List of photographic films

ADOX

The ADOX name traces back to the oldest photographic film manufacturer in the world, started in 1860 in Germany.^[1] ADOX CHS films are still made according to the recipes from the 1950s and are coated slowly on a historic dip and dunk machine, which limits production to only 10,000 films at a time. "ADOX CMS 20 is the highest resolving film in the world and can capture up to 800 l/mm in technical photography. Together with ADOTECH developer it achieves a full tonal separation and up to 300 l/mm, which still exceeds the resolution of all available lenses (except for scientific and NASA-space lenses)."^[2]

Black and White Films

• ADOX CMS 20 II (In Production) The world's highest resolving film with a resolving power of up to 800 l/mm.
• ADOX CHS 100 II (In Production) A classically sensitised medium speed emulsion that can be processed as a positive.
• ADOX SilverMax (In Production) A traditional high-silver-content 100 ISO emulsion.
• ADOX SCALA (In Production) A black and white negative film, designed to be processed as a positive. An alternative to the now-discontinued AGFA SCALA, from which it gets its name.

Colour Films

• ADOX Color Implosion (Unsure if Actively In Production) An "experimental" film, designed to intentionally give you unpredictable results with skewed colours.

AGFA / AGFAPHOTO

Headquarters in Mortsel, Belgium. A spin-off company, AgfaPhoto, went bankrupt in 2005. The mother company, however, continues to produce films for aerial photography and these films are nowadays repackaged for consumer use by Rollei and Lomography. AgfaPhoto films were made by Ferrania.

Black and White Film

• Agfapan AP 100 (Discontinued)
• Agfapan AP 400 (Discontinued)
• Agfapan APX 25 (Discontinued)
• AGFA APX 100 Original emulsion was discontinued with the collapse of AGFA, but AGFAPhoto continued to sell this film from cold-stored master rolls. These master rolls are now exhausted and a new emulsion made by ILFORD/HARMAN is now sold under this name. ADOX claims that their ADOX SCALA film is a modified version of the original APX 100 with slightly higher silver content.^[3]
• AGFA APX 400 Original emulsion was discontinued with the collapse of AGFA, but AGFAPhoto continued to sell this film from cold-stored master rolls. These master rolls are now exhausted and a new emulsion made by ILFORD/HARMAN is now sold under this name.
• ISOPAN ISS (Super Special) (Discontinued)
• ISOPAN F (Discontinued) Portrait film.
• ISOPAN Ultra (discontinued)
• ISOPAN Super Special (Discontinued)
• ISOPAN Fine Grain (Discontinued)
• ISOPAN Record (Discontinued)
• AGFA Vario-XL (Discontinued) Chromogenic Black & White Film that can be developed in C-41 Colour Chemistry.
• Dia-Direct (Discontinued) Reversal film with speeds of ISO 12 & ISO 32.
• AGFA SCALA (Discontinued) Reversal film, and Dia-Direct replacement with ISO 200 speed. Some residual stock available, or new alternatives manufactured by ADOX (ADOX SCALA) or FOMA (FOMAPAN R100). Processing as a slide available through DR5 (USA)

Colour Reversal (Slide) films

• AGFAColor Neue (Discontinued)
• AGFA CT18 (Discontinued)
• AGFAChrome 50 S / 50 L (Discontinued)
• AGFA RSX 50 (Discontinued)
• AGFA RSX 100 (Discontinued)
• AGFA RSX 200 (In Production) Although discontinued under its own name, Agfa Gevaert continue to manufacture this film, branded as Rollei CR 200, or Lomography X-Pro 200.
• AGFA Precisa CT 100 (In Production) Original emulsion discontinued, but now manufactured by Fuji in Japan as re-branded PROVIA 100F.

AGFA Also made a 1000 RS (1000 ASA high speed positive film)

Colour negative films

• AGFAColor Negative (Discontinued)
• AGFAColor CN17 (Discontinued)
• AGFA CNS (Discontinued)
• AGFAColor Pocket Special (Discontinued)
• AGFA Optima (Discontinued)
• AGFA Portrait (Discontinued)
• AGFA Ultra (Discontinued)
• AGFA Vista 100 (Discontinued)
• AGFA Vista 200 (In Production) Original emulsion discontinued, but a new emulsion made by FujiFilm in Japan (assumed to be Superia 200) now sold under this name.
• AGFA Vista 400 (In Production) Original emulsion discontinued, but a new emulsion made by FujiFilm in Japan (assumed to be Superia 400) now sold under this name.

