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Ilford XP-2 Super Sharp, Fine Grain, Black and White Professional Film, ISO 400, 120 Size

SKU: ILXP2S120 MFR: 1839649
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Key Features

  • Capture stunning black and white photos with Ilford XP-2 film's exceptional sharpness.
  • Enjoy fine grain and high contrast, perfect for professional quality black and white prints.
  • Experience broad exposure latitude, ideal for various lighting conditions with this ISO 400 film.
  • Push or pull your development to achieve unique artistic effects using this versatile film.
  • Create archival quality images that stand the test of time with this long-lasting film.
  • Shoot portraits or landscapes; this 120 format black and white film delivers every time.
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Paul L : Just got a Agra Isola 1 film camera and want to try it out - will this film work? Says best is B 2 / 8 120mmJohn M : I believe you are referring to an "Agfa Isola" which does use 120 film. The Ilford XP2 film should work well because it has a wide latitude for over and under exposure. However, you might want to verify that the camera is working properly at all shutter speeds due to its age. And remember that this film needs to be developed in C41 color chemicals to produce BW negatives.CHARLES T : Yes, B2 is just an old designation for what is now called 120 film. Kodak originally called that particular size and spool of film 120, and the name has since become the industry standard, but B2 was also common. The 8 refers to the number of exposures, but the film also has backing numbers for 12 and 16 exposures. Just use whichever numbers line up in the red window of your camera and you are good to go.
Shopper : Why Did You Choose This?MICHAEL C : The convenience of black and white negatives with a C41 process.ERWIN G : Great filmKEVIN S : C-41 processSteven F : Quality, and flexibility with this film.NATHAN M : Trying something new, heard and seen fantastic reviews from this.VALA K : shooting indoors with low lightJONATHAN H : Amazing tones and sharp photosRICH H : Great contrast and latitude with this great film.KIMBERLY H : For college classRICHARD B : NameIAN H : I am looking to take some sharp images.WILLIAM L : Curious to find out about its qualities.DANIEL P : needed bw film that i can process in c-41CHRIS E : Has extra fine grain & C-41 processingFRANK H : Experimenting with film. Not much perceptible difference from the other ISO 400s.EDWIN G : It can be processed by a local color lab.

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2025-06-13T02:19:05

Rated 5 out of 5

Great B+W film!

Fantastic film. Great resolution and grain. High contrast. And C-41 process. Perfect B+W film in my opinion.

JOE C.

2025-03-14T10:29:47

Rated 5 out of 5

Ilford for the win- this film is an awesome, all-purpose choice

Love this film- versatile for a variety of uses. As always, Ilford sets the standard.

RUSSELL C.

2022-10-16T05:37:01

Rated 5 out of 5

Ilford XP-2 Super Sharp, Fine Grain, Black and White Professional Film ISO 400, 35mm, 36 Exposures

Ilford quality 400 speed B&W film

Robert W.

2022-06-08T07:26:46

Rated 4 out of 5

Great!

Seems great!

ALBERT B.

2022-04-25T08:27:40

Rated 5 out of 5

Works fine

Good enough for me!

STEVEN H.

2021-12-12T17:12:35

Rated 5 out of 5

Good for beginners

I'm a beginner and I like the film

Moshe G.

2021-05-11T09:11:03

Rated 5 out of 5

Ilford XP2 Super

super sharp and beautiful tones

GEORGE P.

2021-02-18T07:28:19

Rated 5 out of 5

Great film

Fast shipping

RICHARD C.

2020-11-04T11:10:26

Rated 5 out of 5

Ilford XP2 is great film!

XP-2 is an underrated black and white film that is a great value. It is sharp with good exposure latitude and can be processed in color or B&W chemicals. Either way it is excellent at an excellent price!

JAMES H.

2020-11-04T11:05:59

Rated 5 out of 5

Ilford XP2: the cannot be overrated B&W film

Ilford XP2 is a fabulous B&W film which can be processed like color film at your local processor, or in B&W chemicals at home or in the lab. Either was it looks great with sharpness and good latitude: blacks are black, whites are not blown out and there is plenty of shadow detail. The price is right, also!

JAMES H.

2019-12-03T18:37:01

Rated 5 out of 5

Great for flatbed scanning

Maybe because of the emulsion thickness, this works wonders with Epson flatbeds. It's easy to see the gain in sharpness compared to an HP5.

manualfocus

2019-05-24T20:34:05

Rated 5 out of 5

Black and White C41, yes please

Shoots well at box speed and over, develops easy as any other color film.

