfer to the emulsion of the film while it was all rolled up. The ink of the words and numbers would soak in and not come out during development! In the final B&W prints, you could faintly read those words and numbers.
Thank you.
Terry Thomas...
the photographer
Atlanta, Georgia USA
great job mate!
@3:28 - interesting to use the same developer (TMAX) and time for one film (TMAX, though video sounded like Tri-X which is ~400ISO) across the board for all films. Have to manage ‘compounding variables’ somewhere! Great work BTW! 👍
@3:30 - what is “ref remma” film processor?
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Using box speed and the same developer only compares How the films do in those specific circumstances. Many black and white films benefit greatly from certain developers, and may not be best at box speed in a given developer. The Foma films in particular do t get anywhere near box sped in most developers. And will look a lot better once you get that dialed in.
very well done! thanks!
Greatest video ever!
The foil packaging of the Ultra Fine film is the same as the Ilford films.
Didn't knew that the salt these days is made in T-grain technology... I prefer the cubic one, without iodine... :P
Wow huge change in edit style
Could you use the audio from your primary camera as it sounds much better when you have one audio source
Now all should be processed with D76, as D76 was used as a reference developer for many many years :)
Rollei 80's so CREAMY.
ultrafine extreme 100's grain is just good enough to get me on board.
Ilford FP4
I know this a couple years late but have you gone back to Acros now that there is Acros II or have you stuck with Ultra Fine Extreme?
Which LDS temple was the one in the photos? Kirtland? St. George?
St George
Adox silvermax is superb but not available in 120..
Great comparison video. Like some others, I am saddened by Acros being discontinued. Is it possible to do a similar video for 400ASA films?
I already did one for 400
We really need to picket Fuji HQ until they bring back Neopan Acros 100. And while they're at it, Natura 1600!
Agreed
Love your videos! But it’s actually confounding variables, haha. Sorry I just took a stats class, can’t help it😅
Can anyone recommend film to use when I’m going for a 50s-60s look?
Maybe one of the kodak double X repackages? It’s kodak motion picture film that has been around for a while, so might be worth a look. It’ll usually say double x somewhere in the name.
Thanks for study ❤️
I just started shooting B&W film. Awesome test. The download button for the blind test photos doesn't seem to be working. Help?
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Now I know why I can't find any cheap ETRSi backs on Ebay 😂
Haha
I guess I gotta pick up a roll of fp4.
It's my favorite these days.
Denae & Andrew also, more Bronica ETRSi videos please. There are a ton of these on eBay for super reasonable prices. I feel like a lot of folks are skipping this great camera because a lot of youtubers talk about the hasselblad and Pentax cameras. I love my etrsi.