Canistr
Film stock wiki

Process

Black-and-white film stocks

Published black-and-white film profiles for documentary, portrait, street, darkroom, and lab processing workflows.

58 stocks

BW

ADOX CHS 100 II

ISO 100

ADOX CHS 100 II is an orthopanchromatically-sensitized ISO 100 B&W film with classic grain structure and wide exposure latitude, available in 135 and 120.

classicorthopanchromaticreversal-capable
View profile

BW

ADOX CMS 20 II

ISO 20

ADOX CMS 20 II is an ultra-high-resolution ISO 20 orthopanchromatic B&W film capable of resolving up to 800 lp/mm with virtually grain-free results.

ultra-high-resolutionorthopanchromatictechnical
View profile

BW

ADOX HR-50

ISO 50

ADOX HR-50 is a superpanchromatically-sensitized ISO 50 B&W film based on a high-resolution technical emulsion with extended red/near-IR sensitivity.

high-resolutionnear-infrared capablesuperpanchromatic
View profile

BW

Agfa APX100

ISO 100

AgfaPhoto APX 100 is a panchromatic ISO 100 B&W film currently produced by Harman Technology for Lupus Imaging, offering fine grain and high sharpness.

general purposepanchromatic
View profile

BW

Agfa APX400

ISO 400

AgfaPhoto APX 400 is a panchromatic ISO 400 B&W film produced by Harman Technology for Lupus Imaging, offering subtle grain and flexible push capability.

general purposepanchromatichigh speed
View profile

BW

Bergger Pancro 400

ISO 400

Bergger Pancro 400 is a current-production ISO 400 panchromatic B&W film with a dual-emulsion (silver bromide + silver iodide) design offering organic grain and wide latitude.

dual emulsionorganic grainwide latitude
View profile

BW

Cinestill Double-X

ISO 250

CineStill BwXX is an ISO 250 panchromatic black-and-white film, respooled from Kodak Eastman Double-X 5222 motion picture stock for 135-format still photography.

View profile

BW

Ferrania P30

ISO 80

FILM Ferrania P30 is an ISO 80 panchromatic black-and-white film, re-introduced in 2017 based on a historic Italian cinema formula, known for ultra-fine grain and high-contrast rendering.

View profile

BW

FilmNeverDie KURO 100

ISO 100

FilmNeverDie KURO 100 is an ISO 100 black-and-white C-41-compatible 35mm film ('KURO' meaning black in Japanese) with classic fine grain, pleasing contrast, and versatile character suited to portraiture, landscape, and street photography.

View profile

BW

FilmNeverDie UMI 800

ISO 800

FilmNeverDie UMI 800 is an ISO 800 color negative C-41 film in 135 format based on Kodak Vision3 500T cine emulsion with remjet removed, offering cool tones, strong grain character, and outstanding low-light and night photography performance.

View profile

BW

Foma 100

ISO 100

Fomapan 100 Classic is a fine-grain, panchromatic black-and-white negative film from Foma Bohemia rated at ISO 100. Known for its classic cubic-grain rendering, wide tonal range, and versatile exposure latitude, it is one of the most affordable traditional-look 135/120 films available.

View profile

BW

Foma 200

ISO 200

Fomapan 200 Creative is a medium-speed panchromatic black-and-white film from Foma Bohemia rated at ISO 200. It uses hexagonal core/shell tabular silver halide grains for fine grain and high resolving power, making it a flexible choice between the classic Fomapan 100 and the faster Fomapan 400.

View profile

BW

Foma 400

ISO 400

Fomapan 400 Action is Foma Bohemia's fastest standard panchromatic black-and-white film, rated at ISO 400. It offers a classic, gritty grain character, good shadow detail in low light, and wide exposure latitude, making it a go-to choice for reportage, street, and action photography.

View profile

BW

Foma ortho400

ISO 400

Foma Ortho 400 is a high-speed orthochromatic black-and-white negative film from Foma Bohemia, rated at ISO 400. Unusually fast for an ortho film, it renders skies with dramatic contrast, darkens red tones, and suits landscape, architectural, and stylized portrait photography.

View profile

BW

Foma R100

ISO 100

Fomapan R100 is a panchromatic black-and-white reversal film from Foma Bohemia that produces positive transparency (slide) images when processed with the R-100 reversal process. It delivers very fine grain, high resolving power, and high contrast on a clear polyester base.

