Ilford HP5 Plus - 120 Film
Description
The iconic medium format Ilford emulsion, the slightly larger grain structure will provide a wonderful vintage look to your photos. This 120 film is also very forgiving of wide exposure range so you will get good results in a variety of difficult light and contrast situations.
Specification
| Format: | 120 |
| Colour: | B&W |
| Type: | Negative |
| ISO: | 400 |
| Exposures: | 12 |
| Pack size: | 1 |
To understand more about the details above you can check out our film guide or if you want some inspiration then head over to our page on choosing your next film. And if you want the full details about the film, including technical information, read about Ilford HP5 Plus over on EMULSIVE.
Ilford was founded in 1879 in the English town of the same name. They are B&W royalty in the photography industry thanks to their 140-year heritage and their support for photographers with chemicals and development as well as film. In the mid-20th Century they produced several well-regarded camera lines (including one given to Princess Elizabeth that was later stolen!) but today they are focused on producing the best films and development processes that they can.
For more information about the brand check out our bio of Ilford
Sample shots (c) Ric Capucho
Where we ship
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 HP5 Plus Film 120 B&W ISO 400 today and dive back into the fun of 120 film photography!
I found this a very complimentary film, which worked very well under studio lighting! I am very happy with my results and think that anyone would be happy with their results too!
I found this a very complimentary film, which worked very well under studio lighting! I am very happy with my results and think that anyone would be happy with their results too!
I recently bought myself a ‘refurbished’ Kiev 88 and I was wanting to test it out to make sure it was all in working order because you can never be too sure with ebay listings, so i decided to buy some HP5+ because it’s a very very versatile film with loads of leeway to under and over exposing it.
I highly recommend this film
Returning to film photography after nearly 20 years absence I have acquired an Ensign 'Commando' folding rangefinder camera which is 2 or 3 years older than myself! I wanted to try using a film with a good reputation and reasonably priced (in case of failures!)
I sometimes used a light meter app. on my phone, metering for shadow but mostly worked on "guesstimates" and hoped for the best.
The results were very acceptable indeed.
The exposure range was broad enough to allow for my, sometimes arbitrary, settings not to matter too much.
The amount of grain and the range of tones I found very pleasing and although most of my shots were landscapes or architecture I would think that the lovely gradation of tones would be excellent for portraiture too.
I had the HP5+ developed by AG photo labs B'ham at box speed and scanned the negatives with my Epson V500 scanner. I found that very little post-processing was needed at all.
I would recommend HP5+ 120 to beginners and analogue returnees, particularly in view of its very reasonable price.
Having used a couple of rolls of another brand of 120 film whilst recommissioning an Agfa Isolette 1, I decided to try Ilford HP5 120 as I was now pretty sure I had addressed all the faults with it that my skills would allow. I was hoping that with use the lubricants would loosen off a bit and, given the legendary exposure latitude of HP5, I knew a sluggish shutter would be no problem for it. Turns out I had found all the leaks and got some decent images, a little over exposed, but nothing that a bit of post processing could not sort out.
Yet again Ilford HP5 amazes me with its ability to handle anything I can throw at it. Wide exposure latitude, great tonal range and grain to die for. I enjoy using other brands of B&W film, but HP5 is the one I keep coming back to time and again because it's just so darn good.
