Shootout: Kodak TriX vs Ilford HP5+
I’ve long been a Kodak guy. TriX 400 for decades has been my go-to black and white film. When I wasn’t shooting TriX, I was shooting the gamut of other Kodak B&W films. Ilford is a legendary black and white film. When I first started in the film era, the “serious” black and white only photographers generally gravitated towards Ilford. Ilford film, Ilford developer, Ilford photo paper.
Ilford in general is the anti-kodak. While TriX has that harsh grainy contrast, Ilford tends to be softer, with finer grain and stronger mid-tones. Previously having shot some FP4+ at box speed in daylight, left me unimpressed. But for April’s Beer And Cameras, I was going to give HP5+ a direct head to head shootout against TriX, both being native 400 speed films.
Shootout: Cinestill 800T vs Portra 800
This is the first of my series doing filmstock comparisons. When I do a “shootout” of film stock, I am loading two film stocks shot at the same ISO in two bodies, my Nikon FE2, and FM10. I am taking the same picture seconds apart with the same lens, at same aperture and shutter speed, by simply moving the lens from one body to the other and copying the shutter speed. The result should be a fairly accurate comparison, especially when comparing a new photostock to a familiar photostock.