People.
When you need a fine-grained film that renders skin tones faithfully.
Architecture & cities.
Film that has fine grain, controlled contrast and clean tonal separation to capture urban scenes.
Landscape & nature.
Sharp detail, balanced contrast, wide latitude, smooth tonality, natural rendering, versatile character and atmospheric depth.
Street & documentary.
Fast, natural contrast and wide latitude for capturing moments without fuss.
Experimental.
Films that are unconventional and help you push creative boundaries.
Low light.
Films suitable for when the light is fading or unreliable.
Fine grain.
Films with fine grain where details and clarity matter
High contrast.
When you want deep separation between shadows and highlights.
Pushes well.
Films that handles underexposure and push processing with usable shadows, controlled contrast, acceptable grain and stable colour
Wide latitude.
Films that don't punish exposure mistakes
35mm.
The most common film format. Usually 24 or 36 exposures and double on half-frame cameras.
120.
Otherwise known as medium format. Number of exposures depend on the camera — usually between 8 and 16. Prints larger than 35mm.
Sheet film.
Film that comes in sheets rather than rolls. Common sizes are 6x4, 5x7 and 8x10. Known as large format. Great for very large prints.
CineStill.
Harman.
Ilford.
Kodak.