Which Film Brand

I'm not really interested in action photography, mainly landscape & nature. Thinking of using an iso 200, but which brand/type is likely to give the best results.

last time I bought a film for lanscape/nature I was hooked on Agfa Ultra 50.
I wonder if it's still made? I heard they bumped it upto 100 a while back, but the company's probably gone now

For prints or slides? Colour or monochrome?

...and 'best' in what way? I don't think you can beat Velvia, but that's ISO100 (these days!), you may need something faster. But for foliage, colour saturation and fine grain - absolutely stunning slides.

Dan

Velvia is the standard answer, 100 if you can, 100F if you want less saturation, Provia 100F for (I think) the best all around performance.

I used to use Kodak Ektar iso 25 for landscapes.. that was a few years ago now, and I'm not sure they do it anymore,

Cheers

Liam

Hiya,

Blimey chaps, how behind the times are you? Agfa went the way of the dodo some time ago and ASA25? have not seen that since a 3rd rate actor was in the Whitehouse..slight exaggeration, but you know what I mean.

OP...if you like stunning 'bright' colours, which are sometimes a little on the un-natutal side, then buy Fuji. If you like very natural, subtle, but a bit 'dull' colours then buy Kodak.

If you are going to shoot negative film, then it makes little difference what you use since the quality of printing will determine the end result.

cheers Steve.

I will doing Colour & Black & White, and i've been using Fugi & Kodak for colour prints not done Black & White yet.

he he he!

Behind the times? I was playing with a pinhole camera I made with a cardboard box, a sheet of tracing paper, a piece of tin foil, and an acer 300dpi scanner, back when digi cams were 1.8 mp and cost $8000.00
(not a great way to waste time, but laying objects on the scanner was good)

In other words...It's how far ahead of the times can you get?

The "best" film is the one that suits the effect that you want to achieve.

If you want fine grain, sharpness and high resolution then a slow film. If you want grain, higher shutter speeds and can sacrifice some resolution then a fast film. But fast films can still be sharp.

My personal choice would currently be Fuji Velvia for slides and Kodak Tri-X for monochrome. I never use colour negative films. As you can see, the objectives I have in slides and b/w prints are totally different.

Agfa is still going although very tricky to get a hold of. I get mine from asda. Very nice with the flash.