I forgot how good ILFORD FP4 is. Shoot and Darkroom Prints

[@JonnyEnglish-gu1cs]

You hit the nail on the head when you said it’s about enjoyment that what photography is for me fun my pictures won’t win me prizes but I don’t care as long as I like them a d I enjoy taking them that’s all that matters to me keep shooting and having fun it’s why we do it 👍🏻

[@Otokichi786]

There was a time when Ilford black-and-white film wasn't officially available in the U.S. market. In the early 1970's I was a poor college student interested in photography. Aside from a local "cost+10%" shop in the city, I bought bulk film from Freestyle Sales Company. These were the days of Ilford HP4, FP3, and Pan F, advertised as "Premium European black-and-white film." ORWO in bulk and roll film was also available, which had a "pre-World-War-II" feel, as far as I could tell. I've liked Ilford black-and-white film since those FP3 days. Kodak D-76 was the "common soup" used to process this "little United Nations" of film.;)

[@paulbroome4851]

My first camera was a Ziess Ikonta exactly the same as you !!! I got it when I was 11 yrs old (1969). I am now 64yrs old and Ive been a professional photographer for 40 yrs, became one in 1983. I love the old Ziess cameras. Paul from New Zealand.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Cheers Paul. 👍

[@janradtke8318]

Thanks for the video. One thing I noticed: I could see the camera move when you handled the cable release. The cable should be in a curve (and not pulled straight) to minimize that. Great idea to do the video partially in B&W too.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

No it didn't move. well noticed though as the camera did wobble under foot, Thats why I moved away. But yeah it's a short cable and I was well aware. Had it moved I'd have had a blurry looking image at 2 second exposure.

[@thomas7142-g8h]

6:25 I can see steam coming off your head! The waterfall picture was gorgeous!

[@williamschlenger1518]

You're really prepared.I haven't packed like that since 1987 shooting 120 VPS.😄

[@theobsoletecamera5051]

FP4 is my favourite low speed film, which I normally develop in FX39. It produces a really fine grain.

[@RonEMarks]

I have often done fp4 in fx39ii. It was my go to for a long while. If you like that, give Clayton f76+ a try. Similar but extremely fine grain developer.

[@theobsoletecamera5051]

@@RonEMarks Thanks for your suggestion! Sure I will!

[@Resgerr]

The other day I shot FP4 in my Zeiss Ikon Nettar 517/16 but forgot what speed film that was in and rated it on my iPhone as 400- developed as 400 and the negatives are fine. That’s what’s so good about FP4 is forgiving 😊👍🏻

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Absolutely.

[@stuartflipflops]

You're hooked on large format. No need to admit it, we know. I'm hooked too. Surprised on the Intrepid enlarger's capability. PS Your video introductions are top-shelf. Thanks.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thanks. Yeah it is addictive. I think it's the thought of a couple of simple planned photographs without wondering what to do with the other 34 shots

[@buyaport]

Nice! We don't need hundreds of autofocus points, because in the end there is only one focussing distance, as demonstrated nicely in this video.

[@bongoloony]

Zeiss Ikon Nettar was the first proper camera my dad bought for me in 1972 … Great camera

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Still got it?

[@bongoloony]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Alas no, but I still have the Yashica Mat which was the next camera my dad gave me. I also still have his old, trusty Voigtlamder Vito..I confess, I’ve not used either for years, I’m afraid I’m largely digital these day…

[@ginoandereggen3031]

I'm so glad you're posting this, just yesterday i bought a roll for the first time to use in the hasselblad, even happier now to have picked that one! Greetings from Switzerland

[@tgchism]

Absolutely like using FP4 as well!

[@michaelgermundson8166]

The description of metering with a live black and white visual was a smart lesson. Well done. Another great, motivating video with good information and examples.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Cheers Michael. Of course its not technically accurate but as a visual it helps.

[@jbliborio]

I shoot my first rolls and just loved this film! Now it became one of my favorites.

[@terrywootton8882]

FP4 and HP5 are are my go to films since the 70s.

[@northstar1950]

When I took up photography more seriously in the mid 70s, I cut my teeth on FP4. It was developed in Patterson's Acutol which sadly is no longer available it gave a half stop increase so fp4 could be rated at 200 ASA

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Ilford have microphen for that I believe

[@northstar1950]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss, thanks I might try it.

[@TwelveFrames]

When I returned to film photography, I tried out rolls from much of Ilford's line, and I just fell in love with FP4+, especially wen used with a slow developer like Perceptol. Sure, the devo time of 22 mins at box speed is long, but the fine detail is fantastic.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Perceptol is a good developer for FP4. I've not used it much though.

[@danem2215]

I got some wonderful results from the bunch of replacement films that Ilford sent me after the spotty negs debacle. They even threw in 2 rolls of PANF. I'm very excited to shoot some winter scenes!

