High contrast, small grain, forgiving when developing, and it pushes and pulls very well.

none so far, the only thing would be the price, while I paid 2.79 a roll at B&H, my local camera shop wants almost $5.00 a roll.

A wonderful film. When put side by side with some of the others I''ve seen, it stands head and shoulders above them.

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Fanstastic. I emailed Ilford a question about getting a better chart or formula for the reciprocity failure on the film, I had an excellent response the next day.

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used, none, although I''ve compared it with alot of the other brands out there.

The contrast and sharpness... oh my!

Some loss in tonality, greys do not reproduce so faithfully.

Great 400 ISO film... probably the best for 35mm. Developed in Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 it is tops, much finer grain than my standby Tri-X with not much sacrificed in tonality. I have noticed others using Xtol and Tmax developers... would be interested in a side-by-side comparison but as DD-X is working so well I have been too lazy to do it! I have been using this for action/available light shots and it has worked so superbly that it is now my new 400 speed B+W. The contrast and sharpness are just breathtaking, and as I do most of my darkroom work digitally, it scans very nicely and great 8x10s can be had.

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Have not had to use... c''mon its film not a VCR!

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Tri-X, Tmax, HP5 Plus, AGFAPAN, Delta 3200

More subtle grain than T-Max 400; Cheaper; negatives are not as 'dense', and therefore easier to scan.

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Easy to use, both for shooting and processing. I quite enjoy using it for concert photography because of the excellent tonal range which it can handle - one has far more detail in the shadows and highlights than with any colour negative or slide film.

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Kodak T-Max 400
Ilford HP-5

Fine grain for a 400 speed film. Smooth and even tonality.

Highlights tend to block up. I've had better success with shadow details on HP5+ and Neopan-400.

Delta-400 is a smooth, fine grain film, but HP5+ being very tolerant of exposure and processing, is the film for me.

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Fuji Neopan 400, HP5+, Tri-X, APX-400, Fortepan 400, Tri-X, TMax-400.

A very sharp, fine-grained film with a beautiful tonality, particularly when developed in PMK pyro.

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I use this film as my standard 35mm film for street shooting with Leicas. Its performance in this genre is superb. As a fine art photographer, I'm looking for exceptional image quality with glowing highlights and good shadow detail. DP400 gives me all of these qualities when developed in PMK pyro (13 minutes @ 70 deg.).

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HP5+, TMY, APX400

Extremely fine grain and smooth tonalities, and crisp contrast when used with Leitz/Zeiss lenses and Kodak Xtol developer.

As with all T-grain films, Delta 400 can block up in highlights fairly quickly. Without Xtol for a developer I find it loses all its finer qualities. HP5 may have somewhat better mid-tones and highlights, but it's grainier than Delta.

If it weren't for this film and developer combo I'd have to give up B&W photography, at least for the time being. I do all my "darkroom" work in my computer, and my Nikon scanner does not like grainy film or flat negatives (the LEDs act like a point-light-source enlarger). Delta 400 with Kodak's Xtol developer (straight, 5 minutes at 73°F, extrapolate from there) is the only combination I've found that has adequate speed for available light documentary pictures with enough fine grain and crispness for the scanner. Delta 400 is working so well I haven't even tried TMax in Xtol yet.

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Tri-X Pan, TMax 400, TMax 100, Delta 100, Ilford HP5.

Extremely fine grain and flexible. Not as persnickety as Tmax 400 when it comes to dev. and exp.

Has a blue cast that requires 10 full minutes of fixer and slightly prolonged wash times

Excellent film that can replace Trix unless you like grain.

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Tmax 100, 400

A very flexible film like tri-x..in 35mm it really shines for 12 x 18 enlargements, very sharp for a film with a good exposure latitude. better grain and latitude than t-max 400

I prefer the grain patterns of standard grain over tabular grain.noticable irregualarities in grain size for 12x enlargements

For a t-grain film, I really like this film and recommend it to anyone making critical enlargements that needs speed and flexibility in their films...nearly as awesome as the venerable tri-X. excellent for telephot wildlife photography

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t-max 400, tri-X 320, 400, neopan 400, XP2 agfa apx 400, delta 3200

The 400 speed is very versatile when lighting is TBA, as it's usually fast enough to stop moderately fast action without having to deal with grain the size of golf balls (in comparison to pushed films or ISO 1600/3200 films). Decent grain pattern and exp lattitude with nice tonality -- definitely better than tmax 400. Produces easy to print negative with good contrast.

Needs to be fixed longer than usual to get rid of the dyes (like tmax). Grain starts to become obvious when enlarged beyond 8x10.

Great film for its speed esp for sports/action purposes, but for other occasions, the grain can be quite distracting and you might need to sacrifice the extra 2 stops and use ISO 100 films.

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tmax 100, tmax 400, tri-x 400, delta 100, fuji neopan 400

Fine grain. Very responsive to changes in developing. Relatively high contrast.

Highlights blow out.

Very much like T-Max 400 in its contrast and fairly compressed tonal curve. I settled on Ilford HP5 Plus, and have been happy with that as my primary choice in b&w films. However, if you like T-Max 400, you might also like Delta 400.

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Ilford HP5 Plus, Kodak T-Max 400.