HP5 has been my go-to for years, but I just got scans back from my very first roll of FP4, and I'm blown away. I'm going to buy a few more rolls when I pick up my negatives. Just fantastic.
Quite recently I became interested in film photography, and quite by accident I stumbled upon a fresh ilford fp4 in our photo lab! Now I'm trying to find out more about her! It's good that there are people who shoot on film and share their experiences! Good luck and success in your work 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺❤️
FP4 is my default film. I buy it in bulk rolls and that cuts my cost per roll in half. You can really vary the results you get with this film by your developer choice. Use Perceptol for gobs of tone and fine grain. Use D76 for higher contrast. Use Rodinal at various dilutions and the results change again. Use Rodinal 1:200 for stand development (3-4 hours) and you can over expose and under expose and every shot will develop consistently.
Superb video - are you no longer shooting with the Pentax 645n camera? I've just come from that video... Very jealous of you having a Mamiya 7ii and Toyo 4x5!
Do you have a video about how to shoot/see in black and white? Shooting in color feel way different than when I try using B&W film. I haven't learned to see what works in B&W and what doesn't. Any tips?
I have been a photographer for over 45 years and during most of that time I shot and still am shooting film in all formats. Up to recently, I shot exclusively Kodak and Fuji B&W stock. We know the way Fuji went. They prefer to sell their digital junk. Kodak on the other hand have gone crazy. Price increase after price increase, have all but made their films unaffordable here in the UK. I have no idea to whom they are trying to appeal in the US either. There is a group of phootgraphers known as ' hollywood hills' or something to that effect that don't care how much the price of the stuff is, apparently. I have all but stopped using Kodak emulsions and if the price increases continue I will stop using their chemicals too. I am with Ilford right now. It has taken some getting usd to as the emulsions are quite different to Kodak, but they are relatively affordable and available. The danger is if Ilford who are also owned by another American company ( Harman Technology ) decided that if people were willing to pay that sort of prices for Kodak, then they would gladly pay the price increases for relatively cheaper Ilford material. I hope that they don't go down that route. It will be the end of film photography, atleast for me. PS: I still have a box of 50 sheets of 4X5 TMY2 from 2010. The price sticker is still on it, £39.95 for 50 sheets. It was purchased from Calumet in Manchester.
Are you sure about the owners of Harman? When the staff of Ilford took over the company they changed the name to Harman in recognition of the original founder of the Ilford company. In 2015 Harman was taken over by Pemberton Ventures which is an investment company based in Worcester UK. I have not heard that Pemberton has sold their interest in Harman to a US based company. BTW I go back to the days of FP3 and HP3!
@@DavidWilliams7037A I stand corrected. Harman is not a US owwned company. I was thinking of Harman Audio Technology. I think this company was formed in 2005 which took over the operations of Ilford.
Thank you so much, I spent the last two days trying to decide on a 5x7 B&W, I saw another guy ( www.youtube.com/@antoinedombois ) using FP4 Plus on his channel and enjoyed the results, your review/excellent shots solidified that this will be the film for me.
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HP5 has been my go-to for years, but I just got scans back from my very first roll of FP4, and I'm blown away. I'm going to buy a few more rolls when I pick up my negatives. Just fantastic.
If it wasn't for Ilford, would film even exist anymore. Plus I love how it's still cheap to use.
Quite recently I became interested in film photography, and quite by accident I stumbled upon a fresh ilford fp4 in our photo lab! Now I'm trying to find out more about her! It's good that there are people who shoot on film and share their experiences! Good luck and success in your work 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺❤️
Incredible photos
Mine too, simple like that!
Thanks for this Review! Great shots!
I'm going to try this with Rodinal
FP4 gets my vote too. Great selection of your images too Tom.
Thanks Matt
Great review and amazing images. I leave inspired.
Glad to hear it!
My favorite too
Great photos, not sure how much is metering and how much might be darkroom work, but the final results look amazing
FP4 is my default film. I buy it in bulk rolls and that cuts my cost per roll in half. You can really vary the results you get with this film by your developer choice. Use Perceptol for gobs of tone and fine grain. Use D76 for higher contrast. Use Rodinal at various dilutions and the results change again. Use Rodinal 1:200 for stand development (3-4 hours) and you can over expose and under expose and every shot will develop consistently.
Superb video - are you no longer shooting with the Pentax 645n camera? I've just come from that video... Very jealous of you having a Mamiya 7ii and Toyo 4x5!
Thanks! No I don’t own that anymore. I find I shoot more 4x5 these days.
@@Tom-Humble Ah okay! Thanks for the video anyway and I'm glad you did the 645n video!
Do you have a video about how to shoot/see in black and white? Shooting in color feel way different than when I try using B&W film. I haven't learned to see what works in B&W and what doesn't. Any tips?
No but that's a good idea for a video!
Hi, do you push/pull at different ISOs?
Sometimes push but personally I never pull
@@Tom-Humble how many stops have you pushed w good results if I may?
Can you teach how to dev your own film?
I made a previous video about it but will doing an updated video soon!
What was the developer
Ilfosol 3
@@Tom-Humble Hi Tom Have you tried Adox Rodinal 1+25 ? Or 510-Pyro ?
I have been a photographer for over 45 years and during most of that time I shot and still am shooting film in all formats. Up to recently, I shot exclusively Kodak and Fuji B&W stock. We know the way Fuji went. They prefer to sell their digital junk. Kodak on the other hand have gone crazy. Price increase after price increase, have all but made their films unaffordable here in the UK. I have no idea to whom they are trying to appeal in the US either. There is a group of phootgraphers known as ' hollywood hills' or something to that effect that don't care how much the price of the stuff is, apparently. I have all but stopped using Kodak emulsions and if the price increases continue I will stop using their chemicals too. I am with Ilford right now. It has taken some getting usd to as the emulsions are quite different to Kodak, but they are relatively affordable and available. The danger is if Ilford who are also owned by another American company ( Harman Technology ) decided that if people were willing to pay that sort of prices for Kodak, then they would gladly pay the price increases for relatively cheaper Ilford material. I hope that they don't go down that route. It will be the end of film photography, atleast for me. PS: I still have a box of 50 sheets of 4X5 TMY2 from 2010. The price sticker is still on it, £39.95 for 50 sheets. It was purchased from Calumet in Manchester.
Are you sure about the owners of Harman? When the staff of Ilford took over the company they changed the name to Harman in recognition of the original founder of the Ilford company. In 2015 Harman was taken over by Pemberton Ventures which is an investment company based in Worcester UK. I have not heard that Pemberton has sold their interest in Harman to a US based company. BTW I go back to the days of FP3 and HP3!
@@DavidWilliams7037A I stand corrected. Harman is not a US owwned company. I was thinking of Harman Audio Technology. I think this company was formed in 2005 which took over the operations of Ilford.
Thank you so much, I spent the last two days trying to decide on a 5x7 B&W, I saw another guy ( www.youtube.com/@antoinedombois ) using FP4 Plus on his channel and enjoyed the results, your review/excellent shots solidified that this will be the film for me.
Hands down my favourite film stock to work with. Good choice 👍
Buying a roll of film is twice the price once you add the P&P charge on top!
It’s an expensive hobby
Really good stuff Tom
Glad you enjoyed it!