Dzerzhinski46

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Visitors rate this review
3.25 of 5,
4 votes

Price Paid:  $0.00 from Godec's Camera Suppl

Summary:
A very good film for basic black and white photography. It has very nice contrast, and has good deep tones. Very easy to use as well. It is a bit cooler in tone than TMax 100, but I happen to like that. I use this as my all round film.

Strengths:
Good strong contrast, great cool tones, easy to use, reciprocity doesn't affect tone and look too much.

Weaknesses:
Fairly slow (ISO 125)

Similar Products Used:
TMax 100

Customer Service:
Haven't needed it, but have used the data sheets provided by Ilford. Very complete and thorough.

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Price Paid:  $4.00 from local pro shop

Summary:
Excellent B&W film. It is very for giving when it comes to development times, and can produce wonderful results when processed correctly. The grain is effected by the ratios of developer to water and temp. In general it will produce higher grain under higher temp. and with smaller amounts of developer to water. Fantastic for taking general outdoor photography and architecture shots. If you need something, which will have little grain, and need good sharpness try it. Another alternative is Pan F, which is ISO 50.

Strengths:
Easy to process. Excellent results.

Weaknesses:
None.

Similar Products Used:
T-Max, Ilford HP5, Pan F, TX400

Customer Service:
Excellent in the US. Responds within 24 hours.

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
3.67 of 5,
3 votes

Price Paid:  $3.00 from Fnac

Summary:
ilford fp4+ is definitely one of the best "all-purpose" black & white films avaliable on the market. i usually develop this on rodinal and, overall, i'm pretty happy with the results i've been getting. i love taking this loaded on my camera to the subway and shooting some long-exposure pictures. it was the first black & white film i've ever tried, quite a while ago, and i still use it because, basically, this is my favorite mid-speed black & white film.

Strengths:
- grain - not extremely fine but fine enough for the results i want when i use it (even when pushed +2 stops and developed on rodinal - usually i get better results doing this then sending it on to a lab for a 125iso development) - sharp - nice contrast / tonal range - nice exposure latitude - easy to find on many stores

Weaknesses:
- it's not grainless, if that's what your looking for...

Similar Products Used:
- agfa apx-100, kodak t-max 100

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
1 votes

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
My first "exposure" to to FP4 was with my Contax G2. I ran a ring test to determine ISO in XTOL 1:1 - 125 is best here. A nude potographed with FP4+ shows wonderful tonal gradations - similar to Scala. Similar results in 120 format; ISO 125 under studio lights and a green filter made the model look wonderful. Trying 4x5 now and expect it to perform as the others have, in fact I''m using only FP4+ to photograph Big Bend National Park (where I would normally have used T-Max 100 & 400).

Strengths:
Tonal gradation unlike any other negative film - very close the tones you see in Scala. With XTOL 1:1 I get ISO 125 and great tones.

Weaknesses:
The only weakness I found was trying to buy 4x5 locally. Not always in stock - I guess there aren''t as many of us shooting the big stuff these days.

Similar Products Used:
It''s apples and oranges, but the closest thing to FP4+ is Agfa Scala (which I also meter at 125)

Customer Service:
NA

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
4.20 of 5,
5 votes

Price Paid:  $3.00 from Usually KP Prof or J

Summary:
One of the very best films ever marketed, with much more flexibility in exposure and processing than the T-Grained film variety. Have used it for more than 30 years, often processed in ID11/D76 at 1+3. producing effective 200ISO film speed plus noticeably enhanced adjacency effects (sharpness). Marvellous film.

Strengths:
Much more tolerant of exposure.processing inconsistencies. Capable of some of the smoothest toned, least grainy output of any emulsion. Only Delta 100 and Tech.Pan have demonstrably better resolution, and XP2-400 outplaying it on all fronts apart from character.

Weaknesses:
Grainier than similar speed T-Grained Films. Otherwise none that I''ve noticed.

Similar Products Used:
Technical Pan,Delta 100/400,Tri-X XP2-400 and, for those with long memories, the splendid range of Adox films during the 60''s. Excuse me while get back to my wheelchair!!

Customer Service:
Not really relevant