I took this across to India in lead protection as it is IR sensitive and probably more X-ray sensitive.
It was a glorious film when given enough light, contrasty and evoking an older age of photography while giving pleasing results.
Darker images were not as pleasing and so care nerds to be taken but with good light this was a star buy.

The Taj Mahal was a great subject but it excels at personal portraits.
The train also came out remrkably well in a dimmer station but with a 50mm f1.8 lens instead of 24-120mm f4.

The film is a little difficult to get the exposure right on but when you do it looks phenomenal.

this film is amazing
grain - chefs kiss
contrast- great
highlights - great

I love these deep blacks and contrasts. It's quite expensive for black-and-white film, but this a quality product here. Not only for street photography, but also for portraits and landscape, too. Next time, I will try it out with red filter for more experimental and interesting look.

Excellent black-and-white film for both street photography and portraits. Very nice grain with black and silver tones. Great during daylight and good enough for low light conditions.

I'm not sure if it was developing in DF96 that didn't do this film justice so bear that in mind. I found the contrast, grain & lack of detail all a bit much in this one. Maybe it's just not to my taste. I still got a couple of shots I liked from it but it won't be one that I use again.

I bought a single roll of JCH StreetPan 400 because I was looking for something higher contrast as my first B&W film and it was on sale, having previously only shot a few rolls of Kodak Gold 200. It is not a film I would recommend to beginners like me. It has a very extreme look, and handles some environments radically differently than others. I found that in all cases it can give some rich shadows, but is limited in dynamic range, more so than I was expecting. However I have to say some of the photos still came out looking great! Analogue Wonderland’s premium TIF scanning option really came in clutch and allowed me to pull some data back in Lightroom. In sunny outdoors conditions before processing some pictures can look almost like a posterised photocopy! Consider using that premium scan option if you plan to shoot this film, and look for dramatic, almost silhouette style shooting conditions, as it will not handle high dynamic range scenes or mid tones well, even when properly metered.

The boxes look stylish in their red , white and black, but would the contents deliver? Although called StreetPan, it's well worth trying with a whole range of subjects. I loaded up my Pentax MV on a very misty June walk on the Dorset coast and the punchy rendering meshed perfectly with the soft light amongst the trees. It might need care in brighter conditions, maybe with a highlight taming developer like 2 bath or Pyro, but I'd happily pop a few more rolls of this in my bag . Just see what happens really! It's always enjoyable trying out a film that's new to you.

Not going to be my go-to, but dark and interesting

The strength of this film stock is also its flaw. If you're after images with clarity, deep blacks and high contrast then this is definitely worth a punt.
The problem with that is that detail can be missed. In general, I would say the midtones of Ilford HP5 are the standard bearer for bnw photography, you see it everywhere because it is so reliable. With that though comes a bit of predictability, are you taking photographs to fit in with a genre or trying to capture something differently?
Film prices are obviously a bone of contention at the moment and choosing a film stock that may not deliver on every frame is a gamble. However, when it hits right it really produces nice results.
You could perhaps produce something similar in post by playing around with the tones and contrast if you don't want to get locked into a style on the negative but that's introducing a whole other discourse!
I have also found that it does a lovely job on long exposures. If I knew I was going out with the tripod for the sole purpose of long exposures then this would arguably be my go to stock. On some of my photographs over 60 seconds the whites almost have a silver type look to them.
All in all I would recommend this film stock. If you fancy stepping out of your comfort zone and seeing how your photographs could look in a punchier contrast then give it a go.
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Contrasty, able to handle filters and get great effects. Easy to develop and always great results, pleasing grain

This film is a stunning deep contrast, atmospheric black and white film. With this film being well known for its street style i was really impressed with the outcomes achieved. It does seem less versatile than other 400 ISO black and white films however, the results you can achieve are stunning.

My first time using this film, i was surprised at the extent of contrast. Looking at the outputs (developed by AW) there are a few where I have underexposed for the shadows but where you get the exposures sorted I've been delighted with the results. I was also happy with the level of grain which is not excessive. With this film in particular I think the lesson is err on overexposure and think about metering the shadows.

I got some nice dark and moody results shooting landscape, which worked well on a stormy day. Would probably benefit from better metering than I gave it. Looking forward to trying it again.