[@mrstandfast2212]

Likewise, I had a dodgy roll and they sent me 4 rolls of FP4 as an apology. I've just used two rolls in my 'new' 1934 Voigtlander Bessa. Credit to Ilford for admitting their fault and sending replacement films.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Result Dane. Hope you didn't lose anything important though

[@danem2215]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Thankfully no. It was the first roll through the Bronica and I just took some shots around town. Can't remember if I told you about it, but the negs were all spotty from what said was a manufacturing defect - stemming back from early 2020. I didn't even bother shooting the second roll I bought alongside the junked one. Now it's a dummy roll for testing or whatever.

[@savethephotons2532]

Not weird, just special 🤣 Through dedication you stick out of the grey mass. Really like how FP4 looks. Need to use it more .

[@mariofazioli7534]

Love your channel, you are very detailed in your topics, thanks, Question, where do you buy your 220 film, thank you

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thanks Mario... You mean 120film?

[@mariofazioli7534]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Just viewed another of your presentation, great stuff, I did men 220, thanks

[@aroach337]

I love it. Moving back to film from digital, I thought the anticipation waiting to see what you got would be the appeal. But I'm no pro, so who really cares. Your satisfaction when heading back to the car said it all. It is the taking - being out, finding the composition, even the setup of the camera - that is where the joy is. A great image is sometimes just a bonus.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Yeah it's exciting to see a good negative after all your hard work. But it's film and you never know. So my mindset is well at least I had a good walk and experienced some nice views of the neg doesn't look good. Even though you're pretty confident everything is fine. Fundimentaly of course.

[@perelandrauk]

You're giving me some serious GAS about that large format gear, Roger. You're right, of course, FP4 is a great film, really versatile. I've had a few issues with it, but I'm confident thats down to my developing of it rather than the film characteristics, and my metering could be better. I've gotta say, again, your little demonstrations about how the meter is seeing/reading the scene is really helpful. I've been playing with film for years now, and I've read the information about how meters report for middle grey any number of times, but your quick bit in the video really drives it home and makes it easier to understand. Cheers buddy

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Just keep it simple Mads. Most of the time that metering method works. As long as my development is on point. Most of the time the massive Dev chart is a good reference for that.

[@JonTheNaz]

Wow, outrageous is all I can say

[@liveinaweorg]

I love my little Agfa Isolette II with a F/3.5 lens. Compact folder that produces very good results. I've just started using a Doomo S meter which I can thoroughly recommend if you want a very compact meter to stick on the cold shoe/hot shoe of any of your film cameras. Certainly not as versatile as what you are currently using but a handy little thing to pop in your pocket with a compact folder or rangefinder. Great tip on the leader. Clever bunch of kit from Intrepid.

[@davidpresnell1734]

Love FP4 and trees!!

[@kencarnley7101]

I have an Isolette II. Fun to use.

[@Paul_C83]

How did you forget? I was shooting Kentmere 100 and HP5+... wanted some new film and tried this... now it's my main film as I like the contrast and detail I get from... looking forward to pushing it.

[@jimgraves4197]

That 4x5 set up you have is a beauty.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Cheers Jim

[@carstennorwaynorge2195]

hello Roger, the fp4 was also my first attempt at black and white photography at school in a photo company in the early 1980s. and what can I say, it's still a great film to this day. Greetings from snowy Norway oh yes, with you in the south it's almost spring again 😊

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Hey Carsten

[@gameloozer731]

I haven’t tuned in in a while as I bought my first serious digital camera, but I also bought an intrepid with a 90mm lens recently, same setup! It’s a joy to shoot 4x5 and the intrepid isn’t so big that you can’t walk around with it.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Yeah it's lightweight for field work

[@MarkHickford]

How could you forget?! Jess, your dad is losin' 'is marbles! 😂

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Who's Jess? 😂

[@marcusleeder8062]

Nice shot Roger

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Cheers Marcus

[@difonzobanjo7132]

I just love fp4. It is so nice to find one film and stick with it and really learn its ways. I almost never get a badly exposed shot, and this is as much due to the film as my eye. I have never watched one of your videos, but I enjoyed this, so you have a new follower. :)

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Cheers Difonzo!

[@oudviola]

Very nice image and fun video as always. FP4 is my go-to film, especially with my Bronica GS-1 medium format. With shutters that max out at 1/500, I find ISO 400 films like HP5 too fast for daylight landscapes, unless I want to fiddle with a variable ND screw-in filter. Cheers from frigid Montreal, Canada!

[@RonEMarks]

I am a big fan of FP4. I have a cooler full of 120 and 4x5. Let me recommend 2 great developers for it. Xtol looks great but it really shines in Clayton F76plus. Cheers!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thanks Ron. XTOL I used extensively until I hit 2 bad batches :(

[@RonEMarks]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss I stopped using Xtol as well. I used Eco-Pro for a while. It’s the same as Xtol. I gave up on the powder mixing. I shoot numerous rolls and sheets every week. About 250 per year. I got tired of constantly mixing Xtol. So I switched to Clayton on a recommendation and I love it!

[@tonyparatore888]

I use fp4 and hp5 most of the time... Like them very much... I suggest you also try agfa apx 100 and 400... Like them also... Nice shades of grey...

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thanks for the tips! I've tried those films Tony. They are Kentmere 100 and 400 ;)

[@tonyparatore888]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Are you very sure???

