I ran a roll of Lomography's Earl Grey 100 film through my medium format Pentax 645 camera with the 45-85mm f/4.5 lens on a bright, sunny late-afternoon. The results from this film were deep blacks, bright whites and nice, soft shades of grey.

I found the Earl Grey 100 to deliver a very nice gritty cinematic look, but I got quite a bit of grain that seemed a bit much for 100 speed film, however, that could be an issue with over-development on my end. Nonetheless, extra grain doesn't bother me personally, but I can't give an accurate account of the grain factor of this roll as a definite.

Using the Pentax K1000 35mm camera with a 50mm f/1.7 SMC lens, I could not have been happier with the results of the Ilford FP4 Plus 125 black and white film. I shot this roll on a sunny day, a few hours before sundown, but in late-February, so the sun was at a sharp angle, giving me very nice light to play with.

Scanned on an Epson V600 using the basic version of Epson Scan software, I was able to get magnificant contrast, and incredibly sharp images almost straight out of the scanner.

I import my tif images into Lightroom for both catalog purposes, as well as minor adjustments. Some films require a lot of adjustments, but as I said, I found this roll of FP4 to be almost perfect right away. Other than a few adjustments for exposure or opening up some shadow areas, the dynamic range of this film proved to be incredibly broad.

A cloudy day is the best day to take a ride with a roll of Ilford HP5 Plus black and white film. For this video, I use my Pentax 645 medium format camera with the Pentax SMC 45-85mm zoom for 15 images including some classic cars found in a local neighborhood, to a view of the city center in downtown Indianapolis.

All images scanned on my Epson v600 scanner, producing tif files straight from the scanner, no Negative Lab Pro used for these images.

Developed in Cinestill DF96 Mono bath - https://amzn.to/3TgyikM

I would have expected this film to be more costly than it actually is, especially compared to other 'professional' films like Kodak Portra 160, 400 and 800 in either 35mm and 120 formats.

But to the contrary, as of this article, I can buy it locally for about $8.50 US, while Kodak Portra 160 is over $12. Even Ilford's own sister-black and white 'consumer grade' film FP4 is only .50 cents per roll less than the Delta 100.

What the manufacturer says:  “Delta 100, medium speed, exceptionally fine grain, black & white film. Ideal for uncompromising image makers who want to capture maximum detail and sharpness."

I loaded a roll of Kentmere 100 black and white 120 film, already my favorite brand, into my Mamiya M645 manual camera with the 55-110mm very sharp Mamiya C zoom lens and headed out to specifically shoot an old car on display on a rural property not too far from my home on nice, sunny late afternoon.

The light could not have been better or more suited for photos of the interior of the vehicle through the windows, which always makes a nice image. But a bonus for this day was a second car, an old Biscayne that was sitting along the road with a for sale sign in the window.