Ilford HP5+
Specification
Table 1- Nominal ISO
- 400
- Process
- B&W
- Status
- In production
- First released
- 1989
- 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 ›
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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
Open in the calculator ›Rated at — box speed marked
Showing 3 of 124 published times.
| Developer | Dilution | EI | Temp | Time | Agitation | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID-11 | 1+1 20.0 °C | 400 | 13:00 | Ilford — 4 inversions every 60 s | ||
| ID-11 | 1+3 20.0 °C | 400 | 20:00 | Ilford — 4 inversions every 60 s | ||
| ID-11 | stock 20.0 °C | 400 | 7:30 | Ilford — 4 inversions every 60 s |
Development times by developer
27 developers- 510 Pyro — Ilford HP5+ in 510 Pyro 3
- Acufine — Ilford HP5+ in Acufine 3
- D-76 — Ilford HP5+ in D-76 7
- FX-39 Type II — Ilford HP5+ in FX-39 Type II 1
- Fomadon Excel W27 — Ilford HP5+ in Fomadon Excel W27 2
- Fomadon LQN — Ilford HP5+ in Fomadon LQN 1
- Fomadon P — Ilford HP5+ in Fomadon P 2
- Fomadon R09 — Ilford HP5+ in Fomadon R09 1
- HC-110 — Ilford HP5+ in HC-110 7
- ID-11 — Ilford HP5+ in ID-11 6
- Ilfosol 3 — Ilford HP5+ in Ilfosol 3 6
- Ilfotec DD — Ilford HP5+ in Ilfotec DD 4
- Ilfotec DD-X — Ilford HP5+ in Ilfotec DD-X 4
- Ilfotec HC — Ilford HP5+ in Ilfotec HC 7
- Ilfotec LC29 — Ilford HP5+ in Ilfotec LC29 11
- Ilfotec RT Rapid — Ilford HP5+ in Ilfotec RT Rapid 8
- Microphen — Ilford HP5+ in Microphen 7
- Monobath Film Developer — Ilford HP5+ in Monobath Film Developer 3
- Perceptol — Ilford HP5+ in Perceptol 3
- Pyrocat-HD — Ilford HP5+ in Pyrocat-HD 1
- Rodinal — Ilford HP5+ in Rodinal 11
- T-Max Developer — Ilford HP5+ in T-Max Developer 4
- T-Max RS — Ilford HP5+ in T-Max RS 3
- Ultrafin — Ilford HP5+ in Ultrafin 3
- Ultrafin Plus — Ilford HP5+ in Ultrafin Plus 3
- Ultrafin SF — Ilford HP5+ in Ultrafin SF 3
- XTOL — Ilford HP5+ in XTOL 10
Long exposures
Reciprocity
| Metered | Expose |
|---|---|
| 1 s | 1 s |
| 2 s | 2.5 s |
| 5 s | 8.2 s |
| 10 s | 20 s |
| 30 s | 1 min 26 s |
| 1 min 00 s | 3 min 33 s |
| 2 min 00 s | 8 min 49 s |
| 5 min 00 s | 29 min 18 s |
Tc = Tm^P for metered times over 1 s; 1 s or less needs no correction (P = 1.31)
Character
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