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Film stock database
Compare 30+ current and classic stocks by ISO, format, grain, latitude and character. Filter, sort and find the right emulsion for the light you actually have.
| Brand / model | ISO | Type | Formats | Grain | Latitude | Character | Best for | Push / pull | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kodak Portra 160 | 160 | Color negative | 35mm, 120, sheet | Very fine | Wide | The cleanest of the Portra family: neutral skin tones, soft contrast, extremely fine grain. | Portrait · Fashion · Studio | -1 to +1 | $$$ |
| Kodak Portra 400 | 400 | Color negative | 35mm, 120, sheet | Fine | Very wide | The professional all-rounder. Beautiful skin tones and huge latitude that rescues backlit and mixed-light scenes. | Portrait · Travel · Documentary | -1 to +3 | $$$ |
| Kodak Portra 800 | 800 | Color negative | 35mm, 120 | Medium | Wide | Warm, high-speed portrait film with visible but pleasing grain. A low-light colour staple. | Portrait · Night / low light · Documentary | -1 to +2 | $$$ |
| Kodak Ektar 100 | 100 | Color negative | 35mm, 120 | Very fine | Moderate | The world's finest-grain colour negative: saturated reds, punchy contrast, slide-like look. | Landscape · Architecture · Travel | -1 to +1 | $$ |
| Kodak Gold 200 | 200 | Color negative | 35mm, 120 | Medium | Wide | Golden, nostalgic colour with warm highlights. The classic consumer daylight film. | Travel · Street · Beginners | -1 to +1 | $ |
| Kodak ColorPlus 200 | 200 | Color negative | 35mm | Medium | Wide | Affordable, warm and slightly muted; a forgiving everyday roll for experiments. | Street · Beginners · Travel | -1 to +1 | $ |
| Kodak UltraMax 400 | 400 | Color negative | 35mm | Coarse | Wide | Vivid consumer speed film; strong blues and greens, very tolerant of bad light. | Street · Travel · Beginners | -1 to +1 | $ |
| Kodak Pro Image 100 | 100 | Color negative | 35mm | Fine | Moderate | Professional portrait film with warm, natural skin tones and restrained saturation. | Portrait · Fashion · Studio | -1 to +1 | $$ |
| Fujifilm C200 | 200 | Color negative | 35mm | Medium | Wide | Cool, airy greens and soft contrast; the reference for a light Japanese look. | Street · Travel · Beginners | -1 to +1 | $ |
| Fujifilm Superia X-TRA 400 | 400 | Color negative | 35mm | Coarse | Wide | Gritty, green-leaning colour with real character under artificial light. | Street · Night / low light · Documentary | -1 to +2 | $ |
| Fujifilm Pro 400H | 400 | Color negative | 35mm, 120 | Fine | Very wide | Minty, pastel rendering and famously wide latitude; a discontinued cult favourite. | Portrait · Fashion · Travel | -1 to +3 | $$$ |
| CineStill 50D | 50 | Color negative | 35mm, 120 | Very fine | Moderate | Daylight cinema stock in a still camera: ultra-clean, slightly cool, superb for daylight portraits. | Portrait · Landscape · Fashion | -1 to +1 | $$$ |
| CineStill 400D | 400 | Color negative | 35mm, 120 | Fine | Wide | Versatile daylight-balanced cinema emulsion; soft halation on highlights. | Portrait · Travel · Documentary | -1 to +2 | $$$ |
| CineStill 800T | 800 | Color negative | 35mm, 120 | Coarse | Wide | Tungsten cinema stock with the signature red halation around highlights. Made for neon nights. | Night / low light · Street · Experimental | -1 to +2 | $$$ |
| Kodak Vision3 250D | 250 | Color negative | 35mm (bulk), 120 (bulk) | Fine | Wide | The workhorse motion-picture daylight stock; neutral, filmic, needs remjet removal. | Documentary · Fashion · Portrait | -1 to +2 | $$ |
| Kodak Vision3 500T | 500 | Color negative | 35mm (bulk), 120 (bulk) | Medium | Wide | Tungsten-balanced cinema speed film; the backbone of night exteriors and moody interiors. | Night / low light · Documentary · Experimental | -1 to +2 | $$ |
