Took me a while to get practiced enough to produce such good results, as it's a contrasty film, especially in direct sunlight. So you have to play to that rather than avoid it. Overexpose by a stop and then cut development time by 30% and you'll get a well exposed but flatter negative which prints beautifully at grade 3 or thereabouts.

Lots of contrast and a good fine grain, shot at ASA of 40 to accomodate the yellow filter (1 stop). Good results

Lovely quality when used carefully. Be very careful not to overdevelop, as it blows the highlights. It is often a good idea to overexposed by one stop and then underdevelop by 30%.

Ilford Pan F was one of the first black and white films I used when I first developed and printed my films when did my GCSE and A level photography courses back in the 80s and when I returned to film photography after a substantial break post COVID, I was extremely pleased to see it's still available today. A high class punchy professional grade film that has recently become available in sheet film too. However it does degrade rather quickly so not one to leave in your camera once used. Shoot quick and develop quick.

Decent film - lovely detail in portraits. Natural light fairly contrasty.

Pan F has great acutance and contrast, especially in developers like Rodinal. Sometimes a little underdevelopment is necessary to tame contrast, but by all means but yourselves a roll!

I went up Overy Staithe and finished off a roll of PanF round the harbour while I was up there.

Now the scans were flawless when they came back from the Wondies, but there was a bit of a but to it.

As in fine detail but very contrasty to start off with, as in not a great deal of tonal range between black and a bit less black, and white and a bit more white.

This was more or less correctable in post, and once I got that sorted I was stunned by the detail even after giving the dynamic range a serious bum-kick.

Chief Wondie Paul's done one of his many videos on this here film, and he says you need to get it processed promptly to get the best out of it.

Um, the camera I shot this on had been sitting on a shelf with a half-finished roll in for weeks and weeks before I got round to finishing it so maybe that was the issue.

Nice results in the end with a bit of tinkering under the hood.

Well worth the price in my opinion. Pan F is ongoing the older films Ilford offer but it rarely disappoints. Particularly good results (for me) have been obtained in Pyrocat HD and ID-11. Xtol would probably go well too.

Sharp, fine grained with lovely tones. Contrast can be quite high, but can be handled.

Great fine grain film. Might need to use a tripod in lower light situations but fine in good light outdoors.

This film needs lots of light, but rewards you with good enlargement capabilities.

A true blue film from a true blue company. This film needs plenty of exposure though- perhaps 2 stops more than you initially think.

This was my first roll of Pan F and perhaps I should have heeded the warnings about contrast a bit better! The low ISO tempted me into taking it out in bright sun, but in some high contrast scenes I should have thought more carefully about where and how to meter to avoid losing detail in the highlights. Some came out more like pen & ink drawings, which is not necessarily a failure, of course. Where I did judge it better, the detail was fantastic for 35mm, and lovely deep blacks were certainly available. I'll try it again sometime but with more thought on what I'm trying to achieve.

Love the sharpness you get with minimal tweaks to the scans with PanF.

Good contrast between black and white. Really good on a bright summers day as it produces high detail in photos and low grain.

I've heard even Ilford give warnings about the lifespan of this film; it goes off quickly after the expiry date. Even exposed, the image degrades faster than other films until you get it developed. When you adhere to these rules, it's one of the best films on the market. ISO50 is more than enough for sunny day photography. It allows wider apertures for good background separation with portraits etc.