Quote Originally Posted by lumpy
I will likely pick up a few rolls of black and white also, any recommendations?

How should I try to load for the different occasions (i.e. sunrise landscape, mid-day landscapes and waterfalls, surfers/windsurfers, nighttime luaus)? The camera doesn't allow us to trade out mid roll, at least not that I am aware.

Thanks again.
B&W is a whole different world... It's almost a specialty process (at least at one-hour places) to use real black and white films like Kodak Tri-X which has been around for 50 years. Great film, but you'll have to take it to a good lab to get the results from it - or do it yourself if you're interested at some point.

Another option would be the black and white films that get developed in regular color process chemestry. Sometimes the prints can have a color cast to them, but done right they look great. Kodak T400CN is my favorite of this type, but I think it's recently been discontinued.

Generally, you want to use the slowest film that you can for a situation to keep the grain under control. On the other hand, it can be a pain to do it that way because you wind up with 8 shots on a roll of 36 and then you decide you want to change film... Like Charles said, you might want to stick mainly with 400 which should do a good job in most situations. Sunsets and waterfalls would probably be best with 100 speed - but only if you're using a tripod.