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George Chapanian
March 3rd, 2007, 03:40 PM
i found my dads slr camera,which takes 35mm film,i really want to learn about all the diffrent films thier are out their.can someone hlp.thank you

Dan Aragon
March 3rd, 2007, 10:03 PM
Wow, that's a really broad question. There's a lot of consumer and professional film types out there, both in b&w and color. Your best bet would probably join a photography forum and let people know what you want and what film would work best.

George Chapanian
March 4th, 2007, 02:50 AM
i want to know the profesional film.

Frank Granovski
March 4th, 2007, 09:36 PM
Usually the slower the film, the sharper the neg or positive. Some films have for latitude meaning a stop over or under is barely noticeable. Figure out first what type of shooting you want to do.

George Chapanian
March 5th, 2007, 03:56 AM
i just got the kodak portra,vivid color 160vc.and a fujicolor peo 400.are thiese any good?

Tony Davies-Patrick
March 5th, 2007, 07:02 AM
As a professional, I mainly use Fujichrome Velvia 50 & Velvia 100 ISO colour positive transparency film (I never use colour negative print film).

If digital files are needed, then the slides are then turned into very high quality digital Tiff files of 50Mb, 100MB, or 200MB using a top-grade desktop 35mm scanner or Drum scanner (for use in colour magazines, calendars, adverts, and books).

George Chapanian
March 5th, 2007, 12:01 PM
whats the diffrence between negative and pasitive

Dan Aragon
March 5th, 2007, 03:34 PM
As a professional, I mainly use Fujichrome Velvia 50 & Velvia 100 ISO colour positive transparency film (I never use colour negative print film).


Sure, but even that is a little misleading, because you apparently shoot nature photos. Velvia slide is great for that. But as mentioned before, we should understand what he wants to shoot.

Dan Aragon
March 5th, 2007, 06:43 PM
whats the diffrence between negative and pasitive

Most simply, positive film is slide film. Negative film is print film.

Frank Granovski
March 6th, 2007, 02:12 AM
"Velvia 50 & Velvia 100 ISO" Right on!

Liam Hall
March 7th, 2007, 07:12 AM
"Velvia 50 & Velvia 100 ISO" Right on!
Do they still make that?

Frank Granovski
March 7th, 2007, 08:05 PM
Yes. There are a couple of Velvia 100 versions (maybe even 3), and I beleve Fuji brought the 50 back.