View profile

BW

Fuji Neopan 100

ISO 100

Fujifilm Neopan 100 Acros is an ultra-fine-grain ISO 100 black-and-white negative film celebrated for its world-class granularity, wide tonal range, and exceptional reciprocity characteristics. The original Acros was discontinued in 2018; Acros II relaunched in November 2019 with a reformulated emulsion and is the current production version.

View profile

BW

Fuji Neopan 400

ISO 400

Fujifilm Neopan 400 (sold as Neopan Presto 400 in Japan) was a high-speed ISO 400 panchromatic black-and-white negative film, prized for its fine grain for the speed, high exposure latitude, and a distinctly clean, silvery tonal character. It was discontinued in 2013–2014.

View profile

BW

Ilford Delta 100

ISO 100

Ilford Delta 100 Professional is a medium-speed, fine-grain black-and-white tabular-grain film rated ISO 100. Part of HARMAN Technology's Delta series of T-grain emulsions, it delivers outstanding sharpness and tonal gradation for portrait, landscape, and studio work.

View profile

BW

Ilford Delta 3200

ISO 3200

Ilford Delta 3200 Professional is a very high-speed tabular-grain black-and-white film with a true ISO of approximately 1000, marketed and commonly used at EI 3200. It is optimised for low-light and fast-action photography, offering wide push-processing latitude up to EI 6400–12500.

View profile

BW

Ilford Delta 400

ISO 400

Ilford Delta 400 Professional is a high-speed tabular-grain black-and-white film rated ISO 400, offering fine grain for its speed class and wide push-processing latitude up to EI 3200. A versatile all-purpose professional emulsion for documentary, street, and reportage photography.

View profile

BW

Ilford FP4

ISO 400

Ilford FP4 Plus is a medium-speed, all-purpose black-and-white film rated ISO 125, delivering very fine grain, outstanding sharpness, and superb exposure latitude. A classic emulsion with decades of history, ideal for portraits, landscapes, and architecture in good lighting conditions. Note: the database row carries ISO 400, which is a data entry error — the actual film speed is ISO 125.

View profile

BW

Ilford HP5 Plus

ISO 400

Ilford HP5 Plus is a flexible ISO 400 black-and-white film with classic grain and strong push-processing tolerance.

black and whitedocumentarypushable
View profile

BW

Ilford Kentmere 100

ISO 100

Ilford Kentmere 100 (Kentmere Pan 100) is a budget-tier ISO 100 black-and-white film manufactured by HARMAN Technology. It offers fine grain, good sharpness, and broad tonal range with medium contrast — a cost-effective entry point to quality black-and-white photography. Available in 35mm and 120.

View profile

BW

Ilford Kentmere 200

ISO 200

Ilford Kentmere 200 (Kentmere Pan 200) is a budget-tier ISO 200 black-and-white film from HARMAN Technology. It offers enhanced contrast, well-controlled grain, and good sharpness, bridging the gap between Kentmere 100 and 400 for mixed-light conditions. Available in 35mm, 120, and bulk.

View profile

BW

Ilford Kentmere 400

ISO 400

Ilford Kentmere 400 (Kentmere Pan 400) is a budget-tier ISO 400 black-and-white film manufactured by HARMAN Technology. It delivers high speed with fine grain, good sharpness, and broad tonal range — commonly regarded as a cost-effective alternative to ILFORD HP5 Plus. Available in 35mm and 120.

View profile

BW

Ilford Ortho Plus

ISO 80

Ilford Ortho Plus 80 is an ISO 80 orthochromatic black-and-white film from HARMAN Technology. Insensitive to red light, it can be handled under red safelights, renders reds and oranges darker than panchromatic films, and produces extremely fine grain with high sharpness. Available in 35mm, 120, and sheet film formats.

View profile

BW

Ilford PanF100

ISO 100

Ilford Pan F Plus is an ultra-fine-grain, high-acutance black-and-white film rated ISO 50, offering exceptional resolution and sharpness for maximum-quality enlargements. Note: the database row records ISO 100, which is a data entry error — Pan F Plus is an ISO 50 film.

View profile

BW

Ilford SFX

ISO 200

Ilford SFX 200 is a medium-speed ISO 200 black-and-white film with extended red sensitivity reaching to approximately 740nm. Used with deep red or infrared-pass filters, it produces pseudo-infrared effects — bright foliage, dark skies — while remaining compatible with standard B&W processing and loadable in normal light.

