{"id":911,"date":"2021-10-19T22:32:10","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T05:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historic.camera\/?p=911"},"modified":"2021-10-19T22:32:10","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T05:32:10","slug":"kodak-tri-x-vs-ilford-hp5-a-photo-comparison-by-the-darkroom-photo-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/historic.camera\/?p=911","title":{"rendered":"Kodak Tri-X vs. Ilford HP5 &#8211; A photo comparison by The Darkroom Photo Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I thought this was a very useful film stock comparison and wanted to post it both for other and also so I can come back to it.\u00a0 \u00a0Personally I mostly shoot T-Max 400 and Ilford Delta 3200, but now that I&#8217;m shooting 8&#215;10 and 11&#215;14 I&#8217;ve started to shoot a lot more Ilford film stocks since they are available and less expensive.\u00a0 What film stocks do you like?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thedarkroom.com\/kodak-tri-x-vs-ilford-hp5\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historic.camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Kodak-Tri-X-400-vs.-Ilford-HP5-400-post-hero.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>WHAT DO YOU LIKE? Kodak\u00a0Tri-X 400 classic grain structure, contrast, deep blacks or\u00a0Ilford&#8217;s\u00a0HP5 400 less contrast, subtle grain, pleasant tones.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/thedarkroom.com\/kodak-tri-x-vs-ilford-hp5\/\">Kodak Tri-X vs. Ilford HP5 &#8211; A photo comparison by The Darkroom Photo Lab<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought this was a very useful film stock comparison and wanted to post it both for other and also so I can come back to it.\u00a0 \u00a0Personally I mostly shoot T-Max 400 and Ilford Delta 3200, but now that I&#8217;m shooting 8&#215;10 and 11&#215;14 I&#8217;ve started to shoot a lot more Ilford film stocks since they are available and less expensive.\u00a0 What film stocks do you like? WHAT DO YOU LIKE? 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