Any film still in production today must have something going for it – almost a survivorship bias in effect. I don’t think there are any “bad” films, only different tools for different jobs. I am open to experimentation to see what films I am less familiar with might offer my work, and will do my …
Ilford Ortho 80 Plus for Documentary Photography: A Review Read More
A slightly outdated 120 roll of Ilford’s orthochromatic film left over from an earlier exercise seemed a good match for my recently purchased Zeiss Box Tengor. The Massive Development Chart recommends developing the film in my usual solution, Rodinal, at 1:100 for 10 minutes rated at 40 ISO. This gives slightly thin but fully toned …
Ilford Ortho Plus – A good match for a Box Tengor 56/2. Read More
I must admit, I wasn’t all that excited when Ilford Ortho Plus was announced. I mean, I was enthused by the fact that Ilford had brought a new stock to 120 and 35mm – this sort of activity bodes fantastically well for the state of the industry – but on a personal level I just saw it as a specialist film that I probably wouldn’t shoot. Stupid Hamish, crap conclusion, I actually love it!