View profile

BW

JCH Street Pan

Unknown

JCH StreetPan 400 is an ISO 400 panchromatic black-and-white film from Japan Camera Hunter (Bellamy Hunt), originally based on Agfa Aviphot aerial/surveillance emulsion, featuring extended red sensitivity to 750 nm.

View profile

BW

Kodak 5222

ISO 250

Kodak 5222 Double-X is a classic panchromatic black-and-white cine negative film rated ISO 250 (daylight) / 200 (tungsten), known for its rich contrast, wide tonal range, and distinctive gritty grain — a staple of Hollywood cinematography for decades.

cinematicclassichigh-contrast
View profile

BW

Kodak T-Max 100

ISO 100

Kodak T-Max 100 (TMX) is a professional ISO 100 black-and-white T-grain negative film celebrated for its extremely fine grain, high sharpness, and wide tonal range — one of the finest-grained B&W films available in 135 and 120.

t-grainultra-fine-grainprofessional
View profile

BW

Kodak T-Max 3200

ISO 3200

Kodak T-Max P3200 is a multi-speed ultra-high-sensitivity B&W T-grain film designed for very low-light photography, rated EI 800–25600. Originally discontinued in 2012, it was relaunched in 2018 in 135 format only.

high-speedlow-lightpush-film
View profile

BW

Kodak T-Max 400

ISO 400

Kodak T-Max 400 (TMY-2) is a professional ISO 400 black-and-white T-grain negative film offering best-in-class combination of fine grain, high sharpness, and wide exposure latitude at ISO 400, available in 135 and 120.

t-grainfine-grainprofessional
View profile

BW

Kodak Tri-X 400

ISO 400

Kodak Tri-X 400 is a classic black-and-white film known for strong tonality, visible grain, and documentary character.

classicdocumentarygritty
View profile

BW

Leica Monopan 50

ISO 50

Leica MONOPAN 50 is Leica Camera AG's first-ever branded 35mm black-and-white film, an ISO 50 ultra-fine-grain super-panchromatic emulsion manufactured in Germany by Adox, launched in June 2025 to mark Leica's 100th anniversary.

View profile

BW

LOMO Berlin Kino

Unknown

Lomography Berlin Kino 400 is a high-speed panchromatic black-and-white negative film inspired by New German Cinema aesthetics, based on a version of the ORWO N74 Plus cine emulsion and available in 35mm and 120 formats.

View profile

BW

LOMO Earl Grey

Unknown

Lomography Earl Grey 100 is an ISO 100 panchromatic black-and-white negative film based on a Fomapan emulsion, available in 35mm and 120 formats, offering fine grain and high dynamic range.

View profile

BW

LOMO Lady Grey

Unknown

Lomography Lady Grey 400 is a panchromatic ISO 400 B&W negative film based on Fomapan 400 emulsion, available in 35mm and 120 formats, offering smooth gradated tonality and fine grain for a high-speed stock.

View profile

BW

LOMO Potsdam Kino

ISO 100

Lomography Potsdam Kino 100 is a respooled ORWO UN54 panchromatic black-and-white cine film at ISO 100, offering fine grain, high sharpness, rich contrast, and a heavy silver halide composition in 35mm and 120 formats.

View profile

BW

Lucky SHD100

ISO 100

Lucky SHD 100 is an ISO 100 panchromatic B&W negative film produced by Lucky Film Company (Baoding, China). A reformulated 'New SHD 100' was released in 2017 on a near-transparent polyester base with improved grain and scratch resistance. Available in 135 and 120. Current availability outside China is limited.

classicfine-grain
View profile

BW

Lucky SHD400

ISO 400

Lucky SHD 400 (LuckyPan SHD 400) is an ISO 400 panchromatic B&W negative film from Lucky Film Company (China), originally produced from the early 2000s through ~2012, then relaunched internationally in 2024. Available in 135 and 120 formats; noted for pronounced grain and wide latitude.

grainywide-latitude
View profile

BW

ORWO NP100

ISO 100

ORWO Wolfen NP100 is an ISO 100 fine-grain panchromatic B&W negative film in 135 format, produced at Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany. Announced in April 2022, it is ORWO's first professionally finished B&W photo film in 50 years, featuring a dyed anti-halation layer between base and emulsion for improved sharpness.

fine-grainhigh-sharpness
View profile

BW

ORWO P400

ISO 400

ORWO Wolfen P400 is an ISO 400 panchromatic B&W negative film in 135 format, produced at Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany. A variant of the ORWO N74 cine emulsion stripped of its anti-halation layer for still photography, it delivers a ±2-stop latitude and is noted for rich tonal gradation on a polyester base.

