A little bit about the film...

Photographic film has come in a variety of shapes and sizes and although the first flexible photographic roll film did not appear until 1885, thanks to George Eastman, it wasn't until 1889 that the first transparent plastic roll film arrived. Even then this was made from highly flammable nitrocellulose.

However, this is not meant to be a history lesson!

There are several types of film, including; print film which when developed, yields transparent negatives; and, color reversal film which produces positive transparencies, also known as diapositives. Reversal film is often marketed as "slide film".

Film also comes in a range of Film speed which describes a film's threshold sensitivity to light. However, more on that in a later post I think!

I have three particular favourite makes of film, each yielding a very different finish.

• Neopan 100 Acros - achieves the finest granularity for a 100 ISO Black-and-White Film due to Fujifilm's Super Fine-Grain Technology. 
• Lucky SHD 100 - a very cheap black and white film from China which produces some stunning results. 
• Fujifilm Fujichrome 64T - a slide film for use under tungsten lighting. Rich, balanced tone scale and clean, faithful color reproduction.  Excellent for shooting in bright daylight and cross-processing.

I have used Neopan 100 in both 120 and 35mm film format and have always been very pleased with the results.  Here's a selection of the results produced:

120 Multiple Exposure CF Holga

Single exposure Holga 35mm

Hogla 35mm Multiple Exposure

I love the ghostly texture on the images that result from using Lucky SHD 100 film:

120 Roll Holga CF

120 Roll Holga CF

120 Roll Holga CF

Tungsten T64 was the film that hooked me!  Shooting with my new Holga CF on a particularly sunny day produced some of the following results.  However, when you cross-process it you get stunning and magical contrasts of colour!

120 T64 Holga CF

120 T64 Holga CF

X-processed 120 T64 Holga CF

Luckily I have a good selection of film in stock for the start of this project and I plan on expanding my supplies as I try out some of my new cameras and film as part of this process.  This is the part that I know is going to be costly! Film is not cheap and once shot it will require developing and scanning.

Thankfully I have a day job!