Ilford HP5+ revisited.

[helen.HH]

Yummy Good Antonio, Playfully Sublime !
That 35 cron asph renders Beautifully with hp5/D76

Oh Wow Stewart , you just snuck that Photo in
A Classic, Beautiful, Love it !

HP5 shown here is soooooo Good, its all I thought it would be & Better

 

[Michael Markey]

Never get mine looking that good either Stewart ...not even when I send it to Ilford.

 

[mike rosenlof]

Emily and Karen near Hana, Maui in March 2014.

HP5, e.i. 200, HC-110 (clone by Legacy Pro) 1:50 11 Min 18 deg C.

 

[02Pilot]

Just shot this yesterday.

HP5+ @ 200, Caffenol-C-H (RS), 15min @ 20C.

 

[Mablo]

After a lot of trial and error I finally found out how to do 35mm HP5+ in Rodinal 1+50, ISO 400, 20C, 11mins. First, you need at least 500ml of diluted Rodinal per roll. Never place two rolls in the same tank (don't even ask..). Agitate slowly for the first 30 secs and then just one *slow* insertion every minute. Last 3-4 minutes let the tank stand still.

 

[tuanvinh2000]

Sometimes i get that when fixer is exhausted so the film isn't as clear, resulting in the scanner got blocked and tries to increase exposure, showing more grain?
Other than that, underexpose the scene and brightness increased by scanner also cause that.
I do see more grains in HP5 than arista premium but not to this degree.

Grain-acious... me and HP5 😱...😱
perhaps' other worldly' atmosphere but since I have 20 more rolls I would like to get it right

 

[Sparrow]

Yummy Good Antonio, Playfully Sublime !
That 35 cron asph renders Beautifully with hp5/D76

Oh Wow Stewart , you just snuck that Photo in
A Classic, Beautiful, Love it !

HP5 shown here is soooooo Good, its all I thought it would be & Better

... I discovered only last month that the girl in the first photo has just had her second child ... I think hp5 has got better over the years, Roger will be along shortly to tell me I'm fudging it but it works quite well in id11 in practice ... more time = more speed and contrast

 

[Lauffray]

I guess I`m very much the odd man out in this in that I don`t enjoy trying different films and developers .

Maybe its because I shot K64 for thirty years .

If I am going to develop a film I want something which is straight forward with a reasonably predictable outcome.

Not really, I know a few people who shoot just one film and develop using the same formula, there's something to be said for consistency.
I used to try tons of films, slowly settling now.

I never found TriX to be that special really, I enjoy HP5 much more and I'd much rather support Ilford than Kodak

 

[crsantin]

While I use other films, HP5 is my first choice and most used film. It is very easy to work with, dries nice and flat, scans nicely. I use Ilford chemicals and processing methods, never had a problem. It does nicely at 1600 and everything in between. My second favourite film is Rollei retro 80's, which is high contrast but very sharp and detailed, a lovely film that I shoot on special occasions. I've never gotten very pleasing results with any of the Kodak films, and I hate working with tri-x, it arcs terribly and is a pain to flatten.

 

[Lauffray]

I use Ilford chemicals and processing methods, never had a problem.

What would you recommend to use if I've been using Xtol to push process ?

 

[gilgsn]

Hello,

I've been using HP5 since the 80s. The paper I worked for had no other film. Always used HC-110, dissolution B, 6 minutes at 68F. I tried dissolution H but there was way too much grain. Today I am scanning films I developped with SPUR HRX-3 (A+B)+17 at 68F, 11 minutes. We'll see...

HP5 is cheaper than Tri-X, big difference for a 100' roll.

Gil.

 

[gilgsn]

Hello,

Here is one shot from my HP5+ HRX-3 experiment:

Looks nice, low grain. Maybe slightly less contrast than HC-110...

Summilux 35mm.

Gil.

 

[John Bragg]

Hello,

Here is one shot from my HP5+ HRX-3 experiment:

Looks nice, low grain. Maybe slightly less contrast than HC-110...

Summilux 35mm.

Gil.

Nice shot, well developed.

 

[lxmike]

HP5 has always been my favourite film and has given me lots of good images over the last three and a bit decades

 

[gilgsn]

Nice shot, well developed.

Except for the stains on the top... I used Fotoflo though, not sure what I am doing wrong...?

Gil.

 

[Markus B]

I mostly use the cheaper Kentmere 400 (and, for the moment, Fomapan 400) but used some Hp5+ back in april. Here are two shots:

M6, Nokton 35/1,4; HP5+ E.I 400, Rodinal/R09 1+25:

M6, Summicron 2/90, HP5+, probably exposed as E.I 800 but developed as E.I 400, Xtol 1+1:

 

[De_Corday]

Love how flat HP5 negs get, love how inexpensive it is in bulk compared to Tri-X. Still love what Tri-X does in the shadows a bit more, but I've been shooting HP5 exclusively for the past few months and I really love what it does in Ilfosol-3

 

[crsantin]

What would you recommend to use if I've been using Xtol to push process ?

I use Ilfosol 3, a one-shot developer, and push HP5 to 1600 when desired. It's a good developer but once opened it has a short shelf life, about 4 weeks before it starts to turn which is easy to notice because it starts to turn dark amber when it goes bad. I buy the small bottles and use them up before they turn bad. If you don't break the seal on the bottle they can last a lot longer in storage.

 

[De_Corday]

^^ Have you had an easy time pushing with Ilfosol? I got some pretty foggy tri-X negs last time I tries a 2-stop push with I-3, but that was older film too...

And yeah, FWIW, I've used Ilfosol several weeks into its getting yellow and it's still good, but I never keep a bottle open for more than 6 weeks.

 

[crsantin]

^^ Have you had an easy time pushing with Ilfosol? I got some pretty foggy tri-X negs last time I tries a 2-stop push with I-3, but that was older film too...

And yeah, FWIW, I've used Ilfosol several weeks into its getting yellow and it's still good, but I never keep a bottle open for more than 6 weeks.

If it's yellow it's still good. Once it turns a deep amber, a burned look, it's no good. It happens quickly. I've never used Ilfosol older than about 5 weeks.

I have developed tri-x at 1600 with Ilfosol 3, no problems just a lot of nice grain. I actually like tri-x but hate working with it so I tend to stay away from it. Could your foggy negatives be from the fixer? I find if my fixer isn't so fresh my negatives look like crap. Stale developer will do it too. I've made both mistakes a few times, sometimes together 🙄