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Below are some of the common errors that can occur when processing black and white films. Unfortunately some of these errors can result in the images being lost or partially ruined. By knowing what has caused the errors, you may hopefully prevent any repeat incidents.
Film entirely blank - No visible images or edge signing
A completely blank film with no images and no signing (i.e text in the perforation areas showing product and numbers) - indicates the film has received no development at all.
Blank ...
Image: Double exposure portrait series
Technical info
Film Used: ILFORD XP2
Format: 35mm film
Camera: NIKON F3T Lens: 50mm NIKOR-S 1.4 Exposure time: 1/60
Aperture: 5.6
Other equipment: -
Location: Kyiv, Ukraine
Firstly, tell us the story behind this image. What inspired you to shoot it?
I was attracted for a long time to the visual capabilities of multiple exposures. But I had no concept of how I could go beyond the simple multiple overlapping of frames, until I visited Marcel Ducham...
Image title:Echos
Technical info:
Film used: ILFORD FP4+ 125
Format: 35mm
Camera: Contax 167mt
Lens: Zeiss 50mm 1.7
Exposure time: 1/500
Location: Ekbatan-Tehran-Iran
Firstly, tell us the story behind this image. What inspired you to shoot it?
As a photographer my eye is constantly searching for a specific composition,moment and emotion. It was a cloudy day and the music was playing in the air. In that very second I felt a sudden hint of inspiration that lead me to capture...
A Photographic Love Affair
My love affair for photography was born out of my passion for music. In 1990, when I was 18, my late father took me camera shopping at the local mall because I thought it would be fun to photograph rock stars. He helped me select a beautiful Nikon SLR that I quickly mastered.
Shot on Ilford XP2.
I began shooting some of the biggest bands in the world and some that were yet to be known as they toured through the United States. My film of choice was Ilford XP2. I loved it b...
We are delighted to announce a number of exciting new products added to our range.
ILFORD MULTIGRADE RC DELUXE
ILFORD announced the world’s first variable contrast MULTIGRADE paper in 1940 and in 2019, as we celebrate our 140th anniversary, we are pleased to announce the 5th generation of our best-selling MULTIGRADE RC Papers.
MULTIGRADE IV RC papers (4th generation) were launched 25 years ago and have been hugely successful becoming the ‘go to’ black & white RC papers for discerning studen...
The Photography Show 14-17 March
There's not long to go until this years Photography Show at the NEC in Birmingham and it's going to be a great one. (If we do say so ourselves)!
There is going to be a far greater analogue / film presence at the show this year as the organisers have agreed to the inclusion of a dedicated ‘Analogue Spotlight’ area which will include some pods for smaller brands and a spotlight speaker area for those brands to do demos.
Come and see us!
We will be there on stand B93 ...
In late 2019, we invited the global analogue film photography community to take part in our latest survey. This time we focused specifically on darkroom printing.
The survey ran for 1 month and had an incredible 5,439 responses from 87 countries around the world. A huge thank you to everyone who took the time to offer your insights and share the survey for us.
Why darkroom printing?
We have seen sustained and continuous growth in film for a number of years. However, darkroom printing has not yet cap...
ILFORD PHOTO / HARMAN TECHNOLOGY COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS STATEMENT
As a global community we face a lot of uncertainty and disruption ahead. While photography is understandably not your number one priority right now, we want to reassure you that our factory currently remains operational. We will continue to manufacture and ship our products for as long as possible while we also look to safeguard the longer-term future of our business and the wider industry.
This situation is rapidly evolving and we will con...
A mix of Art and Science
As I write this, the UK and many other parts of the world are currently in lockdown thanks to the COVID-19 coronavirus. This pandemic has meant the unprecedented closure of schools and the daunting prospect of home schooling our children – in my case 10-year old twins.
Now, I’m not sure about other parents but I’m almost at the point where I can no longer blag my way through their homework. Rather than own up to this humiliating fact, I suggested I get them involved in a l...
We know that many of your usual high street retailers are currently closed due to Covid-19. This list is designed to show you which of them in your respective countries are now offering an online service.
Please get in touch if there is anybody that we have missed and we will endeavor to add them in. We will update this list regularly so please keep checking back.
Countries
Australia
Black and White Photo
DoFilm! Lab
Photo Resource
Rewind Photo Lab
Vanbar Imaging
Walkens House of Fi...