| Harman Phoenix 200 | 200 | Color negative | 35mm | Coarse | Moderate | First new UK-made colour emulsion in decades: bold reds, soft detail, deliberately imperfect. | Experimental · Street · Beginners | -1 to +2 | $$ |
| Lomography Color Negative 800 | 800 | Color negative | 35mm, 120 | Coarse | Wide | Playful, saturated, high-speed colour with punchy contrast for available-light shooting. | Night / low light · Street · Experimental | -1 to +2 | $$ |
| Fujifilm Provia 100F | 100 | Color slide / reversal | 35mm, 120, sheet | Very fine | Narrow | Accurate, neutral professional slide film; the standard for scanning and projection. | Landscape · Architecture · Studio | -1/2 to +1/2 | $$$ |
| Fujifilm Velvia 50 | 50 | Color slide / reversal | 35mm, 120, sheet | Very fine | Narrow | Legendary saturated slide film; deep reds and greens, unforgiving exposure. | Landscape · Nature | -1/2 to +1/2 | $$$ |
| Fujifilm Velvia 100 | 100 | Color slide / reversal | 35mm, 120, sheet | Very fine | Narrow | Velvia colour at a more usable speed; slightly warmer than Velvia 50. | Landscape · Nature · Architecture | -1/2 to +1/2 | $$$ |
| Kodak Ektachrome E100 | 100 | Color slide / reversal | 35mm, 120, sheet | Very fine | Narrow | Clean, neutral modern slide film with gentle contrast and excellent scanning behaviour. | Landscape · Portrait · Architecture | -1 to +1 | $$$ |
| Ilford HP5 Plus 400 | 400 | Black & white | 35mm, 120, sheet | Medium | Very wide | The definitive all-purpose B&W film: tolerant, pushable to 3200 and beyond, full of texture. | Documentary · Street · Portrait | -1 to +3 | $ |
| Ilford FP4 Plus 125 | 125 | Black & white | 35mm, 120, sheet | Fine | Wide | Classic medium-speed B&W with a long tonal scale and beautiful separation. | Landscape · Portrait · Architecture | -1 to +2 | $ |
| Ilford Delta 100 | 100 | Black & white | 35mm, 120, sheet | Very fine | Moderate | Modern tabular-grain B&W; crisp detail and fine grain for large prints. | Landscape · Architecture · Studio | -1 to +1 | $$ |
| Ilford Delta 400 | 400 | Black & white | 35mm, 120 | Fine | Wide | The fine-grain speed option: Delta tonality with practical ISO 400 flexibility. | Documentary · Portrait · Street | -1 to +2 | $$ |
| Ilford Delta 3200 | 3200 | Black & white | 35mm, 120 | Very coarse | Wide | Designed for extreme low light; dramatic grain and glow when pushed. | Night / low light · Documentary · Experimental | 0 to +2 | $$ |
| Ilford Pan F Plus 50 | 50 | Black & white | 35mm, 120 | Very fine | Narrow | Slow, silky-smooth B&W with exceptional micro-detail; demands stable light. | Landscape · Architecture · Studio | -1/2 to +1 | $ |
| Kodak Tri-X 400 | 400 | Black & white | 35mm, 120, sheet | Coarse | Very wide | The photojournalist's classic: gritty grain, strong contrast, unequalled pushability. | Documentary · Street · Night / low light | -1 to +3 | $$ |
| Kodak T-Max 100 | 100 | Black & white | 35mm, 120, sheet | Very fine | Moderate | Kodak's finest-grained B&W; smooth tonality and superb sharpness. | Landscape · Architecture · Studio | -1 to +1 | $$ |
| Kodak T-Max 400 | 400 | Black & white | 35mm, 120, sheet | Fine | Wide | High-speed tabular grain with fine detail and clean highlights; excellent for scanning. | Documentary · Portrait · Street | -1 to +2 | $$ |
| Kodak T-Max P3200 | 3200 | Black & white | 35mm | Coarse | Wide | True high-speed B&W for available darkness; surprisingly controlled grain for the speed. | Night / low light · Documentary · Experimental | -1 to +1 | $$ |
| Kodak Double-X 5222 | 250 | Black & white | 35mm (bulk), 120 (bulk) | Medium | Wide | Cinema B&W stock with rich blacks and a distinctive old-Hollywood tonality. | Portrait · Documentary · Experimental | -1 to +2 | $ |
| Foma Fomapan 100 | 100 | Black & white | 35mm, 120, sheet | Fine | Moderate | Inexpensive Czech classic with old-school tonality and good darkroom behaviour. | Beginners · Landscape · Architecture | -1 to +2 | $ |
