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Thursday, May 3, 2018

Ilford: HP5 vs. Delta Professional 400

Ilford likes to keep people informed about its products, film or chemistry, and how to use them.  Recently, Ilford released a post comparing HP5 and Delta Professional 400.  The post makes pains to mention the difference between the Core-Shell™ crystals in Delta film and Kodak T-grain - not the same!

The post goes on to list the virtues of HP5, good exposure latitude, ease of development and tolerance of processing variations.  Meanwhile, Delta 400 has ease of printing, a sharp, clean look, but perhaps more care in exposure and development is required.  Read on for more details.