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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.
Go to film for black and white, lots of grain but it is not offensive, gives the photos the feel you are after when shooting film. Shooting on an old manual camera, so my exposure can sometimes be away from optimal but this film can more than compensate.
Grainy feel you want from BW film whilst maintaining all the details. Contrast is excellent and I can’t fault it at all. Especially enjoyed using it over winter in poor weather/lighting conditions where it performed really well.
Haven't shot HP5 in decades. I am not a great fan of dirty grain and HP5 can have a lot of it. I've given it 5 stars because I know it can produce great results. They tell me to persevere. I might also get more satisfying results by developing the film myself in a low grain developer or metering differently to avoid overexposure. HP5 has great tonal range, great contrast and can capture a lot of detail but, for me, this was at a cost of grain. I might give it another go one day but there are plenty of other film stocks to try out before then.