Film Washi

Factory in Saint-Nazaire, France. Launched in 2013, producing a handcrafted film, handcoated on traditional Washi paper. Also converting other films industrially coated in larger factories and originally made for technical,motion pictures, industrial or aerial applications. Film sales through http://filmwashi.com

Black and white negative films

• "W" - 25 iso (120, 4x5", 5x7", 8x10", 18x24 cm) -> handcoated on Japanese paper
• "Z" - 400 iso (35mm) -> near infrared sensitivity, originally produced for aerial photography
• "D" - 500 iso (35mm)-> originally produced for aerial photography
• "S" - 50 iso (35mm) -> originally produced for motion picture sound recording
• "A" - 12 iso (35mm) -> originally produced as motion picture leader film

Color negative films

• "X" - 400 iso (35mm), C-41 without mask, can be processed in E-6

FOMA

FOMA BOHEMIA spol. s.r.o., with factory located in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic, remains one of the last traditional producers of panchromatic B&W (black and white) photo materials since 1921. Films branded as Arista EDU also come from this source.

Black and White Films

• FOMAPAN 100 "Classic" (In Production)^[4]
• FOMAPAN 200 "Creative" (In Production)^[4]
• RETROPAN 320 "Soft" (In Production)^[4]
• FOMAPAN 400 "Action" (In Production)^[4]

Black and white reversal

• FOMAPAN R 100 (In Production) B&W reversal film, intended for B&W motion picture movie making (Cine film), unsuitable for negative development.^[4] Processing available through DR5 (USA) or Photo Studio 13 (DE) or using Foma Direct Reversal Kit.

Fujifilm

Fujifilm photographic films ^{[5] [6]}

Black and white films

• FUJIFILM Neopan ACROS 100 (In Production)
• FUJIFILM Neopan 100 SS (Discontinued)
• FUJIFILM Neopan 400 Presto (Discontinued)
• FUJIFILM Neopan 1600 Super Presto (Discontinued)

Color reversal (slide) films

• FujiChrome Velvia (Discontinued)
• FujiChrome Velvia 50 (In Production) Replacement for the original Velvia.
• FujiChrome Velvia 100 (In Production) Offered as a replacement to the original Velvia before Velvia 50 was introduced.
• FujiChrome Velvia 100F (Discontinued)
• FujiChrome Provia 100F (In Production)
• FujiChrome Provia 400X (Discontinued)
• FujiChrome Astia 100F (Discontinued) A portrait/fashion oriented slide film with soft tones and lower contrast.
• FujiChrome 64T (Discontinued) Tungsten-balanced slide film.
• FujiChrome Fortia 50 (Discontinued) A Japan-only film released for the cherry blossom season, possibly a variant of Velvia 50.
• FujiChrome Sensia 100 (Discontinued) Consumer-grade 100 ISO slide film.
• FujiChrome Sensia 200 (Discontinued)
• FujiChrome Sensia 400 (Discontinued)
• FujiChrome MS 100/1000 (Discontinued) Variable ISO Slide Film.

Color negative films

Pro 160S

• Type: Color negative
• Speed: ISO 160/23°
• Available formats: 35 mm, 120, 220, 4x5", 8x10", 9x12cm, 13x18cm
• Granularity: (x 1000): RMS 3
• Latitude:
• Color saturation:
• Resolving power: contrast 1000:1 125 line/mm, contrast 1.6:1 63 line/mm
• History: Replaced NPS160
• Primary usage: Portraits
• General characteristics:

Pro 160C

• Type: Color negative
• Speed: ISO 160/23°
• Available formats: 35 mm, 120, 220, 4x5"
• Granularity: (x 1000): RMS 3
• Latitude:
• Color saturation: Enhanced
• Resolving power: contrast 1000:1 125 line/mm, contrast 1.6:1 63 line/mm
• History: Replaced NPC160
• Primary usage: Portraits, fashion, architecture, interior.
• General characteristics:

NPL 160

• Type: Color negative
• Speed: ISO 160/23°
• Available formats: 120, 4x5", 8x10"
• Granularity: (x 1000): RMS 4
• Latitude:
• Color saturation:
• Resolving power: contrast 1000:1 125 line/mm, contrast 1.6:1 63 line/mm
• History:
• Primary usage: Studio portraits, copying.
• General characteristics: For tungsten lighting.

Pro 400H

• Type: Color negative
• Speed: ISO 400/27°
• Available formats: 35mm, 120, 220
• Granularity: (x 1000): RMS 4
• Latitude: Wide.
• Color saturation: Natural.
• Resolving power: contrast 1000:1 125 line/mm, contrast 1.6:1 50 line/mm
• History: Used to be called NPH400
• Primary usage: Weddings, portraits, fashion.
• General characteristics: 4th Color layer.

