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FP4 Plus

ISO 125 B&W negative B&W In production
Ilford FP4 Plus

Specification

Table 1
Nominal ISO
125
Process
B&W
Status
In production
First released
1990
Available formats
not given
BaseFilm base The clear, flexible support that carries the emulsion. Read more in the glossary ›
Acetate
EmulsionEmulsion The light-sensitive layer of a film: tiny crystals of silver halide held in gelatin. Read more in the glossary ›
Cubic
Spectral sensitivitySpectral sensitivity Which colours of light a film responds to, and how strongly. Read more in the glossary ›
Panchromatic — what this means

Sensitive to the whole visible spectrum, so colours turn into greys roughly the way the eye weighs them. This is what almost every general-purpose black and white film is. It has to be loaded and developed in complete darkness — no safelight is safe for it.

Grain (RMS)Grain The visible, sand-like texture in a photograph that comes from the clumps of silver or dye that form the image. Read more in the glossary ›
not given
Resolving power, line pairs / mm
not given
Maximum densityDensity How much light a negative, transparency or print blocks. Read more in the glossary ›
not given
Latitude overExposure latitude How far a film can be over- or underexposed and still give a usable result. Read more in the glossary ›
not given
Latitude under
not given

A dash means the figure has not been read off a datasheet. Nothing here is estimated.

Development times

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Developer Dilution EI Time Source
Acufine stock 20.0 °C 125 4:00
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Rodinal 1+25 20.0 °C 125 9:00
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Rodinal 1+50 20.0 °C 125 15:00
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ID-11 1+1 20.0 °C 125 11:00
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ID-11 1+3 20.0 °C 125 20:00
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ID-11 stock 20.0 °C 125 8:30
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Ilfosol 3 1+14 20.0 °C 125 7:30
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Ilfosol 3 1+9 20.0 °C 125 4:15
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Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 20.0 °C 125 10:00
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Ilfotec HC 1+15 20.0 °C 125 4:00
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Ilfotec HC 1+31 20.0 °C 125 8:00
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Ilfotec LC29 1+19 20.0 °C 125 8:00
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Ilfotec LC29 1+29 20.0 °C 125 12:00
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Ilfotec LC29 1+9 20.0 °C 125 4:00
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Microphen 1+1 20.0 °C 125 10:00
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Microphen 1+3 20.0 °C 125 14:00
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Microphen stock 20.0 °C 125 8:00
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Perceptol 1+1 20.0 °C 125 15:00
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Perceptol 1+3 20.0 °C 125 21:00
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Perceptol stock 20.0 °C 125 12:00
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D-76 1+1 20.0 °C 125 11:00
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D-76 1+3 20.0 °C 125 16:00
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D-76 stock 20.0 °C 125 8:00
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HC-110 Dilution A (1+15) 20.0 °C 125 4:30
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HC-110 Dilution B (1+31) 20.0 °C 125 9:00
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T-Max Developer 1+4 20.0 °C 125 8:00
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XTOL stock 20.0 °C 125 8:30
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Ultrafin Plus 1+4 20.0 °C 125 6:00
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Ultrafin SF 1+1 20.0 °C 125 11:00
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Ultrafin SF stock 20.0 °C 125 7:00
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Ilfotec DD 1+4 24.0 °C 125 8:30
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T-Max RS stock 24.0 °C 125 7:30
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XTOL stock 24.0 °C 125 7:00
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Ilfotec RT Rapid 1+1+2 26.0 °C 125 0:45
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Ilfotec RT Rapid 1+1+5 26.0 °C 125 1:05
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FX-39 Type II 1+9 20.0 °C 125 6:00
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Fomadon Excel W27 1+1 20.0 °C 125 14:00
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Fomadon Excel W27 stock 20.0 °C 125 10:00
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Fomadon LQN 1+10 20.0 °C 125 9:00
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Fomadon P 1+1 20.0 °C 125 13:00
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Fomadon P stock 20.0 °C 125 10:00
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Fomadon R09 1+50 20.0 °C 125 18:00
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Monobath Film Developer working solution 21.0 °C 125 6:15
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Long exposures

Reciprocity

MeteredExpose
1 s1 s
2 s2.4 s
5 s7.6 s
10 s18 s
30 s1 min 13 s
1 min 00 s2 min 54 s
2 min 00 s6 min 57 s
5 min 00 s22 min 02 s

Tc = Tm^P for metered times over 1 s; 1 s or less needs no correction (P = 1.26)

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