Adox HR-50 - 35mm Film

A great film for cutting down to 9.4mm and using in a Minox subminiature camera. When paired with Ilfotec DD-X and developed in a Minox daylight loading tank, you can expect excellent gradation and really fine grain.

This image was taken on a dull day, but it shows how well the film renders the image details and contrast. Please remember, the frame is only 8X11mm!

I bought this roll of film quite some time back, but could never decide on what to shoot with it. I finally did!
Armed with my ancient Ilford Sportsman and a 35mm roll of HR50 I had a wander around one of our local beauty spots, Rudyard Lake one sunny winter afternoon.
I'd read that this film has contrast in spades. Its absolutely true! I went for some low sun/long shadow shots with plenty of silhouette. I was thrilled with the results. I'm always a fan of fine grain film and at 50 ISO this film is very fine indeed.
A very pleasing first experience of shooting this film and using it with my Sportsman gave the images a lovely vintage feel to them too.
Highly recommended!

I had a morning to walk around a city and shoot a roll of film. Given it was bright and sunny, and the reviews on here said HR-50 was ideal for cityscapes, I decided to use my Wonderbox roll for the purpose. I shot the whole roll in a couple of hours. When I returned to the UK I sent it off for developing with a commercial lab so I have no idea which developer was used.

I am very pleased with the results. The images are sharp with fine grain. Given the light, the contrast could have been excessive but it dealt with that well and there is a nice range of tones in the scans I received back from the lab (although, as always with lab scans, they need a little tweaking in Lightroom). This is a film I would definitely consider packing for photo walks around town on sunny days. I cannot comment on other uses as I have only shot this one roll.

My 1st roll of Adox HR-50 35mm film was using a Nikon F100 camera with a Nikon 105mm macro lens with VR stabilization and a monopod. The film had very little or barley detectable grain.
I liked the quality of this B&W film for closeup and very detailed images. I have attached a few photos of a garden water fountain and a Bonsai tree in deep shade, using a monopod to help prevent blurring. I suggest using a monopod or a tripod at slow exposure speeds, below about 1/500s or longer, due to the low 50 ISO film rating. I was able to take great shots in bright sunlight hand held, no problem with the lens aperture opened up a fair amount.

Really enjoyed using this film. I went on a walk with my Canon AE-1 Program on a fairly sunny day and this was just the film for it. Obviously at 50 ISO it's no good for anything resembling low-light situations unless you have a monstrous shutter speed, but that's what makes it so lovely & sharp in daylight conditions.
I have just started developing B&W film at home, so was a little nervous when it seemed to have quite specfic developers that you 'should use,' but I just used my Ilfosol 3 and the negatives seemed to come out absolutely fine! Will definitely be buying more of this considering its fairly low cost too.