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Ilford HP5 Plus

What Ilford HP5 Plus actually looks like — 37 photographs shot on it by members here.

ISO 400 · Black & white · 37 photographs · 7 developing recipes

Ilford HP5 Plus is the other great 400-speed black-and-white film, and the usual alternative to Tri-X. It has a slightly softer, lower-contrast look with a long, smooth tonal range, which makes it easy to print and scan. It is made in England in 35mm, 120 and sheet sizes.

HP5 is known for its exposure latitude and for how well it pushes: 800 and 1600 are routine, and people take it to 3200 for low light if they can live with heavier grain. It is a good first black-and-white film because it is hard to ruin, and a lasting one because it does so much well. For Ilford's finer-grained 400-speed film, see Delta 400; for a slower classic from the same family, FP4 Plus.

Photographs shot on Ilford HP5 Plus

"Americana" — Ilford HP5 Plus, Canon F1n "Americana" Gary Duplantier entered as “Ilford Hp5” Film photograph by nolaphoto — Ilford HP5 Plus, Canon F1n Gary Duplantier entered as “Ilford Hp5” Film photograph by nolaphoto — Ilford HP5 Plus, Canon F1n Gary Duplantier entered as “Ilford Hp5” Film photograph by nolaphoto — Ilford HP5 Plus, Canon F1n Gary Duplantier entered as “Ilford Hp5” Film photograph by nolaphoto — Ilford HP5 Plus, Canon F1n Gary Duplantier entered as “Ilford Hp5” Film photograph by nolaphoto — Ilford HP5 Plus, Canon F1n Gary Duplantier entered as “Ilford Hp5” Film photograph by nolaphoto — Ilford HP5 Plus, Canon F1n Gary Duplantier entered as “Ilford Hp5” Film photograph by nolaphoto — Ilford HP5 Plus, Canon F1n Gary Duplantier entered as “Ilford Hp5” Film photograph by nolaphoto — Ilford HP5 Plus, Canon F1n Gary Duplantier entered as “Ilford Hp5” Film photograph by nolaphoto — Ilford HP5 Plus, Canon F-1n Gary Duplantier entered as “Ilford Hp5” Focus — Ilford HP5 Plus, Mamiya C330 Professional Focus thinbegin Sharpened — Ilford HP5 Plus, Mamiya C330 Professional Sharpened thinbegin In shadow — Ilford HP5 Plus, Kodak Brownie In shadow rodriguezmoses Out to Pasture — Ilford HP5 Plus, Leica M6 Out to Pasture Ken Mullinix Tractor Pull - Sterling Fair, MA — Ilford HP5 Plus, Leica M6 Tractor Pull - Sterling Fair, MA Ken Mullinix Film photograph by Ken_Mullinix — Ilford HP5 Plus, Leica M6 Ken Mullinix Saturday in the Park — Ilford HP5 Plus, Canon F1n Saturday in the Park Gary Duplantier entered as “Ilford Hp5” Wabi Sabi — Ilford HP5 Plus, Canon F1n Wabi Sabi Gary Duplantier entered as “Ilford Hp5” Kay’s Ice Cream Sign — Ilford HP5 Plus, Canon EOS Rebel G Kay’s Ice Cream Sign jasonagain entered as “Ilford HP-5 Plus 400” John — Ilford HP5 Plus, Widelux 7 Panorama John Bruce Gordon Sea thief. — Ilford HP5 Plus, Yashica Electro 35 Sea thief. Justin Film photograph by nolaphoto — Ilford HP5 Plus, Canon F1n Gary Duplantier entered as “Ilford Hp5” Film photograph by nolaphoto — Ilford HP5 Plus, Canon F1n Gary Duplantier entered as “Ilford Hp5” Waiting — Ilford HP5 Plus, Yashica TL Electro X Waiting MarkM Film photograph by nolaphoto — Ilford HP5 Plus, Canon F1n Gary Duplantier entered as “Ilford Hp5” Film photograph by nolaphoto — Ilford HP5 Plus, Canon F1n Gary Duplantier entered as “Ilford Hp5” Film photograph by nolaphoto — Ilford HP5 Plus, Canon F1n Gary Duplantier entered as “Ilford Hp5” Film photograph by nolaphoto — Ilford HP5 Plus, Canon F1n Gary Duplantier entered as “Ilford Hp5+” Solitude — Ilford HP5 Plus, Hasselblad 500cm Solitude Ken Mullinix "A Happy Accident" — Ilford HP5 Plus, Canon F1n "A Happy Accident" Gary Duplantier entered as “Ilford Hp5+” Film photograph by nolaphoto — Ilford HP5 Plus, Canon F1n Gary Duplantier entered as “Ilford Hp5” Street Portrait at the Farmers Market — Ilford HP5 Plus, Rolleiflex 3.5B Street Portrait at the Farmers Market littlekingfisher entered as “Illford HP5+” Bodie — Ilford HP5 Plus, Kodak 35 Bodie MarkM entered as “Ilford HP5 Plus 400” Contents of a shelf — Ilford HP5 Plus, Contax N1 Contents of a shelf thinbegin entered as “Ilford HP5+” Wind & Snow — Ilford HP5 Plus, Stenopeika 8x10 Wind & Snow Ken Mullinix entered as “Ilford HP5 Plus 400” Searching — Ilford HP5 Plus, Yashica TL Electro X Searching MarkM entered as “Ilford HP5 Plus 400” Game on — Ilford HP5 Plus, Canon T90 Game on PricklyDisco entered as “Ilford HP5 Plus 400”

How members developed this film

7 of the 37 photographs here include developing details, recorded by the photographer. Times and temperatures are what they each used, not a recommendation — and the negative each one produced is right there beside it.

Rodinal 3 photographs
Out to Pasture
1:20·5 min·2 inversions every 30 seconds
by Ken Mullinix
Tractor Pull - Sterling Fair, MA
1:20·5 min·68°F (20°C)·4 inversions every 30 seconds
by Ken Mullinix
Photograph by Ken_Mullinix
1:20·5 min·68°F (20°C)·4 inversions every 30 seconds
by Ken Mullinix
Kodak HC-110 2 photographs
Focus
1:31 (B)·4:45·20°C (68°F)·4 inversions every minute
by thinbegin
Sharpened
1:31 (B)·4:45·20°C (68°F)·4 inversions every minute
by thinbegin
Ilford DD-X
Solitude
1:9·8 min·4 inversions every 30 seconds
by Ken Mullinix
Kodak D-76
John
AGO Processor
by Bruce Gordon

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