[@Uwe_Ludolf]

FP4+ indeed is a wonderful film! Can't wait till it's a bit more sunny so it is easier to use. I do like Acros II a bit more, but not enough to justify the difference in price.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

The acros is orthopan I believe. I have a few rolls here. May have to put them side by side

[@Uwe_Ludolf]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Acros is ortho-panchromatic. Just like Adox CHS100-II. Consider it as a panchromatic film with a little reduced red sensitivity.

[@olegboldyrev5113]

Many thanks for the video!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Thanks Oleg

[@AndrewHenderson]

Shot a roll of it today, rated it at 80 as an experiment.

[@russellspeight5175]

Develop in Rodinal and the real magic begins.

[@mueslimuncher1950]

FP4 has been my favourite for more than 40 years! By the way, I love the music in the shooting section. Tasteful pedal steel tarther than country schmaltz! Keep up the good work.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Cheers Bill. I've cut down on the music a bit trying out new things

[@simonhammond5904]

Why don’t you use a red filter to increase the contrast?

[@victordesabata]

Hi Roger have you ever tried stand development / minimal agitation with Pyrocat HD / FP4? That works great for landscape and I think you might want to give it a try.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

510 Pyro I use often.

[@RickMahoney2013]

Very inspiring

[@JasonRenoux]

Great one Roger 👍🏻 (it's the second time I watch it actually 😁) I just got myself an old Meopta Axomat 4 enlarger, for 35mm. It came with trays, tongs, broken timer and an easel, all for 50€ I started after receiving my paper and been enjoying mysel a lot with finally revealing my negs on paper ..when enlarger exposure was right 🤪 Now the easel that came with the kit is small and a bit crooked. I just saw what you used to do the 4x5 prints and was wondering what model that was. Thanks for your time 🙏🏻

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

It's an intrepid camera with the intrepid enlarger kit. Nice result Jason. Broken Timer. I'm looking at an app for a timer. Have a look at my community KZbin page. We discuss it there.

[@JasonRenoux]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss thanks will have a look. I knew about the Intrepid rig, was/am wondering about an easel that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg but stays easy and efficient to use. Thanks again 🙏🏻

[@lensman5762]

Pretty good image with that Intrepid Rog. The FP4 has certainly stood the test of time. I used quite a bit of it in 4X5 in the mid 80s, but my favourites were Kodak Plus X Pan Pro and the TXP 320 Pro. Nowadays I use HP5+ and Fomapan 200 @ iso 100. When did you get the 90mm Silver Ring? Pricy bit of lens. Enjoy it and thanks.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Cheers Lensman... I've got two rolls of that Pan X in 120 here. Expired in the 80s I think.

[@lensman5762]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss That and the old Panatomic X in 135, beautiful emulsions. Panf plus can be made to resemble Panatomic X , but it is not the same really.

[@sugarwithoutcoffee]

Have you ever tried reaching out to random people on the street and asking for a portrait? I don't remember seeing a video of yours quite like that. You've made some great portraits of your daughter, I wonder how it would go!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Yeah many times in the past. I put a video out a few weeks back taking a couple of portraits on the street. Easier to do without a video camera ha ha

[@mixiepalms8338]

amazing

[@kenblair2538]

Great video, Roger. I was wondering , how your doing with the 4x5 . Wow! must be warm , in the UK , if your in T-Shirt. Man, it is -14C here in Massachusetts . I can't wait to get out, and photograph something. KB

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

It was a bit freaky warm for us. I got hot in that coat walking

[@epicdream]

I love FP4. I'd be interested to know what music you listen to whilst you're photographing out and about? I like some ambient stuff and maybe a bit of Philip Glass. Thanks for the video!

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

I did actually talk about that but edited it out. I listen to various music that keeps me going on my walks. Pink Floyd on this walk

[@epicdream]

@@ShootFilmLikeaBoss Good choice!

[@liveinaweorg]

Roger, have you shot the Fomapan 100 in LF? I have a half plate and there is a limited range of films in that size of which Fomapan is one.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

I haven't Morris. I've got some 200

[@MattWeddis]

Will that enlarger kit work with other cameras, or just the intrepid? I only have a 35mm enlarger so my 4x5 prints are limited to contact prints. I’ve only ever used FP4 for 4x5. I just like it. Thanks for another great and informative video.

[@MattWeddis]

I just looked up the answer to my question. It will work on any camera with a Graflok back.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

You found the answer Matt

[@JanneRanta]

Do you do stand development anymore? I've seen the few videos you've done about it. I'm thinking of getting a kit with rodinal and stand developing b&w negatives because my local lab is closed for renovations.

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

Mostly in 510 Pyro Janne but semi stand. I haven't stand developed in Rodinal for a while now. No reason.

[@MassiveBenny]

Your head steaming....!😆

[@ShootFilmLikeaBoss]

I know made me chuckle watching it back. Looked like a hard boiled egg

[@Frank701129]

卓茜嘉 < Is that your wife?

[@nickfanzo]

Trent parke pushes fp4 to 1000 or more

[@Resgerr]

It’s a very forgiving film