Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Black and White Film Review | All About Film

HP5+ can be grainy, if you want it to be. HP5+ can be grain-free, if you want it to be. HP5+ can have a nice and wide contrast profile, if you want it to. HP5+ can be high-contrast with no shadow or highlight detail, if you want it to. What you want or what you need HP5+ to be, it can be if you shoot it in the right format and use the right developers for it to deliver the results you’re looking for. HP5+ is pliable, fluid, dynamic, predictable, and reliable. HP5+ is also one of the only films that can deliver good results if you’ve never touched film before or if you’ve been shooting film since the Eisenhower Administration. If you wanted one film to use for your whole life, HP5+ would probably be your best choice.

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Video Index:
0:00 Introduction
0:24 Skip the Intro
1:28 Subjective Characteristics
7:22 Spectral Sensitivity
11:31 Characteristic Curve
14:32 Reciprocity Failure
16:50 Some Camera Settings
20:43 Recommended Developers
22:27 Developers to Avoid
23:42 Closing Thoughts

Developer Samples Index:
Kodak XTOL+3: 0:29
D-76 Stock: 1:37
D-76+1: 1:54
D-76+2: 2:15
D-76+3: 2:40
LegacyPro 110 (HC-110)+31 (Dilution B) @400 ISO: 3:40
LegacyPro 110 (HC-110)+31 (Dilution B) @800 ISO: 5:12
LegacyPro 110 (HC-110)+31 (Dilution B) @1600 ISO: 5:45
Rodinal 23+1000: 6:59
Rodinal+50 @800 ISO: 16:51
Rodinal+50 @1600 ISO: 17:17
Rodinal+100 (Stand): 17:51
Rodinal+50 @400 ISO: 18:52
Adotech IV+75 (stand): 20:04
Silvermax Developer+19: 20:49
Silvermax Developer+80 (stand): 21:56
RPX-D+75 (stand): 22:32
Ultrafin+ 1+4: 22:52
Ultrafin+ 1+9: 23:08
LegacyPro Mic-X Stock: 23:48
LegacyPro Mic-X+3: 24:24
Ilfosol3+9 @50 ISO: 25:06
Ilfosol 3+14: 25:32

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