What kind of film is best for shooting portraits, in sunlight and at night?

I recently came into possession of my mom's old Canon AE-1 Program 35mm camera, and it's in great shape. I'd like to try my hand at photography. Specifically, I'm interested in shooting urban landscapes at night, as well as both posed and "unposed" portraits (urban and nature settings), in both color and black and white. What is the best kind of film to buy?|||For portraits during the day, I use Agfacolor Portrait 160 Color Negative Film ISO 160. Good colors and is pretty easy to find. If you can not find it, I have had good results with Fuji 200.





For the urban shots, you will need a higher speed so find Agfa 400 (min) or 800 (1600 if you can find it) for color. Also, a tripod at night is probably more important than what type of film you are using. But generally I stick with Fuji 800 for low light shots.





As for B%26amp;W I use Ilford, exclusivelly. I used Kodak a few times and it was o.k., but I like Ilford for the tones and contrast.





I use Ilford FP4+ (it is a 125 ISO negative film) when shooting during the day and DELTA 3200 PROFESSIONAL or DELTA HP5+ at night, depending on what I am going for.





Remember to try others out, these work for me and my style and likes/dislikes of others that I have used.





You have a nice camera in the AE-1. I used one back in the 80's and loved it. Uunfortunately, ex-girlfriend took it when she left.





If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact me via my profile - I will be happy to answer what I can.|||get professional portrait film,around asa 100 it is kept fresh with low grain therefor the slower speed to expose the film, this is for tripod posed portraits.and other with show creases if blowup and grain that distorts the blowup.


highspeed i use 1600,and slow it down or speed it up as needed


look through some of the photo books and get deals for film


ewald clark used to have great stocks, seems they are gone though so find a mom and pop camera store and talk to them about film.


i think the ae1 excepts infrared film also,neat to play with but expensive.


overall fuji and kodak have a good assortment of films,high grade professional films will be found refridgerated and kept fresh in good camera shops|||The best filmm to use, whether you want to shoot black and white or color prtraits is:





400 speed film. this film is great in all ranges of light and is spectacular for doing double exsposures. You can generally purchase a double roll at any leading merchandise store, like Walmart, K-mart, Target,ect for about 5-6 dollars. maybe even cheaper.





Have fun photographing!!.|||For potraits in good bright light use a good quality film such as Fuji or Kodak and go for an ISO of around 100. This will give really good quality prints but will suffer in dull light and you'll need flash.





For a good all round film then go with a 400 ISO film as this will still give great pictures but have more flexibility with the light.





For night photos, especially urban landscapes you should go with a fast 1600 ISO or faster, and use a tripod and cable release (if you can) to prevent wobble and to get the best from the light. Plus flash will not be an issue for these types of pictures.





You can get Blank and White film that is processed using colour chemicals these days, which makes processing easier. Ilford are good and Fuji make a good B/W film.





Happy shooting.|||urban landscapes at night 1000 speed


unposed portraits 400


posed portraits 100|||As a pro shooter, I will give you the film choices I make. These apply to portraits, NOT landscapes. These are 2 completely different shooting situations and will use different types of film. Think of it this way, a Porsche and a Chevy pickup are both motor vehicles, but you would use each for a different situation.


Color: Kodak Portra NC is the best for skintones and has a lower contrast that the 'vc' portras. Overexpose it a stop (meaning that Portra 400 should be rated at 200) and you will get great colors and skintones. Portra 160NC is great if its pretty bright outside and you are shooting in bright shade.


B/W: Ilford Delta 100 and Delta 400 are great fine-grain films. They have a good contrast and are pretty forgiving if the exposure is off a bit.





Good luck!|||For color portraits, you would want film that is made for natural color, not saturated. Example: Kodak Portra NC 160 (natural color)- not VC which is vivid color.|||d best film wud b kodak.dere r of different kinds dere is kodak 200 n 350.i think it wud b better if u go to d nearest kodak photoshop.dey willadvice u n may clear ur doubts.take care|||By way of a vast generalization - 400 speed film.|||For color I suggest Fuji Pro 400H. Believe me you can use it for both day and night. Use Fuji Neopan 400 for black and white. I love Fuji professional film, just make sure you have it developed at a professional place not K-mart or target.





P.S. make sure that the film is not expired and have it developed as soon as you are done taking the pictures.