Ilford XP2 Super 400 135-36

Ilford XP2 Super is a sharp, fast, fine grain 35mm black and white film. It can be used for any photographic subject, but ensures excellent results when there is a wide subject brightness range.

Ilford XP2 Super is easy to expose, has and extremely wide exposure latitude and gives exceptionally sharp, crisp prints. The excellent highlight and shadows of XP2 SUPER give enhanced negative contrast for optimum black and white print quality.

Ilford 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.

WHY XP2 SUPER IS DIFFERENT

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.

Specs

This and more information can be found in the technical datasheet which is available here