Originally posted by dsmithhfx Isn't 500T a kodak tungsten film?
The materials are probably the same supplier, not exactly Kodak (there are more brands/labels than films). Currently Kodak Portra is the only fast color film without a color cast. Other [insert brand name here] fast color films have at least a slight color cast (very mild). I tried correcting this with an 81 series filter. It did remove haze so that distant trees weren't blurry-blue-black; but, light brown things became purple... Is there a 1/3rd stop light yellow filter available?
Tri-X works better in 2 ways:
1. The black and white film is slightly faster in practice (as usual, the color film is ASA320, approximately).
2. Sunset with cloudless sky (or a headshot), is smooth with black and white; but, fast color film might look like an alien invasion or at least not smooth tonality.
Fast color works better in 2 ways:
1. High resolution designed for big enlargements (or crop), and it scans well (if exposure allows).
2. Can make both black and white, and color, images, with just one camera body.
I'd probably use actual black and white film more often, if I could get more than one camera body working simultaneously.