Pro 800Z

• Type: Color negative
• Speed: ISO 800/30°
• Available formats: 35mm, 120, 220
• Granularity: (x 1000): RMS 5
• Latitude: Wide.
• Color saturation: Natural.
• Resolving power: contrast 1000:1 115 line/mm, contrast 1.6:1 50 line/mm
• History: Used to be called NPZ800
• Primary usage: Weddings, portraits, fashion.
• General characteristics:

Superia Reala

• Type: Color negative
• Speed: ISO 100/21°
• Available formats: 35mm, 120
• Granularity: (x 1000): RMS 4
• Latitude: Wide.
• Color saturation: Natural.
• Resolving power: contrast 1000:1 125 line/mm, contrast 1.6:1 63 line/mm
• History:
• Primary usage: Weddings, portraits, fashion.
• General characteristics: 4th Color layer, fine grain.

Superia 100

• Type: Color negative
• Speed: ISO 100/21°
• Available formats: 35mm, 120
• Granularity: (x 1000): RMS 4
• Latitude: Wide.
• Color saturation: Natural.
• Resolving power: contrast 1000:1 125 line/mm, contrast 1.6:1 63 line/mm
• History:
• Primary usage: General.
• General characteristics: 4th Color layer.

Superia 200

• Type: Color negative
• Speed: ISO 200/24°
• Available formats: 35mm, 110
• Granularity: (x 1000): RMS 4
• Latitude: Wide.
• Color saturation: Natural.
• Resolving power: contrast 1000:1 125 line/mm, contrast 1.6:1 50 line/mm
• History:
• Primary usage: General.
• General characteristics: 4th Color layer.

Superia X-tra 400

• Type: Color negative
• Speed: ISO 400/27°
• Available formats: 35mm
• Granularity: (x 1000): RMS 4
• Latitude: Wide.
• Color saturation: Natural.
• Resolving power: contrast 1000:1 125 line/mm, contrast 1.6:1 50 line/mm
• History:
• Primary usage: General.
• General characteristics: 4th Color layer.

True definition 400

• Type: Color negative
• Speed: ISO 400/27°
• Available formats: 35mm
• Granularity: (x 1000): RMS 5
• Latitude: Wide.
• Color saturation: Natural.
• Resolving power: contrast 1000:1 125 line/mm, contrast 1.6:1 50 line/mm
• History:
• Primary usage: General.
• General characteristics: 4th Color layer, fine grain.

Superia X-tra 800

• Type: Color negative
• Speed: ISO 800/30°
• Available formats: 35mm
• Granularity: (x 1000): RMS 5
• Latitude: Wide.
• Color saturation: Natural.
• Resolving power: contrast 1000:1 125 line/mm, contrast 1.6:1 50 line/mm
• History:
• Primary usage: General.
• General characteristics: 4th Color layer.

Superia 1600

• Type: Color negative
• Speed: ISO 1600/33°
• Available formats: 35mm
• Granularity: (x 1000): RMS 7
• Latitude: Wide.
• Color saturation: Natural.
• Resolving power: contrast 1000:1 125 line/mm, contrast 1.6:1 50 line/mm
• History:
• Primary usage: General.
• General characteristics: 4th Color layer.

Press 400

• Type: Color negative
• Speed: ISO 400/27°
• Available formats: 35mm
• Granularity: (x 1000): RMS 4
• Latitude: Wide.
• Color saturation: Natural.
• Resolving power: contrast 1000:1 125 line/mm, contrast 1.6:1 50 line/mm
• History:
• Primary usage: General.
• General characteristics: 4th Color layer.

Press 800

• Type: Color negative
• Speed: ISO 800/30°
• Available formats: 35mm, 110
• Granularity: (x 1000): RMS 5
• Latitude: Wide.
• Color saturation: Natural.
• Resolving power: contrast 1000:1 125 line/mm, contrast 1.6:1 50 line/mm
• History:
• Primary usage: General.
• General characteristics: 4th Color layer.

