FPS Ep 180 - Ilford XP2 Super Pushed 2 Stops

[@MP40meatballTR]

Beautiful looking photos. XP2 is one of the lowest contrast B&W films, but I like how it renders middle grays a lot. Pushing XP2 adds plenty of contrast while retaining the pleasing grays, so it’s the best of both worlds!

[@pattysvids]

It's also good at 200iso more contrast and less grain 👍

[@tedayre]

Great video Josh! I too like XP2 pushed to 1600 when needed, I think the grain looks even, and the shadows drop to nothing which I like. I've used it for parties without a flash too and the results are good.

[@FramesPerSecond]

Yeah, I love the contrast!

[@Threetails]

I'm a big fan of xp2 and I was looking to see how it looked pushed. I'm not disappointed. Maybe I'll try it pushed 2 stops in 6x9 on my old Graflex. What was your aperture at? I try to run mine kinda small nowadays since I've gotten good results with longer exposures at high ISO.

[@FramesPerSecond]

Couldn’t not remember the aperture. But definitely recommend pushing!

[@johnLee-bb2do]

How was it developed? Was it pushed in development.

[@FramesPerSecond]

@@johnLee-bb2do yes, it was. It says in the title.

[@35mmfkup]

Where did you get the film developed? All the film labs around me are unable to push a c41 stock.

[@FramesPerSecond]

@@35mmfkup sorry for the super late reply but I use Ikigai Film Lab in Australia

[@NguyenTran-ew4vo]

ah you are in Melbourne, do you want to have a film walk in tomorrow?

[@FramesPerSecond]

This was filmed back in July unfortunately. I live in Brisbane.

[@goldenhourkodak]

You should turn down the ambient noises form the videos when you edit. It was hard to hear you at times.

[@FramesPerSecond]

Thanks for the feedback. Will definitely try.