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Color negative 21 stocks
ISO 160 Kodak Portra 160 The cleanest of the Portra family: neutral skin tones, soft contrast, extremely fine grain. ISO 400 Kodak Portra 400 The professional all-rounder. Beautiful skin tones and huge latitude that rescues backlit and mixed-light scenes. ISO 800 Kodak Portra 800 Warm, high-speed portrait film with visible but pleasing grain. A low-light colour staple. ISO 100 Kodak Ektar 100 The world's finest-grain colour negative: saturated reds, punchy contrast, slide-like look. ISO 200 Kodak Gold 200 Golden, nostalgic colour with warm highlights. The classic consumer daylight film. ISO 200 Kodak ColorPlus 200 Affordable, warm and slightly muted; a forgiving everyday roll for experiments. ISO 400 Kodak UltraMax 400 Vivid consumer speed film; strong blues and greens, very tolerant of bad light. ISO 100 Kodak Pro Image 100 Professional portrait film with warm, natural skin tones and restrained saturation. ISO 200 Fujifilm C200 Cool, airy greens and soft contrast; the reference for a light Japanese look. ISO 400 Fujifilm Superia X-TRA 400 Gritty, green-leaning colour with real character under artificial light. ISO 400 Fujifilm Pro 400H Minty, pastel rendering and famously wide latitude; a discontinued cult favourite. ISO 50 CineStill 50D Daylight cinema stock in a still camera: ultra-clean, slightly cool, superb for daylight portraits. ISO 400 CineStill 400D Versatile daylight-balanced cinema emulsion; soft halation on highlights. ISO 800 CineStill 800T Tungsten cinema stock with the signature red halation around highlights. Made for neon nights. ISO 250 Kodak Vision3 250D The workhorse motion-picture daylight stock; neutral, filmic, needs remjet removal. ISO 500 Kodak Vision3 500T Tungsten-balanced cinema speed film; the backbone of night exteriors and moody interiors. ISO 200 Harman Phoenix 200 First new UK-made colour emulsion in decades: bold reds, soft detail, deliberately imperfect. ISO 800 Lomography Color Negative 800 Playful, saturated, high-speed colour with punchy contrast for available-light shooting. ISO 100 Fujifilm Fujicolor 100 Japan-domestic daylight film with clean neutrals and slightly cool greens. ISO 100 Lomography Color Negative 100 Playful, saturated daylight colour with punchy contrast. ISO 400 Lomography Color Negative 400 Flexible speed colour with a warm, slightly retro palette.
Color slide / reversal 4 stocks
ISO 100 Fujifilm Provia 100F Accurate, neutral professional slide film; the standard for scanning and projection. ISO 50 Fujifilm Velvia 50 Legendary saturated slide film; deep reds and greens, unforgiving exposure. ISO 100 Fujifilm Velvia 100 Velvia colour at a more usable speed; slightly warmer than Velvia 50. ISO 100 Kodak Ektachrome E100 Clean, neutral modern slide film with gentle contrast and excellent scanning behaviour.
Black & white 28 stocks
ISO 400 Ilford HP5 Plus 400 The definitive all-purpose B&W film: tolerant, pushable to 3200 and beyond, full of texture. ISO 125 Ilford FP4 Plus 125 Classic medium-speed B&W with a long tonal scale and beautiful separation. ISO 100 Ilford Delta 100 Modern tabular-grain B&W; crisp detail and fine grain for large prints. ISO 400 Ilford Delta 400 The fine-grain speed option: Delta tonality with practical ISO 400 flexibility. ISO 3200 Ilford Delta 3200 Designed for extreme low light; dramatic grain and glow when pushed. ISO 50 Ilford Pan F Plus 50 Slow, silky-smooth B&W with exceptional micro-detail; demands stable light. ISO 400 Kodak Tri-X 400 The photojournalist's classic: gritty grain, strong contrast, unequalled pushability. ISO 100 Kodak T-Max 100 Kodak's finest-grained B&W; smooth tonality and superb sharpness. ISO 400 Kodak T-Max 400 High-speed tabular grain with fine detail and clean highlights; excellent for scanning. ISO 3200 Kodak T-Max P3200 True high-speed B&W for available darkness; surprisingly controlled grain for the speed. ISO 250 Kodak Double-X 5222 Cinema B&W stock with rich blacks and a distinctive old-Hollywood tonality. ISO 100 Foma Fomapan 100 Inexpensive Czech classic with old-school tonality and good darkroom behaviour. ISO 400 Foma Fomapan 400 Budget high-speed B&W with pronounced grain and a classic documentary feel. ISO 400 Kentmere Pan 400 Ilford's value line: dependable, flexible and cheap enough to shoot daily. ISO 400 Bergger Pancro 400 Dual-emulsion B&W with a long, cinematic tonal range and fine highlight roll-off. ISO 100 Shanghai GP3 100 China's long-running classic B&W stock; simple, grainy and full of retro charm. ISO 100 Rollei RPX 100 Classic medium-speed B&W with a long tonal scale and forgiving exposure. ISO 400 Rollei RPX 400 Reliable everyday B&W with classic grain and strong pushability. ISO 80 Rollei Retro 80S Superpanchromatic, very fine grain and high contrast; dramatic skies with a red filter. ISO 100 Adox CHS 100 II Classic single-layer B&W with old-school tonality and fine grain. ISO 100 Adox Silvermax 100 High-silver emulsion with exceptional detail and a distinctive tonal curve. ISO 400 JCH StreetPan 400 High-contrast street film with deep blacks and a graphic look. ISO 200 Foma Fomapan 200 Inexpensive medium-speed B&W with classic tonality; a value all-rounder. ISO 100 Kentmere Pan 100 Ilford value line at ISO 100: crisp, dependable and inexpensive. ISO 400 Ilford XP2 Super 400 Chromogenic B&W developed in C-41: very fine grain and huge latitude. ISO 80 Ferrania P30 Italian cinema-style B&W with deep blacks and low grain; expose carefully. ISO 400 ORWO N74 Classic German cinema B&W, often rated at 250 for finer grain. ISO 400 Lomography Lady Grey 400 Smooth B&W with soft contrast and a gentle tonal roll-off.