Ilford fp4+ is my new favorite film

[Athos6]

I ordered a bunch of film from B&H and I have to say, out of all I got fp4+ was my favorite, followed by Neopan Acros 100. Taken with my M2 and VC 35mm Ultron

 

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The last one is a self portrait

 

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... more ... The last 2 were altered in CS3, sharpening, sepia, and a little vingnetting.

 

[crawdiddy]

I haven't used FP4+. Is it 200 ISO? I really like HP5+. I'm getting better results than with Tri-x.

 

[drewbarb]

FP4+ is great. It's 125 box speed, though as with most films, lots of folks shoot it slower.

Athos- you have some nice shots there- what developer are you using?

 

[naruto]

FP4+ (shot at 80) in Rodinal 1+50 gives very good results. Excellent tones and makes it very easy to print. The shot is below is printed on Grade 2 paper and shot using a Horseman 6x9. (yeah the grain is not apparent on the format, but I haven't found it too bad with 35mm either)

http://flickr.com/photos/arucard/886734238/ - link to photo page and larger image.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

FP-4+ is 125. I develop it in Rodinal and shoot it at 100, but D-76 gets you the 125 speed.

 

[Athos6]

I sent it to A&I for developing and had scans made. I found that I needed to remove myself from some steps and focus on the picture taking. Developing and scanning were just 2 more steps I could screw up . I hated seeing a great picture somewhere in the negative, only ruined because I couldn't control the temp or I over/under agitated.

I shot it at 125, or as close as my VC II meter could get to 125. A&I seems to do a good job, but they want 30bucks a roll for "High Rez" scans so I opt for the 5 buck frontier scans. Do any of you use a mail in service?