Ilford HP5 Plus, Black and White Print Film, 135 (35 mm), ISO 400, 24 Exposures (1700646)

by Ilford

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1.5 x 1.4 x 2.4 inches ; 0.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000AE6AX
• Item model number: 1700646
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #59 in Camera & Photo > Accessories > Film
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 17, 2003

Product Description

HP5 PLUS is a high speed, medium contrast film making it especially suitable for action and press photography and also an excellent choice for general purpose photography. Nominally rated at ISO 400, it yields negatives of outstanding sharpness and fine grain under all lighting conditions. HP5 PLUS has been formulated to respond well to push processing and film speeds up to EI 3200/36 are achievable with ILFORD MICROPHEN developer maintaining good shadow detail and well separated mid-tones with sharp grain.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Far and away the best 35mm b&w general purpose film, July 16, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Ilford HP5 Plus, Black and White Print Film, 135 (35 mm), ISO 400, 24 Exposures (1700646) (Camera)

It absolutely amazes me that this film has not become what photo class teachers hand out to their wide-eyed little pupils. The depth, range, pure quality of this film is amazing. It is not a subtle difference that no one but photo fiends can see in full size print either.

People who have never even printed a picture in their lives can look at just a negative produced from this film and one produced from, say, Kodak T-Max 400 and tell you which one is more, well, expressive. I actually had a friend of mine, who was looking at one of my negative notebooks, flip past the Ilford addiction and into the old material and look at me and say (about the negatives taken with Kodak and other films) "these are all messed up." They weren't "messed up." They were just, well, blah.

This is the film of professionals, at a price less than films that a professional wouldn't take pictures of his or her cat with.

Don't take my word for it - get just one roll and try it out. You will be addicted.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Requires Special Processing...., March 24, 2011

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Austin - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Ilford HP5 Plus, Black and White Print Film, 135 (35 mm), ISO 400, 24 Exposures (1700646) (Camera)

Just getting into film and learned that HP5+ requires special, D76 or Microphen processing. That means, it cannot be developed at places like Wal-Greens, CVS, etc.

The XP2 (as previously stated) is a typical C41 type however.

Hope this helps.

Cheers :)

5.0 out of 5 stars Great film even past expiration date, January 25, 2012

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RODNEY V. MCCORMICK "RodneyV" (Essex, VT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ilford HP5 Plus, Black and White Print Film, 135 (35 mm), ISO 400, 24 Exposures (1700646) (Camera)

I found a couple of rolls of this film in my son's things from a high school photography class. They were one and two years past expiration. I love processing film at home and scanning the negatives. I used a vintage Fujica st701 camera, shot both rolls and processed them with leftover D76 chemicals assuming it would be a waste. They turned out great! A bit grainy for old film, but quite satisfactory.