jrwillden
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What would be the best brand and speed of film for shooting outside on a sunny day or indoors with a flash?
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Outdoors, Kodachrome ASA-25, if you can get it. Check to confirm that you can get it processed!What would be the best brand and speed of film for shooting outside on a sunny day or indoors with a flash?
Outdoors, Kodachrome ASA-25, if you can get it. Check to confirm that you can get it processed!
You haven't given us a lot to go on, so I'll make some assumptions - that you want colour, not black and white, and that you want prints, not slides.
A good general purpose colour negative film is Fuji Superia. It comes in 100, 200 and 400 ISO and even the 400 is pretty low in grain. The 200 might be a good compromise for the general photography you seem to be describing.
If you did want slides then Fujichrome Sensia is a good choice - it's Fuji's 'consumer' slide film.
If you do want black and white, let us know.
Kevin
Next week my brother-in-law is getting married [...] I want to experiment
I am planning on using color film (not slide) but love black and white and think I'll take a roll or two with me. So, yes, I would appreciate the info on that as well.
You want to experiment with a wedding?
Not a good idea.
Experiment first, elsewhere, with different people in a (photographically) similar situation, and get the kinks out, and when you have convinced yourself you can do it then shoot a wedding.
Good luck.
Won't Kodak process it?Kodachrome 25 was discontinued in 2002 but it does still turn up on eBay, usually at very high prices. The only place left that can process it is Dwayne's Photo in Parsons, Kansas. It may well be the best film for shooting outdoors on a sunny day (and I would love to try it myself), but it may not be the most practical!
Kevin
With that in mind, the film everyone is suggesting, is it specialty film? Can I find it in a small city?
Won't Kodak process it?
Also, it's lousy for portraits (too contrasty) but absolutely the greatest imaging medium that ever existed for scenics.