Expired – Ilford HP5 Plus 400 – 87 years of a turbulent history, Ep. 4
- 6 years ago
I have absolutely no idea on what to expect from this roll, as the resulting image will be a direct consequence of the storage conditions and the exposure, if it has been properly stored, then we might get perfectly good images, if not, then maybe we will get even better images. So, let’s just put the roll on the camera and shoot it.
Following the last episode on expired colour film, click here if you haven’t watched it, today we are shooting a roll of expired black and white film. As stated on the last episode, the consequences of shooting expired film are, and we are, in this case, only looking to the black and white film: • Variation of contrast; • More grain; • Fog. Black and white film is also in general more resistant to these changes and if stored properly, it can even not show any result of expiration long after it has expired.
Founded by Alfred Hugh Harman as Britannia Works Company in 1879, it changed it’s name to Ilford Limited, in honour of the town where it was located. In 1920 a merge between Ilford, Imperial Dry Plat co, Gem Dry Plate Co and a consortium of seven other companies founded the Amalgamated Photographic Manufacturers that ended up in the construction of the Selo factory in Brentwood. Later in 1959 Imperial Chemical Industries acquired Ilford and four years later the Swiss company CIBA AG began to acquire shares of Ilford and by 1969 CIBA AG owned all shares of Ilford. Twenty years later CIBA sold Ilford to International Paper Company, that also owned Anitec a arts materials manufacturer. On the next year, the two companies merged and became Ilford Anitec. That was not the last change, as in 1997 Ilford Anitec was sold to Doughty Hanson & Co and rebranded Ilford Imaging Ltd. On August 2004 Ilford Imaging Ltd filed for bankruptcy, when in £40 million debt. As a result, the Harman Technology Ltd was formed and named in honour of its founder. In 2007 Harman Technology Ltd acquired Kentmere, a photographic paper manufacturer and introduced some films under the Kentmere brand mostly cheap black and white film aimed to the photography students market. Last but not least, Harman Technology Ltd was acquired by Pemberstone Ventures Ltd, and we are glad it did so, as the world of photography would not be the same without Ilford films. HP5 Plus 400 has long history that can be traced as far back as 1931 as Hypersensitive Panchromatic (HP) plates, four years later Ilford introduced a 35 mm version of the Hypersensitive Panchromatic plates at 160 ASA. And for those who got the catch, the answer is yes, HP line precedes Kodak Tri-X by 9 years, its greatest rival and commonly referred to be a copy and cheaper version of.
Following the last episode on expired colour film, click here if you haven’t watched it, today we are shooting a roll of expired black and white film. As stated on the last episode, the consequences of shooting expired film are, and we are, in this case, only looking to the black and white film: • Variation of contrast; • More grain; • Fog. Black and white film is also in general more resistant to these changes and if stored properly, it can even not show any result of expiration long after it has expired.
Founded by Alfred Hugh Harman as Britannia Works Company in 1879, it changed it’s name to Ilford Limited, in honour of the town where it was located. In 1920 a merge between Ilford, Imperial Dry Plat co, Gem Dry Plate Co and a consortium of seven other companies founded the Amalgamated Photographic Manufacturers that ended up in the construction of the Selo factory in Brentwood. Later in 1959 Imperial Chemical Industries acquired Ilford and four years later the Swiss company CIBA AG began to acquire shares of Ilford and by 1969 CIBA AG owned all shares of Ilford. Twenty years later CIBA sold Ilford to International Paper Company, that also owned Anitec a arts materials manufacturer. On the next year, the two companies merged and became Ilford Anitec. That was not the last change, as in 1997 Ilford Anitec was sold to Doughty Hanson & Co and rebranded Ilford Imaging Ltd. On August 2004 Ilford Imaging Ltd filed for bankruptcy, when in £40 million debt. As a result, the Harman Technology Ltd was formed and named in honour of its founder. In 2007 Harman Technology Ltd acquired Kentmere, a photographic paper manufacturer and introduced some films under the Kentmere brand mostly cheap black and white film aimed to the photography students market. Last but not least, Harman Technology Ltd was acquired by Pemberstone Ventures Ltd, and we are glad it did so, as the world of photography would not be the same without Ilford films. HP5 Plus 400 has long history that can be traced as far back as 1931 as Hypersensitive Panchromatic (HP) plates, four years later Ilford introduced a 35 mm version of the Hypersensitive Panchromatic plates at 160 ASA. And for those who got the catch, the answer is yes, HP line precedes Kodak Tri-X by 9 years, its greatest rival and commonly referred to be a copy and cheaper version of.