Ilford

As a black and white photography student, I tend to use Ilford films and Ilford papers for most of my processing and they normally give very good results. (There are already two very good reviews on dooyoo about Ilford film and papers). This is a review of the processing service, the 'mailer' where you pay for the envelope and send your film off. The presentation is excellent, the pictures come in a sturdy cardboard box with a little compartment at the bottom for your negatives. However, the photographs I have received have come out in multiple shades of grey. These included four rolls of film (I trused them four times because as I far as I knew Ilford ...  Read the complete review

Ilford - not an area in Essex, a photographic company, founded in 1879 and providing black and white photographic paraphernalia ever since. I thought I would provide a low-down on all photographic films and Ilford seemed to the best place to start, not only because I know the products well, but also because they have the smallest range; I'll see how this opinion goes down before I get my teeth into Kodak. This is just a review of the Ilford still camera films available: For photographic papers/ developers etc. you'll have to wait for another opinion. So (in iso film speed ascending order) lets begin: *PAN F PLUS This is a ...  Read the complete review

...but Ilford XP2 does. This black-and-white film can be processed in the same chemicals as colour film. No need to go to a specialist shop, or pay through the nose for B&W developing and printing, just drop it into/send it off to your usual place, and take advantage of all the cheap deals that always have "colour films only" in the small print. The ease of processing makes this film ideal for people wanting to try B&W photography, but who are worried about expensive developing costs. It also has an interesting effect in that the resulting photos are not truly black-and-white, but often have a warm, sepia kind of tint to them which many people ...  Read the complete review