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<blockquote data-quote="hark" data-source="post: 384902" data-attributes="member: 13196"><p>Color Film...some of the options that used to exist are no longer made. First you should decide what speed you'd like to try. I always aimed for ISO 100 but went as high as ISO 400. You can't change your ISO in the middle of a roll of film. Film tends to be grainier than digital so keep that in mind (although post processing can help). For starters you might want to try KodakGold Max 400. It is a general color film--and not as expensive as some of the specialty films. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/27717-USA/Kodak_GC_135_24_Gold_Max.html" target="_blank">Kodak GC 135-24 Gold Max 400 Color Print Film (ISO-400) 6034029</a></p><p></p><p>What types of subjects will you want to take, Bill? The thing is that film cameras didn't have the settings like we do on digital cameras today (no settings for color saturation, contrast, etc). If a photographer was going to shoot a wedding, certain film was geared towards lower contrast without immensely saturated colors. Many landscape photographers preferred saturated color so they went with the slide film Velvia 50. Kodak came out with film geared towards people photography called Portra. Skin tones were rendered more pleasantly. Fuji Reala was also one I liked. </p><p></p><p>Let us know if you want more or less color saturation and high or low contrast. That might help narrow down some choices. Whatever you do , make sure you buy 35mm film. I *think* 120 film is for medium format cameras.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hark, post: 384902, member: 13196"] Color Film...some of the options that used to exist are no longer made. First you should decide what speed you'd like to try. I always aimed for ISO 100 but went as high as ISO 400. You can't change your ISO in the middle of a roll of film. Film tends to be grainier than digital so keep that in mind (although post processing can help). For starters you might want to try KodakGold Max 400. It is a general color film--and not as expensive as some of the specialty films. [url=http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/27717-USA/Kodak_GC_135_24_Gold_Max.html]Kodak GC 135-24 Gold Max 400 Color Print Film (ISO-400) 6034029[/url] What types of subjects will you want to take, Bill? The thing is that film cameras didn't have the settings like we do on digital cameras today (no settings for color saturation, contrast, etc). If a photographer was going to shoot a wedding, certain film was geared towards lower contrast without immensely saturated colors. Many landscape photographers preferred saturated color so they went with the slide film Velvia 50. Kodak came out with film geared towards people photography called Portra. Skin tones were rendered more pleasantly. Fuji Reala was also one I liked. Let us know if you want more or less color saturation and high or low contrast. That might help narrow down some choices. Whatever you do , make sure you buy 35mm film. I *think* 120 film is for medium format cameras. [/QUOTE]
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