Ilford HP5 Plus Black and White 400 ISO 120 Roll Film Review

I love this film and the prints are great. Enjoy a double exposure. I wish there were more printers.! It took a while to find a place to print

Nothing beats Ilford black and white film. I cranked it up to 1600 in low light and it looked so good. I could easily click more. (RZ67) Oh I printed it in 20x25 and it was great.

I love this film. I've used this in a 1929 Kodak pocket folding camera and a 1958 Yashica Yashicamat TLR. Here are some samples I took from the Yashicamat. Despite being a 400 film, the graininess is not very noticeable. It is extremely flexible in terms of exposure. If you're shooting outdoors, with this camera you don't need to worry about using a light meter, just use the Solar 16 rule. With this film, set your shutter speed as close to 1/400s as possible (most cameras don't have 1/400s, so…

If you're new to film photography you've probably heard or remembered names like Kodak, Canon, Polaroid and so on. But who is Ilford? And what does their Ilford HP5 Plus film look like? Ilford is no stranger to the film world. It's been around since 1879 - almost when photography was born! They are based in England. They even used to make cameras. You have multiple lines of film in 35mm and 120mm formats. Of course I use the 120 format for my Holga camera. I like the black and white Ilford HP5…