I’ve tried four rolls of TMAX-100 and I really wasn’t impressed. It works great with ID-11 and other Ilford developers. Sometimes I get great results and sometimes not so great, which I’ve mostly attributed to lighting or other factors while shooting rather than developing, which I try to be pretty consistent at.Whilst some people do so, it’s not fair to directly compare this film to ILFORD’s own Delta 100 Professional.
Looking for a medium speed black and white film with buckets of character and great, deep contrast at moderate box speed? Ilford FP4+ I rate at 125 ISO. If I like what it gives at 400, it might very well become my go-to B&W film. We highly recommend both the Tri-X and HP5 and would encourage you … Please let me know, how you define “temperature down/low, moderate agitation” ?Greetings and salutations from Quentin Quarantino at Club Lockdown! You have a plethora of different cameras and lenses to choose from, different film stocks and developers, different paper too; if you’re a printer.
I’m also a bit impatient and tend to use quite high temps, so I might have to moderate that tendency as well. Ideal for most shooting scenarios in good light conditions. Read … I shot some FP4+ last summer and loved the results.
I ordered a brick of the stuff after reading this, which has just arrived. My work as an interiors and boudoir photographer is…If you’re new to developing this film yourself, here are a few general rules I find work for me:The most valuable advice I can give when developing this film is to control your temperature. You can read more about this film in my ILFORD FP4 PLUS review. What I do know is that shooting FP4 PLUS gives me such immense pleasure that after discovering and shooting my first roll of this emulsion a few years ago, I promptly went out and grabbed a fresh 35mm 100ft reel so that I could bulk load my own.Thanks for your review. I have used Delta 100 in sunny conditions and find it renders the brilliance of 'sunlight' better than FP4.
I've used nearly every Ilford Film, except for FP4. Ilford now has the best of both worlds. I love the creaminess you get from this film with the ID-11, so I hope it doesn’t get too coarse with Rodinal. Let's get into the review to learn more about the capabilities of Ilford … Of course, this is just my own personal view.Wonderful grain, excellent tonal gradation, excellent sharpness on the one hand; fat grain, blocked out shadows and supreme contrast on the other. I wasn’t aware it could be pushed so much.Thanks for the kind words. I process FP4+ and SFX together in the same tank, so identical processing works for them.
A true chameleon that works to the whim of the photographer’s needs.I set out this Spring and Summer to do a comparative test of Kodak EKTACHROME E100 and Fujifilm Fujichrome Velvia 50 (RVP50). Being a forgiving sort, it’s also happy to be pulled down to EI 50 or pushed six stops to ~EI 8000.I’ve often described how I think that people looking for a different “look” from film would be better suited exposing and developing in a different way before they’d see any…People keep mentioning Xtol. Ilford FP4+ 125 B&W Film Profile/Review. This is an amazing, diverse film stock that can be used in many different scenarios. I’d say it’s well worth the small extra investment! I mostly use Rodinal 1:50 in a semi-stand for my ILFORD processing but have also recently switched to Ilfotec, as it gives me much sharper contrast.I'm EM, founder, overlord and editor-in-chief here at EMULSIVE.org, as well as all-round benevolent gestalt entity. ( I am uncertain if Acufine is still available.