Film Format: 35mm Film Colour & Type: Black & White ISO: 125 Grain: Fine and Normal Contrast: High and Normal Colour Balance: Not Applicable Exposure Latitude: Wide / Very Wide Latitude DX Coding: Yes Film Development Process: Black and White Perfect for: 🏔️ Landscapes, 👪 Portraits, and 🎬 Studio Work
Description
Ilford FP4 Plus 35mm film is designed to capture stunning black and white photographs with exceptional detail in 35mm format. With its wide exposure latitude and high resolution, this film is perfect for use in a variety of lighting conditions.
If you have an automatic camera that does not have the '125 ISO' mark, there is no need to worry. Simply set your ISO at 100, and the film will still capture fantastic images within its natural exposure latitude, without any need for adjustments by you or your lab.
Features:
- High resolution for exceptional detail - Wide exposure latitude for good flexibility on a photoshoot - Classic black and white look - 35mm format (most common film size) - ISO 125 for a good balance between detail and low grain
Benefits:
- Captures fine detail and produces stunning black and white images - Suitable for a range of lighting conditions - Particularly strong for fine art photography, portraits, and landscapes - ISO 125 provides a good balance between fine detail and low grain
FP4 offers superb exposure latitude and clearly holds a special place in the film community's heart, just search the hashtag #FP4Party on twitter and you will see! 💙
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
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 FP4 Plus Film 35mm B&W ISO 125 today and dive back into the fun of 35mm film photography!
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Perfect for:Great All-Rounder, Beginners, Portraits, Landscapes, Street Photography, Architecture, Travel
All round great film
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.
J
Jim G. (Wigan, GB)
Perfect for:Great All-Rounder, Beginners, Portraits, Landscapes, Street Photography, Pinhole/Long-Exposure, Architecture, Creative/Abstract, Travel, Studio Work, Low Light/Night
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.
M
Martin S. (Rochester, GB)
Perfect for:Great All-Rounder
Accreditation Handles:Martin S
Ilford FP4; practically bombproof!
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!
C
Chris B. (Hunstanton, GB)
Perfect for:Great All-Rounder, Landscapes
Accreditation Handles:@chrismojo
FP4 shot at 200 now normal for Norfolk
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.
S
Simon K. (Market Harborough, GB)
Perfect for:Great All-Rounder
Accreditation Handles:Simon K.
Reliable
The last time I used FP4 was 30 years ago to take some family portraits in medium format on a Yashica MAT TLR. They came out superbly-some of the best portraits I've ever taken. With this film I was testing a new (old) 24mm lens on a Nikon F5 and didn't have interesting subject matter! The film still holds up: predictable and reliable; just the right amount of contrast, plenty of detail and nice controllable grain. If I were to do portraits again I might choose this but for other things I think I have now found more interesting emulsions, including those that have none of the predictability of FP4.
