{"id":1077,"date":"2019-12-06T07:09:05","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T12:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/07\/first-look-ilford-ortho-plus-orthochromatic-madness\/"},"modified":"2023-02-22T06:33:08","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T11:33:08","slug":"first-look-ilford-ortho-plus-orthochromatic-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/06\/first-look-ilford-ortho-plus-orthochromatic-madness\/","title":{"rendered":"First Look – Ilford Ortho Plus – Orthochromatic Madness!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before we get into all this, let me start by staying Ortho Plus is not a new film, it’s just now available in different formats. Originally I shot a box of the stuff in 4×5 when it was only available in sheet format, and it was the first film that I shot that had no real rating set. In fact, most entries for developing times on the massive dev chart simply had a question mark for the ISO rating. I found that this gave me a lot more latitude when working with the film. I could rate it higher or lower depending on the situation at hand. I ended up shooting the film from ASA-6 at the low end to ASA-50 at the high end. Never up to the recommended rating of ASA-80 for outdoor or ASA-40 for indoor tungsten.<\/p>\n

\"BelAir\"<\/a>
Modified Anniversary Speed Graphic – Fuji Fujinon-W 1:5.6\/125 – Ilford Ortho Copy Plus @ ASA-50 – Kodak D-76 (1+1) 10:30 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"CVNP<\/a>
Modified Anniversary Speed Graphic – Fuji Fujinon-W 1:5.6\/125 – Ilford Ortho Copy Plus @ ASA-6 – Kodak D-76 (1+1) 10:30 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"Harding-Jones\"<\/a>
Modified Anniversary Speed Graphic
\nSchneider-Kreuznack Angulon 1:6,8\/90 – Ilford Ortho Copy Film @ ASA-40 – PMK Pyro (1+2+100) 12:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

So when Ilford included Ortho Plus in their announcement of products in the fall of 2019, I originally thought that it was a new version of this film, and while it wasn’t, I was still excited. As you can see from the above three examples it’s a fantastic film. So on a trip into the city, I made sure to grab a single roll to shoot and get a general feel for the film at the ASA-80 rating. And I have to say I’m pretty impressed with the results.<\/p>\n

\"Dominion<\/a>
Nikkor 35mm 1:2D – Ilford Ortho Plus @ ASA-80 – Kodak HC-110 Dil. B 6:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"Old<\/a>
Nikon F5 – AF Nikkor 35mm 1:2D – Ilford Ortho Plus @ ASA-80 – Kodak HC-110 Dil. B 6:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"Embassy\"<\/a>
Nikon F5 – AF Nikkor 35mm 1:2D – Ilford Ortho Plus @ ASA-80 – Kodak HC-110 Dil. B 6:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"Coffee?\"<\/a>
Nikon F5 – AF Nikkor 35mm 1:2D – Ilford Ortho Plus @ ASA-80 – Kodak HC-110 Dil. B 6:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

I had seen plenty of people posting results well before I went out and shot, developed, and scanned mine. Now I was shooting the film in less-than-ideal conditions, but despite the heavy overcast, the results are wonderful. I trusted the roll to my Nikon F5 and developing in Kodak HC-110, basing my times off the Ilfotech HC listed in the box. I had originally wanted to go for a Dilution H (1+63) but instead thought to start off with a listed time of Dilution B (1+31). I feared that it would result in overly contrasty images, but I have to say I’m pleased with how they turned out even in the higher dilution.<\/p>\n

\"Waiting\"<\/a>
Nikon F5 – AF Nikkor 35mm 1:2D – Ilford Ortho Plus @ ASA-80 – Kodak HC-110 Dil. B 6:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"Shwarma\"<\/a>
Nikon F5 – AF Nikkor 35mm 1:2D – Ilford Ortho Plus @ ASA-80 – Kodak HC-110 Dil. B 6:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"Old<\/a>
Nikon F5 – AF Nikkor 35mm 1:2D – Ilford Ortho Plus @ ASA-80 – Kodak HC-110 Dil. B 6:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"C'Est<\/a>
Nikon F5 – AF Nikkor 35mm 1:2D – Ilford Ortho Plus @ ASA-80 – Kodak HC-110 Dil. B 6:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

As soon as I pulled the negatives out of the tank I knew I had some winning images. And upon running them through the scanner I could see the negatives weren’t lying. Despite the overcast conditions, the resulting images were smooth, sharp, nearly grain-free, and have an amazing tone about them. I actually think the cloudy conditions helped. Scanning was a breeze with only slight adjustments needed in post-processing. And while the full review is not scheduled until July, I’m looking forward to shooting Ortho Plus in medium format, developing in different developers, and sunnier conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before we get into all this, let me start by staying Ortho Plus is not a new film, it’s just now available in different formats. Originally I shot a box of the stuff in 4×5 when it was only available in sheet format, and it was the first film that I shot that had no real rating set. In fact, most entries for developing times on the massive dev chart simply had a question mark for the ISO rating. I found that this gave me a lot more latitude when working with the film. I could rate it higher or lower depending on the situationRead More →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[46],"tags":[22,74,450,1427,137,501,78,132,82,29,556,75,83],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1077"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1077"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3813,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1077\/revisions\/3813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}