Ilford XP1 Archives

A film, with multiple images that was not a double exposure

24 April, 2026

A cautionary tale with a long expired film

By Roger

A mint condition Lubitel 166 for a reasonable (very low) price at a flea fair turned out to have a half-exposed film in it. I have other TLRs and I have no doubt that they are m...

17 September, 2024

The Director – A One Shot Story

By John Greene

Back in 1988 I was trying out my new Mamiya C330s TLR camera loaded with Ilford XP1 film at the Pier Head in Liverpool. I stumbled across a film crew on the roof terrace of a bu...

29 January, 2022

Ilford XP1 – Explorations with 28 Year Old Film – By Bob St-Cyr

By Bob St-Cyr

I recently got back into bulk loading 135 format film and as usual, fell short on reloadable cassettes. Since I don’t get into Vancouver too often, I decided to look online and ...

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Jeffery Luhn on 5 Frames with the Ricoh 500 ME – What Grain Does.
Probably Ilford Ilfotec HC or Ilfotec DD for machine processing. Those are long life developers that can be replenished. I'm…
Gary Smith on Rolleiflex 3.5B – Thoughts After 3 Rolls
Thanks Walter! I have my Contax G1 with me this week at the Oregon coast. Hopefully I will get some…
Walter Reumkens on Rolleiflex 3.5B – Thoughts After 3 Rolls
You’ve got a great TLR camera from Germany there, Gary. I prefer the black-and-white shot in front of the hair…

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