Re: Which B&W film to start with?

Take a look at Fuji Neopan 1600. About 3 and a half bucks a roll.
The grain won't be any bigger than TRI-X (unless you push the hell out
of it). I shot TRI-X for about 11 years. Since I have been shooting
with Neopan 1600 and 100, I haven't looked back. Its good stuff.

Tonghang Zhou <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...
> Obviously newbie question, but here it goes:
>
> I'd to get some advice about which film to start with for B&W
> processing.
>
> I'm not too concerned about grain. But I'd like to use a
> sharp and resonably fast film (ISO 400) that also pushes
> well, is economical price-wise, and not hard to process (newbie
> requirement.)
>
> I read this book that regarded Kodak Tri-X as "old
> technology" film, but I never found how that was defined.
> Its description of Tri-X as a good all-around film
> makes it sound it's not particularly good at anything.
> Perhaps I misunderstood.
>
> Would you like share your experience?
> Tonghang.


matt