ilford HP5+ Archives

21 February, 2026

5 Frames from a 50mm f1.7 Carl Zeiss Planar T* lens

By Jonas Ranstam

One evening, while scrolling through the second-hand section of online camera shops, I discovered a CONTAX 137 MA with a Carl Zeiss Planar 50 mm f/1.7 T* lens. It had been reduc...

5 February, 2026

Reticulated – A One shot story

By Michael Murray

This image is a testament to always looking and always shooting. It is also a testament to the serendipity of success. I shot hundreds of images last year, both casually and w...

1 February, 2026

5 Frames from my Second Home

By Fidel

I’ve been going to my families small farming village in northwestern Spain since I was about five years old. Every summer I’d spend a few months there with my grandparents. I’d ...

29 January, 2026

5 frames with Rolleiflex T

By Cem Eren

Recently I have got lucky to acquire a Rolleiflex T from a friend of mine. He is an acclaimed portrait photographer and instructor with 40 years of experience in photography. Ne...

27 January, 2026

Ilford HP5 Plus at a Historical Engine Factory

By Martin H

After getting back into film and starting the Analogue Photography series with the iconic Kodak Tri-X, I turned to its European counterpart for this round — the equally legendar...

23 December, 2025

Bad Luck at Heian Jingu Shrine – One Shot Story

By Andrea Monti

As it is customary in Japanese Shinto shrines, also the Heian Jingu in Kyoto has an area where bad luck is left hanging in the open. 御御籤 —o-mikuji—are small strips of paper t...

6 November, 2025

Kodak Tri-X 400 or Ilford HP5+ 400 who? when? where?

By Giacomo Cecot

There were several options for black and white films back in the day. There has been a period a few years ago when suddenly the options were limited and the films sometimes hard...

Black and white image of a couple walking down a sidewalk in Belfast. The right hand side of the frame is dominated by a sign saying "In You I Am Lost" with arrows pointing outward.

20 September, 2025

5 Frames of Ilford HP5 on the Streets of Belfast with a Minolta Maxxum 5

By Don Beaudette

Belfast has been like a second home to me now for the better part of 20 years. I fell in love with the city and its people the first time I visited Belfast as an undergraduate i...

Matthias on Looking back from the other side
A neat piece, much enjoyed. Always amazing to see how the world has changed in a few decades
Scott O’Brien on Nikon F2AS Review – The Camera That Filled The Void – By Chris Barrett
If you like the floating needle of the FE, the DP-11 head on the F2A has that, rather than the…
Art Meripol on Looking back from the other side
Thank you Dave. I really appreciate your comments. You've obviously lived a lot of those changes too. So many terms…

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