Water Melon 50Summer daylight colour
Softgrain 100Fine-grain B&W
Crystal 400Versatile cinematic colour
Push 800Fast B&W
Sburro 6400Extreme low-light character
5500K / daylight
Daylight film
Designed for sun, open shade and daylight-balanced flash. Use it for travel, portraits, street photography and bright interiors. Under tungsten bulbs it can shift warm.
The Photo Studio Berlin 35mm Film Guide
Choose film by the photograph you want.
ISO matters. Light matters. Process matters. But the best film is the one whose character fits your subject, your camera and the way you like to see.
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Four questions before you buy a roll.
Question 01
How much light?
Bright sun favours slower film. Low light and movement need more sensitivity.
Question 02
What kind of light?
Daylight film suits sun and flash. Tungsten film is balanced for warm artificial light.
Question 03
Colour or monochrome?
Colour describes atmosphere. B&W reduces a scene to light, texture, shape and timing.
Question 04
Clean or expressive?
Fine grain gives clarity. High-speed, cinematic and experimental films add visible character.
Sensitivity first
ISO changes more than brightness.
Lower ISO usually means finer grain and more light. Higher ISO helps with speed and darkness, while often bringing stronger grain and contrast.
50–100Sun, detail, fine grain
200–400Everyday versatility
800+Night, movement, grain
3200K / tungsten
Tungsten film
Balanced for warm artificial light and especially expressive around lamps, neon and city nights. In daylight it renders cooler unless corrected with a filter or during scanning.
The visual language
Colour describes. Black & white distils.
Colour film
Choose colour when temperature, atmosphere and the relationship between hues are central to the photograph.
- Natural or cinematic palettes
- Daylight and tungsten options
- C‑41, ECN‑2 or dual-process stocks
- Strong for portraits, travel and everyday stories
Black & white film
Choose monochrome when you want to concentrate on gesture, structure, shadow, grain and emotional distance.
- Fine-grain and high-speed options
- Flexible push processing
- Traditional negative and reversal films
- Strong for street, documentary and fine art
Shop by intention
What do you want to photograph?
These are starting points, not rules. Film becomes interesting when you use it in a way that feels like yours.
Portraits
Soft tones and fine grain
Start with Softone 100, 250D or Softgrain 100 when faces and subtle transitions matter.
Street
Speed without hesitation
ISO 200–400 gives a practical balance for changing streets, shadow and movement.
Night
Artificial light becomes colour
Dimension 800T, 500T and Push 800 are made for low light, lamps and urban nights.
Experimental
Let the material show
Try orthochromatic response, extreme ISO, vintage cinema stock or a limited summer roll.
Do not forget the process
The film and the chemistry work together.
Check the process before ordering development. Remjet-backed cinema film requires ECN‑2; remjet-free dual-process films may offer more flexibility.
C‑41
The standard process for most consumer colour-negative films and remjet-free stocks labelled C‑41.
Understand C‑41 →ECN‑2
The cinema-film process, including proper remjet removal for compatible motion-picture stocks.
Understand ECN‑2 →Black & White
Traditional monochrome negative processing with film-specific chemistry and push/pull control.
Understand B&W →There is no perfect film. Only the right film for this roll.
Use the guide, trust your curiosity, and keep notes. Your own negatives will teach you more than any specification sheet.
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