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I need your suggestion for film (print, slide for color or B&W) to be used with Leica lenses. Recently I have tried AGFA APX 100 and I like its grainy and heavy texture it produces.

 

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Any film that is your favorite with your Lieca lenses. Thanks.

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For B&W I use Kodak Tmax-400 and 3200 and Tri-X because they are more

or less "habit" now. I like Fuji Astia 100 and Velvia 50 every

once in awhile. I'm not one to experiment a lot, I guess.

Backups? We don’t need no stinking ba #.’  _ ,    J

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Gosh, Kenny, I've never thought of matching film to lens.

 

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Erwin Puts swears by Kodachrome, especially K25. Others say Leica

works best with B&W film such as Tri-X or XP2 Super.

 

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I use Provia F mostly, Velvia hardly ever, and K25/K64 occasionally.

For B&W Scala and Tri-X. I love Scala, but contrast control is tricky.

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Gosh, Kenny, I've never thought of matching film to lens.

 

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Erwin Puts swears by Kodachrome, especially K25. Others say Leica

works best with B&W film such as Tri-X or XP2 Super.

 

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I use Provia F mostly, Velvia hardly ever, and K25/K64 occasionally.

For B&W Scala and Tri-X. I love Scala, but contrast control is tricky.

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I shoot Tri-X no matter what. I haven't found that it changes with

lenses. I shoot it in 120 also.<p>

 

The only exception is with my pinhole camera, because Tri-X doesn't

give long enough exposures at f138 (the only choice with the pinhole)

to control exposure in daylight.<p>

 

I don't shoot color in 35mm, I don't like the way it looks.<p>

 

<img src="http://www.spirer.com/images/bankgirl.jpg"><br>

<i>Bank Girl, Tri-X at 320 in Rodinal, copyright 2000 Jeff Spirer</i>

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For color slides - K64 (and K25) seems to me a classic combination.

These work fantastically because they are so sharp, nice neutral

color and can bring out all what Leica lenses have to offer.

 

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For black and white I would have thought that FP4/Tri-X/HP5 could be

considered classic combinations.

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I usually shoot Velvia these days. For grab shots, I carry around a

Leica

screw mount camera and collapsible 50mm lens. I like to use color

negative

film when shooting without a meter, Reala or Royal Gold 100.<BR>

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I'm a big fan of Kodak's new Supra 400. But, due to the addition of a

Sprintscan 4000 and an Epson 870 to my digital darkroom, I'm likely

going to switch to trannies. From what I've seem Provia 100F looks

like a winner, and there are rumours of a matching Privia 400F due out

this fall. That would make available light shooting on chrome a

realistic option.

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Kenny, I use a lot of black and white: Agfa 25 and 100. Rodinal with

25 - Microdol mixed 1 to 3 with both: 12/13 min. for 25 (rated at 12)

and about 15 min. for 100 (rated at 50) both temperatures at 20 C.

You'll be hard pressed to find grain in these negatives in the grain

focuser under the enlarger and the tonality and sharpness is great.

 

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I prefer leicas for black and white and color in either leicas or

nikons.

 

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For color I am partial to Fuji Reala 100 and Superia 400 and

sometimes 800.

 

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For slides Fuji 50 and 100 and Kodachromes - Also Scala, a fabulous

film.

 

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Wladimir Schweigert

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The Leica is such a great low light camera, that I find myself not

wanting anything in mine less than 400 speed. I rate Fuji 400

negative at 320, and the 800 at 640. With the 800, if I can see it

decently with my eyes, I can take a hand held shot of it with my

Leica and usually get good sharpness in very natural light, like

window light indoors. I can't believe how good these higher speed

negative films have gotten in just the past 3 years.

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  • 2 weeks later...

I've used E100SW almost exclusively for nearly two years, but am now

considering Velvia or a simple reason which has nothing to do wth

lenses: the flash sync speed of the M camera. 100 ASA is just too

fast!

In fact the flash sync speed is the one thing that lets the M series

down, IMO.

Rob.

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I shoot Efke KB-100 and KB-25 and soup in PMK. I used the Beutler soup

for about 15 years but after trying PMK, will not go back. Efke films

which are very much the same as the old Adox films can be had from

Freestyle Sales.

 

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Was using Delta and T-Max before I found Efke.

 

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Sharpness tip: use the tabletop/ballhead braced upon your chest, or

wall or boulder or tree or building.

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Dear Ken,

I have had very good experience with Kodak's E100VS. It is

faster than Velvia and not quite so contrasty or hard on skin tones.

I shoot it at a full 100 ISO. For dimmer available light I have had

very good luck with E200 shot at ISO 400 and pushed 2 by a

professional color lab. I recently tried the new Provia 400F in my

Canon T90 and think this is a great available light film, as well as

a for super telephoto with my Canon long lenses. I have not yet tried

it in my M6, but My initial impression is that the new 400F is

slightly colder than the E200 shot at ISO400.

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