HP5 Plus

[koniczech]

Hi.
Since scanning takes a while, I thought I'd just share my thoughts. Ilford HP5 Plus amazes me. Despite the fact that I had to wait 3*24*1hour, the results are worth every minute. While I'll give some kudos to the Yashica GSN, my older C41 b&w don't look half as sharp, etc.

Photos to come...

koniczech

p.s. Post yours, as this is an HPS+ appreciation thread!

 

[Krzys]

Hp5 @ 1600 in Xtol 1:1 looks amazing. I printed some last night and wow that grain is brilliant!

Somebody please reassure me that it looks just as good pushed in Hc110.

 

[Tom A]

The grain is going to be more aggressive in HC 110. Xtol has a slight "mushing" effect on grain and smoother tones. The HC 110 more resembles something done in Rodinal 1:50 or 1:100.

 

[koniczech]

Do you have any scans 'lying around' that we could see?

 

[Krzys]

I always liked this one.... It is one of the negatives that I printed last night. I tried scanning the print on a cheap office printer but it came out terrible so here is an old negative scan.

All of my other scans are on a hard drive which I have lost the cable for.

Generally my results look a lot like this fellow's work, http://www.flickr.com/photos/91744974@N00/2328029840

 

[wblanchard]

If I shot HP5+ 400 at 100, then had it processed as 100 and pulled 3 stops, how would the contrast look? I'm thinking of trying it, because I like high contrast in my bw images.

 

[flip]

If I shot HP5+ 400 at 100, then had it processed as 100 and pulled 3 stops, how would the contrast look? I'm thinking of trying it, because I like high contrast in my bw images.

I would think you might want to push to increase contrast.

 

[anu L ogy]

I really like the tonality of this film too. I took some generic pics of my niece a few months back and I liked the way they came out.

http://oftheplace.wordpress.com/2010/04/20/portraits-of-my-niece/

 

[wblanchard]

I would think you might want to push to increase contrast.

lol sorry, i get confused with the pushing and pulling.

 

[Keith]

I'm not a huge fan of HP5 in 35mm as I find it a little flat unless pushed a stop or two but I shot some in 4x5 recently and was impressed with the tonality.

 

[koniczech]

Yeah, those are "Jimmies," from where I'm from.

SO SHARP!
Thats HP5+400!

koniczech

 

[Keith]

And some 35mm pushed to 1600 and developed in Xtol 1+1

 

[filmfan]

Nice shots Keith. HP5 looks best pushed. I don't shoot it under 800.

 

[Doug]

Pizza fixins; HP5 at 800 in Diafine.

 

[Keith]

Pizza fixins; HP5 at 800 in Diafine.

That's very nice at 800 in Diafine Doug!

 

[Mcary]

HP5 @1600 in Fomadon R09 1-100 1Hr stand

 

[anu L ogy]

@koniczech I call those jimmies too ;o


Nice shots Keith. I like the 2nd one.

You too Mike - great tones.

 

[KenR]

Sprinkles here in Noo Yoork.

 

[Vilk]

Ah, always a pleasure to praise an old friend!

I've been an HP junkie for a quarter of a century--an occasional brick of Tri-X or Neopan only made the addiction worse. Curve, tones, grain--de gustibus non disputandum... But some things I have verified "scientifcally" (or at least "empirically") over and over again: the most robust base and the hardest emulsion I've ever seen, almost impossible to damage in processing; density visually higher than any other film. And then, it's the only film I've never seen an air bubble on!

Here, in DD-X...

 

[Doug]

That's very nice at 800 in Diafine Doug!

Thank you, Keith; I've gotten to like the look of HP5 in Diafine. This shot with Bronica RF645, 65mm.