Ilford

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Delta 100

• Type: Black and White
• Speed: ISO 100, DIN 21
• Available formats: 35 mm, 120, Sheet Film
• Granularity: Extremely Fine
• Resolving power: High
• History: 100 speed version of Delta released in 1992
• Primary usage: General black-and-white photography
• General characteristics: Extreme contrast, fine-grain, fairly wide latitude

Delta 400

• Type: Black and White
• Speed: ISO 400, DIN 27
• Available formats: 35 mm, 120
• Granularity: Fine
• Latitude: EI 200/24 to EI 3200/36
• Resolving power:
• History: The Delta films are Ilford's answer to Kodak's T-grained films (T-Max). Unveiled in 1990, it uses Ilford's core-shell crystal technology. The current version was released in 2001.
• Primary usage: All-purpose black-and-white film
• General characteristics: Relatively fine grain and high contrast, good speed

Delta 3200

• Type: Black and White
• Speed: ISO 1000/DIN 31
• Available formats: 35 mm, 120
• Granularity:
• Latitude: EI 1600/33 to EI 6400/39, up to EI 25000/45 with push processing
• Resolving power:
• History: Available since 1998 as a competitor to Kodak's T-Max 3200. Unlike Kodak's emulsion, it is available in 120 format.
• Primary usage: Low light and extreme low light depending on what speed it is exposed and developed at.

XP2 Super

• Type: Black and White (Chromogenic Dye)
• Speed: ISO 400/DIN 27
• Available formats: 35 mm, 120
• Latitude: EI 50/18 to EI 800/30
• History: Replaced XP2 Plus, Ilford decided not to call it XP3
• Primary usage: A medium speed, C41 (One hour photo) process film.

Ortho Plus

• Type: Black and White Orthochromatic Copy Film
• Speed: ISO 80/DIN 20 in Daylight, ISO 40/DIN 17 in Tungsten
• Available formats: sheet only
• Primary usage: Copy work, B&W duplicating, alternative processes, creative portraiture.
• General characteristics: Orthochromatic, thus subjects that reflect red light show little density on the negative. Very fine grain and high resolving power. Highest contrast and Dmax of all Ilford films.

Pan F Plus

• Type: Black and White (Silver, Panchromatic)
• Speed: ISO 50/DIN 18
• Available formats: 35 mm, 120
• Granularity: Very Fine
• Latitude: EI 25/15 to EI 50/18
• Resolving power:
• History: Available since 1992
• Primary usage: Portraiture, Landscape, Still life.
• General characteristics: Very fine grain and high resolving power. High contrast and Dmax.

FP4 Plus

• Type: Black and White
• Speed: ISO 125, DIN 22
• Available formats: 35 mm, 120, Sheet Film
• Granularity: Very Fine
• Latitude: EI 50/18 to EI 200/24
• Resolving power:
• History:
• Primary usage: General Black and White Photography, Landscape Photography
• General characteristics: Very fine grain, Medium-high Contrast

HP5 Plus

• Type: Black and White
• Speed: ISO 400, DIN 27
• Available formats: 35 mm, 120, Sheet Film
• Granularity:
• Latitude: EI 400/27 to EI 3200/36
• Resolving power:
• History:
• Primary usage: Photojournalism, amateur, students.
• General characteristics: medium to fine grain, depending on developer and format used; medium contrast

SFX 200

• Type: Black and White with Extended Red Sensitivity
• Speed: ISO 200, DIN 24
• Available formats: 35 mm, 120
• Granularity: Medium-Coarse
• Latitude:
• Resolving power:
• History:
• Primary usage: Infrared Photography
• General characteristics: medium grain, sensitive to IR up to about 750 nm

Pan 100

• Type: Black and White
• Speed: ISO 100, DIN 21
• Available formats: 35 mm, 120
• Granularity:
• Latitude: EI 50/18 to EI 200/24
• Resolving power:
• History:
• Primary usage:
• General characteristics:

Pan 400

• Type: Black and White
• Speed: ISO 400, DIN 27
• Available formats: 35 mm, 120
• Granularity:
• Latitude: EI 200/24 to EI 3200/36
• Resolving power:
• History:
• Primary usage:
• General characteristics:

Kodak

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Black-and-white films

• Plus-X (discontinued)
• Panatomic-X (discontinued)
• T-MAX
• Ektagraphic High Contrast Slide (HCS) orthochromatic negative film for making reverse-text title slides etc.
• Fine Grain Release Positive, blue-sensitive negative film specially for motion film duplication
• Rapid Process Copy (RPC) ultra-slow duplicating film with a blue-tinted base (similar product: see Rollei RSD)
• BW400CN (chromogenic film for the C-41 process, discontinued 2014-08-14)
• Tri-X
  • Speed: ISO 400 (TX) / 320 (TXP)
  • Available formats: 35 mm (TX) and 120 (TX); Sheet Film (TXP, different emulsion with ISO 320 speed !)
  • History: introduced in 1954
  • Primary usage: Photojournalism

