Film Format: 35mm Film Colour & Type: Black & White ISO: 400 Grain: Fine Contrast: Normal and High Colour Balance: Not Applicable Exposure Latitude: Wide / Very Wide Latitude DX Coding: Yes Film Development Process: Black and White Perfect for: 🏛️ Architecture, 🚦 Street Photography, and 🎓 Beginners
Description
Delta 400 is a modern emulsion from Ilford - created with finer grain to provide sharp black and white images with excellent contrast.
The 400 ISO is a great speed for life in the UK: fast enough to cope with all weather, and slow enough to retain incredible detail in your images. Ilford Delta 400 35mm film is a versatile black-and-white film renowned for its incredible detail, smooth gradations, and beautiful contrast.
Its fine grain structure and high resolution ensure sharp, striking images that showcase every nuance of your subject. The professional results when you nail the exposure on Delta 400 will blow you away!
When you buy your camera film from us we can ship it across the UK, Europe, USA, New Zealand, Australia and Canada (more countries planned soon!) So buy your Ilford Delta 400 35mm Film today and dive back into the fun of 35mm film photography!
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Despite its relatively high ISO for a black and white film, I find Delta 400 delivers surprisingly poor shadow detail. I noticed this when I first shot the film, so I put it down to the lighting conditions. To test that theory, I shot a second roll in much stronger light, only to find the same issue.
I also feel that the overall rendering can be a little conflicted. The film exhibits the noticeable grain you'd expect from a 400-speed stock, yet it also has the crisp, clinical sharpness that is characteristic of the Delta range. For me, those two qualities don't always complement one another.
Personally, I'd much rather shoot HP5 Plus or Kodak Tri-X. Although they're a little less sharp, I find they produce a more pleasing grain structure, smoother tonality, and images with greater character overall.
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Anthony R. (Glasgow, GB)
Perfect for:Great All-Rounder, Beginners, Street Photography, Creative/Abstract, Travel, Low Light/Night
Accreditation Handles:@anthtakesphotos
Nice fast film
I nought this film specifically because I was going to a classic rally event and wanted something around 400. I’ve never particularly got on with HP5 in 35mm (different story in 120), so thought I’d give this a try, and I have to say I love the feel of it.
The grain isn’t just ‘noise’, but it adds to the atmosphere of the shots - and that’s where it’s visible, because in the right light this can produce really nicely smooth images.
I loved this for tracking shots. With a slower film you’d be shooting at f/5.6ish and potentially losing a bit of sharpness when zone focussing. The film let me shoot at f/16, and sometimes f/22, at about 1/60th, keeping most of the car in focus (when I got the tracking right!).
Shot with a Nikon FE and developed in ID-11 1+1.
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Hudson J.R. (Huddersfield, GB)
Perfect for:Great All-Rounder, Portraits, Landscapes, Architecture, Creative/Abstract, Studio Work
Accreditation Handles:@hudsonjrippon
My favourite Ilford
My go to film aside from Agfa 400, perfect performance and grain, less flexibility than hp5, but still lots of give, excellent for technical shooting
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Alex L.
Perfect for:Great All-Rounder, Beginners, Portraits, Street Photography, Architecture, Low Light/Night
Accreditation Handles:Alex L
Undecided
Unsure about this one. I was expecting a bit more shadow detail but to be honest I think my XA2 has underexposed this for some reason so perhaps not a good test of this film
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Mike (Glasgow, GB)
Perfect for:Great All-Rounder, Portraits, Landscapes, Street Photography, Architecture
Accreditation Handles:grain.cave
Sharp and contrasty black and white film
I was pleasantly surprised with the results of this film. I'm shot a lot more HP5 and when I got my scans I was pleased with the finer grain and the contrast out the box. A bit more expensive than HP5 and although cheaper maybe not as fine grain as TMAX 400.
It's a really nice film but I'm not sure I'd reach for it again.
