A couple of weeks ago, Andrew Morang (https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/) gave me a couple of rolls of Ilford FP4 a friend had given to him. The film’s expiration date is 1985, but the person who gave it to Andrew assured him it was stored correctly. I shot it at ISO 50 instead of the film’s native rating of ISO 125.
It was a partly cloudy Friday. Lots of filtered light penetrated the forest floor.
I developed the film in HC-110(B) for 8 minutes. I read that XTOL is recommended, but my use of XTOL is too limited to mix up a new batch of developer.
The images were shot with the Pentax 645, with the 75mm 1:2.8 Lens attached.
I scanned the negatives with the Epson V850 using VueScan.
(https://parks.wa.gov/find-parks/state-parks/nisqually-state-park)
Steven Lawrence Pictures 
Very nice results from such out of date film. Gives me hope that my HP5 plus 2020 expiry date will produce imagery that is acceptable. I also marvel at your thinking regarding choosing out of the norm specific camera and film combination settings Steven. I used to go very much by the book. When deliberately needing to change due to light availability, nervousness definitely crept in. But those needs for change were very seldom. Even though I never used a flash at all. Thank you again for your detailed insights Steven. Much appreciated.
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Your HP5 will be fine unless you roasted it in the back of your car. Maybe give it a bit more exposure, say, 1/3 or 1/2 stop. Good photographing!
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Thanks for the reply and advice. The film has been housed under the stairs in my camera bag for years now. So should be fine then. Cheers and all the best.
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Beautiful photos. I confess I’ve never been much of a woodsman, but I enjoyed the pictures.
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These are stunning! Classic medium speed B&W film look. Your development was perfect. And the 75mm lens does very well with the out of focus parts of the scene.
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