I did just one roll at a wedding recently and was blown away by the images. I used film when I started out but the convenience of digital took over. I have recently purchased a Leica R8 and RE from a friend and I’m loving trying different film stocks. This HP5 + has been around for ever and for good reason. The couple were very pleased with their little film cameo roll to go with the digital shots I produced.

This was shot on HP5 pushed a stop before it was Wondified as it was a muzzy old day up Norfolk.

Bit grainer than box speed (400) but still rendered the 'hover sharp as it flew off over the beach.

I was also impressed as ever by how clean the scans were.

Tweaked a little in post with a vig and a bit contrast added, which also increased the lumps and bumps a bit.

That's on a train, so that's not quite straight because that was going over some points or something at the time.

Reasonably sharp and not too noisy, lovely tones and nicely developed by the Wondies.

I flirt with films - see reviews passim - but always love the results HP5 delivers, not to mention it's still relatively cheap at £9.50 a roll, which will buy you a return ticket from King's Lynn to Downham Market on a good day to put things into perspective.

This left the station exposed at box speed, on a Nikon FM2 paired up with a 35mm on the sharp end.

I never record shutter speed/aperture etc because life's too short.

HP5 is another one of my why do I ever bother using anything else films.

Except when I use something else and say the same about that.

I pushed it to 800 on a recent trip down the RNLI in Dorset and was quite pleased with the results after it got wondified.

I was still sailing close to the wind for the indoor shot inside the lifeboat centre where they build and maintain the all-weather boats at 1/30.

Maybe my hands get steadier the further south from Norfolk I go.

It picked up some tonal range despite being asked to look at a large, bright orange boat under artificial light. I sometimes struggle getting things like this to look right using digital, so a pleasant surprise.

The sculpture is a memorial to all the lifeboat crew who've lost their lives trying to save others since the charity started 200 years ago.

I also shot that on digital but film just blew it out of the water.

The harbour pictures are so-so composition-wise, but the reflections came out better than they looked squinting through the camera after I bumped up the contrast in post.

So that's another five stars from me.

This was my first time using B&W film and I am pleased with the results.