Forum: Photography


Subject: Question about film

DarkPenumbra opened this issue on Jan 16, 2002 ยท 6 posts


DarkPenumbra posted Wed, 16 January 2002 at 6:44 AM

I'm going to buy a few rolls of film this weekend (I have a basic roll of 200 right now just to learn that camera, it came free with a roll I developed :P ) so I thought I'd ready myself. What I'd like is some good film for night photography (since that's pretty much the only time I go out lately), some good daytime film (weekends! gotta love 'em) and some good interior film for portrait stuff. As well as B&W film. The ones I was looking at were from Kodak (mostly because they're right on the store I go to's website), but I'm open to other brands and suggestions: Kodak Ektachrome E200 - I liked the results that were posted before on the group, but I'm wondering if it's a good film for night photography? I also figured I could use another roll for daytime shots. Kodak Portra 160 or 400 (don't know the difference between NC and VC) - I might be a sucker for marketing names at times, but I figured it might be good film for interior stuff. :) Kodak T400 or T-MAX - Not sure what the difference is between the two... it's just B&W film to me (for now!). :) I'm mostly wondering if these are good choices for the 'roles' I'm gonna give them, while I'm trying things out, but any comments or suggestions are welcome. Thanks! - darkpen