best choice for film for pinhole camera?

If my exposures are expected to be 3 seconds or longer in my pinhole

camera, is a better choice for film the TMAX films due to their better

response to reciprocity failure? 3 seconds is a bright sunny day as my

pinhole is f256. What is your choice of film and why. Is xtol the way

to go for pulling the film?

I use Tri-X or HP-5 since they have good exposure latitude. I use either HC-110 or D-76. My apertures are not as exact as yours, and I have exposures of 10 seconds plus just guessing. I seem to get good results.

 

However, I approach pinhole as form of photography in which I don't concentrate on technical issues.

 

Below is a PinHolga photo taken with the old Tri-X and HC-110, and the negs seem very normal. I think the exposure was about 8 seconds.<div></div>

I'd try Tri-X or HP5+. I get 1/2 second at f/256 with 400 speed, using the sunny-16 rule, adding on a bit for reciprocity would get 1 second or so. Or if that's too hard to count, drop back to Plus X.

Foma film 400 looks wonderful in 4x5 size also.

 

Larry<div></div>

i shoot mainly 4x5. i found fomapan 100 to work excellent for me. shoots well, scans well , and contact prints well. i hate efke 25. i just can not get it to scan. i have not tried to contact print it. it was just too difficult for me. tmax and trix are good too, but expensive. i have used forte 200 with good results too. velvia 100f is nice for color.

 

in 120 format i have shot a bit of C41. the 160NPS works well. i have only shot a bit of it, but i plan to shoot more.

 

check out http://www.f295.org/Pinholeforum/forum/Blah.pl? it has alot of great info. i use the pinhole designer, it has exposure guides that include reciprocity info for most of the common films. works great. sorry, i can not find the link now. have fun.

 

tmax has great reciprocity characteristics. expect to be in the 30 sec to 3 minutes most of the time.

 

eddie

I've been using Tmax 100 with good results. For normal outdoor scenes, I tack on 50% extra

time to meter reading. Attached photo was taken with a 4x5 75mm pinhole- 6 seconds

(approx) Tmax100 in xtol normal. Good luck, pinhole photography is lots of fun. Check out

pinhole resource on the web.<div></div>

While not a fan of T-Max for lens cameras, T-Max 100 does work well for me for pinhole photography-your thoughts about reciprocity are right on and it has good inherent contrast. Good luck.