JOHNNY L.

2019-03-31T00:24:05

Rated 5 out of 5

Great Film!

Fine grain and nice shots. Was having initial trouble finding development times but it was all good in the end.

Quinn C.

2018-08-14T14:51:04

Rated 5 out of 5

Bw type film with all the advantages of color negs.

Easy and cheaper processing. And scans well since digital ice works with this film to cut down on dust issues.

JOHN G.

2018-05-17T16:55:05

Rated 5 out of 5

One of my favorite b/w films!

This is a beautiful film - someone wrote it is a "days of summer"- film, and I couldn't agree more. It likes light but gives wonderfully sharp results without being overly hard - in good light I always get great results. Definitely recommended, you won't be disappointed.

Karola P.

2018-04-18T13:23:04

Rated 5 out of 5

Excellent film

Very good quality, excellent sharpness & good tonal quality.

Rita G.

2018-04-12T08:55:28

Rated 5 out of 5

One of my favorite b/w films

Wonderful black and white film, sharp, contrasty without being overly so (compared to Delta), great film for sunny days. Very low grain even though it is ISO 400. Like most films, doesn’t handle underexposure too well, but apart from that, beautiful results. Definitely can’t go wrong with this film.

KAROLA P.

2017-11-22T08:37:38

Rated 5 out of 5

How I avoid developing my own BW film these days

Because we have a local inexpensive lab that runs the right color chemistry for this film, and develops every day, I decided to experiment with XP2 in various vintage toy plastic cameras, and found that, with a goodly amount of exposure it could indeed sometimes exhibit some of the magical silvery qualities of standard BW film in these quirky cameras. (My darkroom needs a good cleaning before I'll be developing a traditional BW film there.) I used Vuescan to obtain digital files to adjust, and plan to make digital negs for later GSP's. This is affordable, easy, quick and fun.

DIANE K.

2017-01-12T07:23:34

Rated 5 out of 5

C-41!

C-41 processing! Got love that

ALEX B.

2016-10-07T07:05:23

Rated 5 out of 5

Best film ever

Great quality film in pixels and in ease. It does not get rigid when loading. It works great with d76 Kodak developer. Best photos I've had in a while. Great to print on 16x20

margaret b.

2016-08-18T19:10:51

Rated 5 out of 5

A quality B&W neg film with easily available lab processing

Ilford makes a lot of high quality black and white silver negative films. I have and still do use them, however, for those who lack a home darkroom for developing will find fewer and fewer choices for commercial processing. This is where XP2 comes in. It will give you an actual black and white negative for scannng or printing, and cab be processed by any lab offering C41 processing for color negative film.

RICHARD J.

2016-08-13T10:16:38

Rated 5 out of 5

Excellent Film

the quality of the black & white photo's with this film is unrivaled. if you are a film enthusiast I strongly recommend trying this you won't be disappointed.

VINCENT M.

2016-05-16T08:32:38

Rated 5 out of 5

good price, fast shipping!

Excellent service, good price, fast shipping!

Harold F.

2016-04-16T18:41:17

Rated 5 out of 5

Good for people that may have a favorite film camera but want their work digitally post-processed & printed.

When we travel to Europe, I carry XP-2 & have it processed in-country. My advice for this film is to expose it @ EI 200 for sunny days; ISO 400 for overcast conditions and ask for normal processing. I carry processed negatives through security without the fear of x-rays ruining my unexposed film. When back home, I can scan negatives to be adjusted in P/Shop & uploaded to the 'net, or print negatives in my d/room. A versatile film. Good for people that may have a favorite film camera but want their work digitally post-processed & printed. It can be home developed using a C-41 kit, or can be commercially processed.

DANIEL C.

2016-02-27T07:34:27

Rated 5 out of 5

This is a great way to experience film, if you've never tried it before

This is a great way to experience film, if you've never tried it before (and let's face it, there are a lot of those folks these days). It provides a fairly tight grain structure and good depth. I find it especially complementary in urban/street photography or in other situations involving subjects with lots of texture. Maybe not as useful if you like landscape with large expanses of sky, where the grain may intrude (although I'm heading out tomorrow to do just that). And when you're done, your local drug store can process it C-41 and probably scan it relatively cheaply too.