N74-derivedpush-friendly
View profile

BW

ORWO UN54

ISO 100

ORWO Wolfen UN54 is an ISO 100 panchromatic B&W negative film in 135 format, produced by FilmoTec at Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany. A still-photography respool of the ORWO N74 cine emulsion, it offers high silver content, fine grain, rich tonal scale, and reversal-processing capability.

high-silverreversal-capablecine-stock
View profile

BW

REFLX LAB PAN200 Infrared

ISO 200

REFLX LAB PAN200 Infrared is an ISO 200 panchromatic B&W negative film in 120/220 format, respooled from Agfa Aviphot Pan 200 aerial/surveillance film. Sensitive into the near-infrared (up to ~750nm), it delivers enhanced contrast, haze penetration, and glowing foliage under IR filters.

infraredpanchromaticaerial-stock
View profile

BW

Rollei Infrared

Unknown

Rollei Infrared is a super-panchromatic black-and-white film with sensitivity extending to 820 nm, usable with or without an infrared filter across 35mm and 120 formats.

View profile

BW

Rollei Ortho 25

ISO 25

Rollei Ortho 25 Plus is an orthochromatic, ultra-fine-grain ISO 25 black-and-white film with spectral sensitivity limited to 610 nm, ideal for technical and fine-art photography.

View profile

BW

Rollei Retro 400S

ISO 400

Rollei Retro 400S is a super-panchromatic ISO 400 black-and-white film derived from Agfa-Gevaert Aviphot Pan 400S aerial stock, with extended red sensitivity to 750 nm.

View profile

BW

Rollei Retro 80S

ISO 25

Rollei Retro 80S is an ISO 80 super-panchromatic black-and-white film derived from Agfa Aviphot Pan 80 aerial stock, featuring extended near-infrared sensitivity and a clear polyester base.

View profile

BW

Rollei RPX 100

ISO 100

Rollei RPX 100 is a medium-speed ISO 100 panchromatic black-and-white film with very wide exposure latitude (ISO 25–800) and a polyester base, available in 35mm and 120.

View profile

BW

Rollei RPX 25

ISO 25

Rollei RPX 25 is an ultra-low-speed ISO 25 panchromatic black-and-white film offering the finest grain and highest resolving power of the RPX series.

View profile

BW

Rollei RPX 400

ISO 400

Rollei RPX 400 is a high-speed ISO 400 panchromatic black-and-white film with wide exposure latitude and consistent tonality, available in 35mm and 120.

View profile

BW

Rollei SuperPan 200

ISO 200

Rollei SuperPan 200 is an ISO 200 super-panchromatic black-and-white film with spectral sensitivity to 750 nm, usable as a standard negative, slide, or near-infrared film.

View profile

BW

Street Candy ATM400

ISO 400

Street Candy ATM400 is an ISO 400 panchromatic black-and-white film repurposed from decommissioned ATM bank surveillance stock, offering high contrast with wide dynamic range.

View profile

BW

Street Candy MTN100

ISO 100

Street Candy MTN100 is an ISO 100 black-and-white motion-picture-derived film from Street Candy (France), offering cinematic tonality and the ability to be processed as negative or reversal slide.

View profile

BW

Svema FN-64

ISO 64

Svema FN-64 is an ISO 64 panchromatic black-and-white film with near-infrared sensitivity to 750 nm, produced by Astrum (Ukraine) on a transparent polyester base.

View profile

BW

Washi E

ISO 3

Film Washi E is an extremely low-sensitivity ISO 3 black-and-white film from French maker Film Washi, repurposed from industrial printed circuit board (PCB) lithographic film, available in 120 format on a transparent blue polyester base.

View profile

BW

Washi K

ISO 100

Film Washi K is an ISO 100 black-and-white film from Film Washi (France), repurposed from expired rolls of Kodak Plus-X Aerographic 2402 vintage aerial film, available in 120 and 4×5 formats.

View profile
Black-and-White Film Stocks | Canistr