I hadn't used any Ilford Ortho 80 for a good while. This time around, a roll went in the Mamiya C220 for a classic bike and car event. The warm conditions saw plenty of folk in shorts and tee shirts. I wanted to see how skin tones would be rendered. The film can work rather well for this and I went out of my way to look for cars and bikes with red or orange colour schemes. Apart from being able to make these colours appear much darker and you'll get very fine grain shooting at box speed.

Ortho seems to get on with 510 Pyro and that's a combination I'll be using again. Included images: A classic van with red front wings, that have rendered as black and some skin tones that look darker than they appeared on the day.

Ive been shooting this on 120 since it came out and its a great film. Slightly more contrasty then others but fantastic results and very easy to use. Mainly developed with HC110, a great pairing, in my oppinion.

A film I always return to, stunning results. Very unusual and creative.

Having tried some Rollei Ortho 25 (35mm) with fun results, I was expecting similar from this, but overall for me it didn't seem to darken the reds as much, and in general just had a bit more contrast that a roll of Kentmere 100 I had in another camera at the same time.

Ran this through a Yashica 635, and developed at home for 10.5 minutes in Ilford Ilfotec DD-X (1+4 single shot). Don't get me wrong, I like the results, but it didn't scream 'ortho' at me...

So sharp. So beautiful. Developed here in Pyrocat HD at 1+1+100.

A good example of what you can do with some enthusiasm and a good film/developer combo. This was Pyrocat HD and printed on Ilford Multigrade paper.

I made another print from this film the other day. Negative size was 6x9 centimeters on a Zeiss Box Tengor camera. Frankly my phone camera doesn't do justice to the print. This film, though it takes some practice to use, is fantastically sharp and the developer I used was Pyrocat HD.

Beautiful sharpness and good tonal range. Does well in Pyro developers.

something different to try. I should have shot something red (flowers etc)

Cannot recommend this film enough, not made for portraiture but it's almost all I use! Go for it!

Wonderful film, highly recommend

I was very excited when Ilford announced this film, but a bit unsure as I hadn't shot a true orthochromatic film before. I shot a mixture of things and it demonstrated great versatility delivering wonderful sharpness, it lends itself to a little bit of post processing, either in a darkroom or a computer. Maybe increase the contrast plus a little dodging or burning but I was very very happy with the images.

I suppose the thing of note is the way the highlights bloom, it reminds me a little of Kodak HIE, except much more subtle.

I'd say probably don't use it for street as that isn't where it's strengths lie and at 80 ASA you might struggle with coming in and out of buildings but don't let the slow speed put you off it is more than capable.

That rings true in general, if you're coming from digital then 80 seems very slow but it's very adequate in most outdoor situations.

I'd really recommend this film as a first step into the more interesting B&W films. If you've shot delta and want to try something different then absolutely give Ortho 80 a try.

Everything about this film is gorgeous. The tonality is exceptional and the amount of detail is stunning. You need to be accurate with your metering, but when you get it right it is just soooo lovely.

I bought this just for something different. The shots that I took without filters were fine but those where I used my usual orange filter were hopelessly underexposed - the film isn't sensitive to red/yellow light so simply adding a stop wasn't nearly enough.
I don't think I'll buy it again, Pan F has finer grain IMHO and is panchromatic. But it was an interesting experiment. But with only 5 usable negatives out of the roll a bit disappointing(user error!).

I have used Ortho 80 only on Large and Medium Format cameras and with standard developers like Rodinal and more recently 510Pyro. It does give a unique 'Look' although I cannot quantify what the look is. It is not hard to handle in developing and responds to post-processing in digital form well. Correctly-exposed negatives scan well with my Epson V850 and I expect would also work well if using a DSLR setup. I have never photographed people using this film as I would anticipate darkened skin tones with caucasian subjects. It might work well with those who have darker skin tones to begin with, but that would have to be explored first, before doing a shoot. I understand it is also possible to develop under a red safe light, which would help especially with Large Format Negs.