Analog film photography and cameras

I am by no means a black & white specialist (probably 80% of the film I shot in my life was colour negative - used to do more b&w though, at uni, and in the following years, when I was still tank-developing at home, which I pretty much stopped doing 5+ years ago).

That being said I gotta say I did learn to appreciate the different brands / films - the different looks they had respectively.
I've always found Ilford to be a bit "brutal" / "gritty" ..in a good way 🙂
And Kodak (especially Tri-X) being more "gentle" / a bit more "elegant" in comparison.
Fuji (Neopan & Acros) were also super nice, although they never really suited the stuff I personally shot. In retrospect I regret not shooting them more though, especially Acros.

Regarding cost I honestly don't care nowadays whether it's a few bucks more or less (per roll of film), I kinda always add it all up (film, dev, scans, maybe prints) and divide by 36 - then, at a cost-per-image basis it doesn't make a big difference.
So I pay for the more expensive film if I know I'd really like that particular "look" - it's worth it 👍