What type of film do i need?

stabo

Heading to Morocco next weekend.Not sure what type of film (35mm) to bring with me. Have loads of free fuji 200 that i have been using since i got the film cam. Any other types i should get?

magicbastarder

what sort of shots are you looking for?

Prenderb

The Fuji 200 should be fine for most shots. I would bring a B&W or 2 (the lazy C41 type for me!) and maybe something faster (iso 400-800) if I thought I would be shooting indoors a bit.

Saggitarius

I suppose be great some 35mm ISO400 slide film, but they require exposure control.

stabo

magicbastarder wrote: »

what sort of shots are you looking for?

Mainly shooting outdoors,landscape beach. city streets.

Heebie

That was a really good question from Bastarder... what you want for pictures is very important.

for beach, and really bright sunlight, you might find 200 overexposes easily.. especially on the beach. Your light-meter might also measure light incorrectly on the beach.. as most tend to do.

For most anything other than that beach, the 200 should be alright outdoors. If you're going indoors get something 400-800, like was said above. I'd mix up some black & white & color.. and I'd do the "real" black & white, not the C-41 stuff.. the "real" stuff can look so much better. (in my opinion anyhow.. especially if you choose really good black & white films.)

stabo wrote: »

Mainly shooting outdoors,landscape beach. city streets.

dazftw

Some Kodak Ektar would be lovely.

DaireQuinlan

dazftw wrote: »

Some Kodak Ektar would be lovely.

Haha, having somehow missed this thread up until now, this was precisely what I was going to say. Just get about 10 rolls of ektar and you're all set. If you want something a little more subtle and pastel, then just shoot 160nc at about 100 or so.

If you're shooting at night skip the intermediate speeds and just get a pile of portra 800, in my experience the best behaved fast colour film. In morocco you'll have no twilight time to speak of anyhow.

Buckz

you don't say slide or print- but I'm guessing print. You should get very bright, consistent (harsh) light, so only for the fact you already have the 200s I'd say get ISO 100, which would be better, but probably not a big difference. A polariser will reduce the light 2 stops anyway. A lot of the souks are covered in, so light levels will be a lot lower, and the picture potential in the main square at dusk and later is great (medicine men, fire jugglers, story tellers, snake charmers etc), so you will want something fast 800 or more, or use a tripod. If you are in Marrakech, the city and its surrounds are all sandy coloured, everything fools a camera meter into underexposure.

stabo

Thanks for the info folks, going to pop into Gunns during the week and pick up a few rolls and a linear filter. Will give the slide film a miss for now but will check it out again.