HG A.

2013-01-06T19:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

Good for street photography

I like the idea of dropping this film off at the local china mart for developement.

BRIAN H.

2012-12-16T19:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

Best B and W film ever!

I used this film in my Kodak vest pocket. After a day of shooting I new this was the film for me. Its so forgiving. It seems to take the best photos no matter what. I wouyld recomend this to any black and white photographer as its avalable in 120 and 135. Great film.

Showtunes

2012-12-12T19:00:00

Rated 4 out of 5

I like the film's contrast, sharpness, latitude and tonality.

I bought this film for shooting black and white photos with my Diana F+ camera. I like it because it is processed using C-41 chemistry. So it can be processed anywhere they process color negative film. I like the film's contrast, sharpness, latitude and tonality.

MO-Z

2012-08-30T21:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

try a roll of this!

I was really surprised how nice this film is. I have never shot c41 b&w, but I will do so again!

mikedlt

2012-08-12T21:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

I like this film.

I am impressed with this film. I am shooting this with an EOS A2 and 24 - 105mm f/4L lens. I am using it for portrait work primarily at this time. I am getting the results I want. Also, being C41, if I run out of time, I can take it to the drup store for developing. By the way, the film expiration date on my film is Dec. 2013.

ROBERT T.

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My favorite B&W film

By fercott

This film requires some practice getting used to its grayscale. Not very flattering for portraits, but really cool for landscapes. Very emotional B&W film for still life and landscapes.

impressive dynamic range and convenience

By urs

This film is one of those products that make me keep my film cameras active. I used it as 120 roll film and as 35mm, e.g. outdoors, indoors, wedding, fine art studio photography. It is one of the most convenient and flexible b/w films I have used, and it delivers consistently high quality negatives. Its main advantage consists in its outstanding dynamic range that makes it possible to take pictures from 50 iso to 800 iso on the same roll of film, with the same development, getting for each p...

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XP2 SUPER is a sharp, fast, fine grain black and white film. It can be used for any photographic subject, but ensures excellent results when there is a wide subject brightness range. XP2 SUPER has improved exposure latitude compared with XP2, and gives exceptionally sharp, crisp prints. The excellent highlights and improved shadows of XP2 SUPER give enhanced negative contrast for optimum black and white print quality. XP2 SUPER is easy to expose, and has extremely wide exposure latitude. XP2 SUPER is easy to process. It is a black and white film which is processed in C41 type processing chemicals alongside color negative films. XP2 SUPER is very easy to print. Negatives are printed on black and white paper in the same way as conventional black and white negatives.

XP2 SUPER is a chromogenic film. This means that the dyes which make up the image are formed during development rather than being present in the film or added later. The extremely wide exposure latitude of XP2 SUPER is the result of the unique relationship between exposure and grain in chromogenic films. The best balance of sharpness and grain is obtained when XP2 SUPER is exposed at EI 400/27. However, down-rated or overexposed XP2 SUPER negatives have finer grain, the opposite of that expected and obtained with conventional films. Up-rated or underexposed XP2 SUPER negatives have only a slight loss in quality. Furthermore, standard C41 processing is recommended for the whole of the exposure range.

XP2 SUPER 35mm film is coated on 0 . 125mm acetate base and is available in 24 or 36 exposure DX cassettes, or in bulk film lengths of 17 and 30 . 5 meters. XP2 SUPER 35mm film is supplied in DX Coded cassettes, suitable for all 35mm cameras. XP2 SUPER roll film is coated on 0 . 110mm clear acetate base with an anti-halation backing which clears during development. It is available in 120 lengths and is edge numbered 1 to 19. Following international standards, XP2 SUPER roll film has a red exposed label to signify color negative processing.

Ilford XP-2 Features

  • ISO 400/27½ Sharp, Fine Grain, Black and White Professional Film for Excellent Print Quality and C41 Processing Convenience.

Key Features

  • Capture stunning black and white photos with Ilford XP-2 film's exceptional sharpness.
  • Enjoy fine grain and high contrast, perfect for professional quality black and white prints.
  • Experience broad exposure latitude, ideal for various lighting conditions with this ISO 400 film.
  • Push or pull your development to achieve unique artistic effects using this versatile film.
  • Create archival quality images that stand the test of time with this long-lasting film.
  • Shoot portraits or landscapes; this 120 format black and white film delivers every time.