Fantastic fine grain Black and White Film. Great for shooting wide open and capturing lots of detail.

Ilford FP4+ has been around pretty much forever. The original FP4 was released in 1968 and it's current 'plus' version in 1990. Despite its venerability it's the 'go-to' medium speed film for many, many photographers. It's sharp, low-grain and has beautiful tonality in pretty much any developer. It works for pretty much every genre of photography. It's also very flexible and will give good results at any rating from 50 to 200 ISO depending on the developer.

Nice in Rodinal or, as shown here, Ornano Gradual ST20.

It's so reliably good, even shot at 200iso as seen below

Really enjoy this film. Ilford FP4 Plus has a lovely look and is perfect for bright, sunny days. Great detail, nice tones, and a pleasure to shoot.

I have really enjoyed shooting this stock. It has great contrast and makes images look wonderful. Not only is it easy to shoot it also allows for a wide range of pushing/pulling capabilities.

Top notch results as usual. Makes me wonder why they don't just rate it at 200 in the first place, as it's so good shot at that speed.

You should get nice contrast along with a decent range of tones without too much grain.

It's also a very sharp film.

Well recommended.

FP4 is a great film for beginners and professionals alike. It has enough latitude to deal with over and under exposure that you can still get good results. Well worth a try and definitely now among my go-to film stocks, especially in medium format.

This photo is Rochester Castle, UK. 35mm in Xtol 1+1 and printed on Ilford Multigrade satin.

I might be a simple chap at heart but I've always been a fan of Neo-Palladian country piles, of which the Grade I listed Houghton Hall near King's Lynn up Norfolk is one of the finest examples.

Lob in an installation of works by the sculptor Lynn Chadwick (1914 - 2003) and what's not to like.

Especially when you do it up with FP4 pushed a stop (ish…) to 200. It gives you just that bit more contrast without getting much more noisy, which really suits this kind of, um, architecture meets art kind of stuff.

Or is that the other way round..?

But moving swiftly onwards, just get them tones. The 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley's immaculate lawn is green (obvs...), the house with its bel étage is kind of house-coloured and the seated figures are made from stainless steel, so they're a bit on the shiny side.

Quite a bit to cope with there then, FP4. But the film just smashed it.

I metered off the figures and the green stuff. I can't remember what it said now but I went for in between the two on a 24mm.

Getting the angles straight and one step more to the right might have been a bonus.

Great, great film all the same, with top-notch processing that brings the best out of it.

FP4's a regular for me, usually pushed to 200 to give it a bit more contrast without the grain running away on you.

It's also got some latitude, so you don't have to have read any Ansell Adams books - let alone understood them - to use it.

It's just a lovely, consistent film.

FP4, although apparently not as sharp as Delta 100, actually presents great sharpness in rodinal and Xtol 1+1. The tonality is great.

I've used FP4 on and off over the past 20 years but never stuck with it. I decided to make the decision and shoot at least 4 rolls in a row to get more of an idea how it sits with me.
It depends... sometimes, fine, other times blown out. But when you get it right.... it's great.

Always a joy shooting this film. I find you get the greys and reduced contract look that HP5 gives but with less grain. A hybrid of Delta 100 and HP5. I paired this film with a red filter for the first time and it performed just fine, not the best but not the worst. Overall a film that you cannot go wrong with and one that I'll always be s sure to have.

I shot a couple of rolls in April 2026 for the #FP4Party. It's a much loved film that has plenty of latitude to forgive mistakes and it loves a yellow filter on the brightest of days.

This film's been around forever and the years of development and refinement shows through. So forgiving all around, it remains, together with it's stable-mate HP5, the 'go to' black & white film for all.
A favourite for beginners and experts alike - and deservedly too!

I normally shoot it at 200 now as it just seems to give it some extra welly.

Dynamic range slightly tweaked, but doesn't add a lot more noise to the scans, which as usual were pretty spot-on.