Ilford Delta 400

...the vast majority will list Ilford delta 400 as one of their film choices. This is a great fast film which behaves very well in both low light and bright conditions.

This is a black and white film and is great if you develop your own film. Its also a good film to send to the processors but beware it will be more expensive than the normal colour film process as this cant simply be thrown through a machine.

I developed ...
...is a pretty fast film to develop, and using Ilfasol (ilfords developers) I got some great results. I compared them to pictures I had taken with my Film SLR and the black and white film was much more forgiving, I retained more detail in the dark and bright areas than I did with my digital image which was a little washed out in areas, especially in the high contrast images (e.g. mountains and sky)

They come in rolls of 24 and 36 for ... more

If you look at many street photographers portfolios and examine their tools, the vast majority will list Ilford delta 400 as one of their film choices. This is a great fast film which behaves very well in both low light and bright conditions.

This is a black and white film and is great if you develop your own film. Its also a good film to send to the processors but beware it will be more expensive than the normal colour film process as this cant simply be thrown through a machine.

I developed my own film in the darkroom using delta 400, it is a pretty fast film to develop, and using Ilfasol (ilfords developers) I got some great results. I compared them to pictures I had taken with my Film SLR and the black and white film was much more forgiving, I retained more detail in the dark and bright areas than I did with my digital image which was a little washed out in areas, especially in the high contrast images (e.g. mountains and sky)

They come in rolls of 24 and 36 for 135mm film, if you are going to take a few images e.g. of a weekend away and you are not much of a snapper but someone who wants the nice B&W image quality I would go for the 24. If you run off loads of film go for the 36 roll, its well worth it, especially if you develop you own film.

I must admit when I first got the ISO 400 film i was a little nervy about the film grain. The higher the ISO the faster the film reacts to light so the less time the shutter is open meaning less chance of camera shake and blurry images. However the film reacts faster beacuse the particles in the film are larger, this shows up on the image as film grain, like pixels in a digital image. I normally use ISO100 on my digital camera all the time (finest quality) but I went for the ISO400 film as I was told good things about it. This film is great, there is some grain but a lot less than its ISO400 competitors. It gives good high definition images and retains the good contrast and is still forgivving if you under or over-expose, it also gives good results when you vary the depth field in your shot, remaining contrasty and sharp where it needs to be and where you intended

If you are wandering round with a hand held film camera and there may be some low light conditions this is the film for you. I even prefer it over the Delta 100 due to its versatility in both low light and bright conditions.

In short if you are a beginner with B&W photography this will give you some great results and is pretty forgiving for both camera shake as it is a fast film and will retain detail if you under or over expose your picture.
If you are more experienced then this film can give some great results, as I have already said it is used by many pros and has the flexability to be pushed to your cameras limits and allows your creativity to be shown.

Thx to the ppl who commented on my earlier version of this review giving me some good advice  

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