A 50-year-old Leica M3 with a 28mm f/3.5 Kobolux lens! Its mechanics still work, and I've only had the camera in the shop three times since I acquired the camera in 1978. For years, my film of choice was Ilford HP5, then HP5 Plus, developed in Ethol UFG, but in recent years it has been Fuji Press 800 color print film, which I have processed at a minilab and then scan and convert into black-and-white in Photoshop. Why the change? Simple: Color print film has a 5-stop latitude, giving me a better range of highlight to shadow detail than any B&W film, and the starting ISO is 800. I've done side-by-side comparisons, and the grain in the Fuji Press is noticably lower than HP5 pushed to 800. And I like having the extra stop.
What system do you use?
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My system is just an old Leica M6 and a 35mm f/2 lens.
I only use B&W film, mostly Kodak Tri-X. When there is too much light I go for Plus-X and for my Jazz photography I choose T-Max P3200.
Other than that I only carry an incident light meter, which I don't use that often.
Agfa Super Isolette, 6x6 50 years old or so. I have been shooting mainly Velvia 100, scanning and converting but recently I am starting to fall in love with the subtle tones of Ilford HP5. Or perhaps it's that I enjoy one less step at the computer and more time out burning film.
My favourite? The Ricoh GR Digital.. In no small part due to your excellent review.
I use a Canon P with a CV Nokton 50/1.5. I'm experimenting with a slew of different b&w emulsions, but I'm intrigued by your color print film idea. Tomorrow I will go photograph an abandoned airport near sunset with Kodachrome 64.
Zeiss Ikon Contessa 35 is mine
50mm Tessar fixed lens, no lightmeter.
Just some Efke 100 on it, and off I go!!!
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