This is how Ilford film rolls are made
Monday 18 January 2021, 20:02 by Elja Trum | 5,058 views | 10 commentsThis article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.
In the 1990s, I photographed with film, developed my own film and printed the photos in my own improvised darkroom, a bathroom made dark with bin bags. I mostly shot Ilford film.
In the video below, you can find out more about the English company Ilford and the film rolls they became so well known for.
If you no longer do anything with analogue photography yourself, you can always use an Ilford film roll to make a special USB stick.
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Elja Trum is the founder of Photofacts and online photography course website Photofacts Academy. He has been writing about photography since 2006. Elja is also the author of (Dutch) books on composition, black-and-white photography, flash photography and portrait photography.
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10 comments
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Ben Fienieg wrote on Tuesday 19 January 2021 at 10:42 | replyFascinating video about a distant past!
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Robert wrote on Tuesday 19 January 2021 at 11:04 | replyThank you Elja for a special report. Atmospherically made. I used them in the past too, as well as their multi paper for the right print.
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Photo-shooting greetings Robert -
Donald Willemsen
wrote on Tuesday 19 January 2021 at 11:17
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In the analogue era, when it came to b&w, I always photographed with Ilford. In my opinion, the best b&w film that existed back then. For slide film, it was always Agfa for me. I still have a ton of Ilford negatives lying around. It's too expensive for me to have them digitized to a high standard.
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Bart van Dijk wrote on Tuesday 19 January 2021 at 13:09 | replyWhen I photograph without being in a hurry, I still shoot analog alongside digital. And indeed often with Ilford. FP4 or HP5. And I develop those myself. Good films, by the way, the Ilford films, although the Kodak Tri-X can be push-processed better and then gives a nicer grain. The result of analog is simply more beautiful than digital.
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martin volmeijer wrote on Tuesday 19 January 2021 at 14:00 | replyan intriguing explanation of how a roll of film becomes a finished product , although I have almost never photographed with Ilford ,the process is the same with other brands. worked at KODAK for years
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developing and making prints at home myself everything is manual work , that is what makes it more beautiful than digital . -
Arnold den Teuling wrote on Tuesday 19 January 2021 at 14:12 | replyI spent a very long time processing and printing black-and-white film, but I haven't done it for years. I did indeed use Ilford films for that as well, after Gevaert was taken over by Agfa. Since this video will have been watched by people interested in black-and-white photography, I also mention the following.
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If anyone is interested in an Opemus enlarger with both a 6x6 and a 35 mm holder, they can collect it from me for free (Assen). I also still have a Philips printing exposure meter available, which I got a lot of pleasure from. -
Mac wrote on Tuesday 19 January 2021 at 14:54 | reply
@Donald
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this way it is affordable, and you simply get a good result.
https://www.natuurfotografie.nl/hoe-digitaliseer-je-dias/
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Donald Willemsen
wrote on Tuesday 19 January 2021 at 16:50
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@Mac, thanks for the link. I have a photo/slide scanner and I scan at the highest resolution. However, I am quite dissatisfied and disappointed with the result.
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Ruud wrote on Tuesday 19 January 2021 at 21:46 | replyHow nice to see how the films I have always used are made. From 1976 in a darkroom through an association and from 1983 in my own self-built darkroom in the attic, often developing and printing. I still have a few rolls lying around. And binders full of negatives. When I have time, I will digitize them with a scanner. I will certainly think of this film again then.
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Jaco wrote on Friday 22 January 2021 at 21:41 | replyIn 1965 a box of Ilford FP 3 glass plates 9 x 12 cm at Foka. Camera with Laack Dialitar 15 cm optics. Grain-free and sharp. Had the plates developed by studio Jan Vrijhof, Rotterdam.
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Developed Pan F and FP3 myself in ID 11 or Promicrol 1:7.
Ilford HP 4 135-72, on thin base, so 72 exp. with the Pentax and 150 exp. with the Olympus Pen F.
In the 500 C/M a lot of HP 4 -120 and HP5-120.
In 1991 Ilford Ortho 13 x 18 cm, beautiful emulsion with a contrast that can be varied well.
Ilford Delta 3200 ISO in the Olympus OM 2n; excellent emulsion !
Do you want to photograph; go analogue and see black, grey and white
Jaco van Lith
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