Ilford films web site

[Audio Al]

https://www.ilfordphoto.com

For those who still like film photography

Please support this company or we will loose them :(

[Alex_UK]

https://www.ilfordphoto.com

For those who still like film photography

Please support this company or we will loose them :(

Used to use Ilford for my monochrome back in the day, but ashamed to say my film camera has been usurped by my digital SLR. Still have all my film cameras, and one day hope to use them again but a bit like streaming vs vinyl, digital is just so darned convenient.

[Barry]

I used to use Ilford FP4 for B&W photography (somtimes I used Kodak Tri-X), but like Alex I don't use my film cameras since the advent of digital photography and the cessation of manufacture (and processing) by Kodak of Kodachrome 64.

I believe Ilford make most of their money through the supply of film for X-ray machines, though no doubt, this field of use is being encroached upon by digital techniques.

[Stratmangler]

I believe Ilford make most of their money through the supply of film for X-ray machines, though no doubt, this field of use is being encroached upon by digital techniques.

That's a bit of an understatement.

[Barry]

That's a bit of an understatement.

I have no idea - it was just a speculation.

[Stratmangler]

It's 10 years since I last had any X-Rays done, and all digital suites were common then.

[Barry]

I think it must be 10 years since I had an X-ray taken; and it used film. But you are probably right - the fluorescent screen is nowadays most likely to be digitally scanned rather than photographed.

[Edward]

What's the news about Ilford? Have they announced they are closing?

I do hope not. Love their stuff - keep meaning to shoot film again.

[Barry]

What's the news about Ilford? Have they announced they are closing?

I do hope not. Love their stuff - keep meaning to shoot film again.

So do I, but with Kodak having filed for bankruptcy, it would surprise me if Ilford were in a similar position. :(

[Edward]

So do I, but with Kodak having filed for bankruptcy, it would surprise me if Ilford were in a similar position. :(

Hmm, yes the digital onslaught takes no prisoners.

I've still got a bunch of Ilford and Fuji 120 rolls stored in a fridge. Perhaps I should get some more.

When Kodak announced the closure of their kodachrome processing I got 10 rolls and was in the very last batch for processing. They had already closed their labs in the UK and Holland, my stuff went all the way to the States (at their cost). Kodachrome 64 was simply wonderful.

[Barry]

Hmm, yes the digital onslaught takes no prisoners.

I've still got a bunch of Ilford and Fuji 120 rolls stored in a fridge. Perhaps I should get some more.

When Kodak announced the closure of their kodachrome processing I got 10 rolls and was in the very last batch for processing. They had already closed their labs in the UK and Holland, my stuff went all the way to the States (at their cost). Kodachrome 64 was simply wonderful.

Yes my Kodachrome used to be processed in Hemel Hempstead in the UK, then it was collected at the Hemel Hempstead address and sent to Switzerland for processing, then finally it went to America. Now it is no longer made, and I haven't found an acceptable alternative: Fujichrome is OK, but it's not as good as Kodachrome 64.

PS I made a typo in my last post: I intended to say that "it wouldn't surprise me if Ilford were in a similar position".

[cuddles]

In my home darkroom days ( 40 years ago!) I never really got on with Ilford paper. I really wanted high contrast and grainy images. I seemed to get better results with Agfa and Kodak Bromesko. Beautiful blacks with no absence of detail. Lost all my prints in my D.I.V.O.R.C.E.:(