| Foma Fomapan 400 | 400 | Black & white | 35mm, 120, sheet | Coarse | Wide | Budget high-speed B&W with pronounced grain and a classic documentary feel. | Documentary · Street · Beginners | -1 to +2 | $ |
| Kentmere Pan 400 | 400 | Black & white | 35mm, 120 | Medium | Wide | Ilford's value line: dependable, flexible and cheap enough to shoot daily. | Beginners · Street · Documentary | -1 to +2 | $ |
| Bergger Pancro 400 | 400 | Black & white | 35mm, 120, sheet | Medium | Wide | Dual-emulsion B&W with a long, cinematic tonal range and fine highlight roll-off. | Portrait · Documentary · Landscape | -1 to +2 | $$ |
| Shanghai GP3 100 | 100 | Black & white | 35mm, 120, sheet | Medium | Moderate | China's long-running classic B&W stock; simple, grainy and full of retro charm. | Beginners · Street · Experimental | -1 to +1 | $ |
| Fujifilm Fujicolor 100 | 100 | Color negative | 35mm | Fine | Moderate | Japan-domestic daylight film with clean neutrals and slightly cool greens. | Travel · Street · Beginners | -1 to +1 | $ |
| Rollei RPX 100 | 100 | Black & white | 35mm, 120 | Fine | Wide | Classic medium-speed B&W with a long tonal scale and forgiving exposure. | Landscape · Portrait · Beginners | -1 to +2 | $ |
| Rollei RPX 400 | 400 | Black & white | 35mm, 120 | Medium | Wide | Reliable everyday B&W with classic grain and strong pushability. | Street · Documentary · Beginners | -1 to +3 | $ |
| Rollei Retro 80S | 80 | Black & white | 35mm, 120 | Very fine | Moderate | Superpanchromatic, very fine grain and high contrast; dramatic skies with a red filter. | Landscape · Architecture · Nature | -1 to +1 | $$ |
| Adox CHS 100 II | 100 | Black & white | 35mm, 120, sheet | Fine | Moderate | Classic single-layer B&W with old-school tonality and fine grain. | Landscape · Portrait · collectible | -1 to +2 | $$ |
| Adox Silvermax 100 | 100 | Black & white | 35mm, sheet | Very fine | Moderate | High-silver emulsion with exceptional detail and a distinctive tonal curve. | Landscape · Studio · Architecture | -1 to +1 | $$ |
| JCH StreetPan 400 | 400 | Black & white | 35mm | Medium | Moderate | High-contrast street film with deep blacks and a graphic look. | Street · Documentary · Experimental | -1 to +2 | $ |
| Foma Fomapan 200 | 200 | Black & white | 35mm, 120, sheet | Fine | Moderate | Inexpensive medium-speed B&W with classic tonality; a value all-rounder. | Beginners · Landscape · Portrait | -1 to +2 | $ |
| Kentmere Pan 100 | 100 | Black & white | 35mm, 120 | Fine | Moderate | Ilford value line at ISO 100: crisp, dependable and inexpensive. | Beginners · Landscape · Street | -1 to +2 | $ |
| Ilford XP2 Super 400 | 400 | Black & white | 35mm, 120 | Very fine | Very wide | Chromogenic B&W developed in C-41: very fine grain and huge latitude. | Portrait · Documentary · Beginners | -2 to +2 | $ |
| Ferrania P30 | 80 | Black & white | 35mm | Very fine | Narrow | Italian cinema-style B&W with deep blacks and low grain; expose carefully. | Portrait · Experimental · Documentary | -1 to +1 | $$ |
| ORWO N74 | 400 | Black & white | 35mm (bulk) | Medium | Wide | Classic German cinema B&W, often rated at 250 for finer grain. | Documentary · Night / low light · Experimental | -1 to +2 | $ |
| Lomography Color Negative 100 | 100 | Color negative | 35mm, 120 | Fine | Moderate | Playful, saturated daylight colour with punchy contrast. | Travel · Street · Beginners | -1 to +1 | $ |
| Lomography Color Negative 400 | 400 | Color negative | 35mm, 120 | Medium | Wide | Flexible speed colour with a warm, slightly retro palette. | Travel · Street · Documentary | -1 to +2 | $ |
| Lomography Lady Grey 400 | 400 | Black & white | 35mm, 120 | Medium | Wide | Smooth B&W with soft contrast and a gentle tonal roll-off. | Portrait · Street · Beginners | -1 to +2 | $ |
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