Color negatives

• Kodak Gold
• Kodak Ultramax 400
• Kodak Ektar 100
• Portra 160/400/800
• Kodak Colourplus 200

Color slides

• Ektachrome E100G
• Ektachrome E100VS

Maco

Headquarters in Stapelfeld, Germany. Film sales through www.macodirect.de

ORT

• Type: Black and White (orthochromatic)
• Speed: ISO 25, DIN 15°
• Available formats: 35 mm, 120, Sheet Film
• Granularity: Extremely Fine
• Resolving power: Extremely High (>330lp/mm)
• History: evolution of Agfa Ort25c, same emulsion as MACO EM miocrography film, evolved later in ORTO25
• Primary usage: Reprography, Micrography, specialty black-and-white photography
• General characteristics:
• Discontinued

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Rollei

B&W films

R3

• Speed: ISO 200, DIN 24° (can be used from ISO25 to ISO6400)
• Available formats: 35 mm, 120, Sheet Film
• Granularity: Fine
• Resolving power: High
• History: launched in 2004
• Primary usage: General black-and-white photography
• General characteristics: Fairly wide latitude, PET base for better film flatness, extended spectral sensitivity from IR to near-UV, to be stored in special black cartridges
• Discontinued

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IR

• Nominal speed EI 400
• Pseudo-IR, i.e. red sensitive having only moderate IR effect
• Same emulsion as Retro 400S

RPX 100/400

• same emulsion as Kentmere 100/400

ATO (Advanced Technical Ortho)

• same emulsion as Maco Genius Film
• clear base
• suitable for reversal process

ATP1.1 (Advanced Technical Pan)

• may be used as Kodak Technical Pan replacement
• extended red sensitivity
• clear base
• suitable for reversal process

Resolving power: contrast 1000:1 900 Lp/mm (1600 lines/mm), 300 Lp/mm at a contrast of 1,6:1. ^{[12] [13] [14]}

Retro Tonal

• same emulsion as Maco PO100C
• an orthopanchromatic ("RectePan") film
• clear base
• suitable for reversal process

Retro 80S

• extended red sensitivity
• clear base
• suitable for reversal process

SuperPan

• same emulsion as Agfa Aviphot Pan
• ISO 200
• extended red sensitivity
• clear base
• suitable for reversal process

Rollei Pan

• ISO 25
• clear base, well suited for B&W slides

Rollei Ortho

• orthochromatic film with a clear base
• spectral sensitivity 380 - 610 nm
• resolving power of 330 lines/mm (with a fine-grain developer)
• especially suited for digital scanning

RSD

• same emulsion as Agfa Copex Slide Direct
• a pre-fogged orthochromatic film specially for negative or slide duplication
• exposure index (EI) in daylight around 0.2 (thus it has a DIN value of -6 !) = about EI 6 + 5 f stops (not many cameras will handle this correctly)
• after a massive exposure will produce a positive in traditional B&W process, i.e. is NOT run through a reversal process; see also solarisation
• contrast adjustment using different developers, i.e. lower contrast: for ex. Rodinal/Adonal (1:25 about 10 mins., 1:50 about 20 mins.) or higher contrast: any paper developer 1+4 about 5 mins.

Color negatives

DigiBase CN200

• without a mask, very well suited for scanning
• subdued colors and unusual effects in reversal process (E-6)

ScanFilm

• same emulsion as Agfa Aviphot Color X400
• without a mask, very well suited for scanning

Color slides

Vario Chrome

• ISO 320
• History: launched in 2017

DigiBase CR200

• same emulsion as Agfa RSX200

CrossBird

• normal results in E-6 reversal process
• specially designed for cross-processing in C-41

Gigabit

Gigabit Film

• Type: Black and White
• Speed: ISO 40, DIN 17°
• Available formats: 35 mm
• Granularity: Extremely Fine
• Resolving power: Extremely High
• History: said to be Agfa Copex micrography film, sold with special low-contrast developer to increase dynamic range
• Primary usage: General black-and-white photography, with scanning in mind
• General characteristics: PET base for better film flatness, strong contrast and low exposure tolerance, fine grain not much subject to grain aliasing in usual resolution scans

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Efke (Fotokemia)

Factory in Samobor (near Zagreb), Croatia. Closed since 2012. Products sold by Fotoimpex (Berlin, Germany) under the name ADOX. Manufactured B&W papers and for example, the following B&W films:

• KB/R/PL 25/50/100 in 135, 120 and sheet formats
• IR820, a true infrared film

See also

• List of discontinued photographic films

References

External links

• Some facts and opinions about modern slow-speed high-resolution B&W films