A few weeks ago, a friend of mine, Jordan told me that there was an online shop here that was handing out free films if we reply to a post in Analog Cebu's Facebook. He then told me that my former colleague, Melody was one of those people handing out the free films, she is also one of the people behind their shop Piiq.us. I quickly replied to the post, of course i can't let this opportunity pass me by :P Turns out, she already reserved a film for me, the Ilford xp2. YAY! Thanks, Mel! :) she also told me that after i finish the whole roll, I have to write it here in my blog, and kinda do a review about it. I said "kinda" because im really not the type to write reviews :P

But anyway, here goes.. I used up this film quickly. I had to finish it because it was already almost the end of my monthly deadline, Ricoh 300 was not happy about my delay already.. So to start off, Ilford XP2 is a great film,  it is a sharp, fine grain black and white film. Most of all, and probably the most important of all, it is a C41 film, that means it really is not a true black and white film compared to Kodak Tri-X or Fuji Neopan or the Ilford Delta 400. It is also very convenient especially for most of us who doesn't have their own equipment to develop the traditional black and white film, you can process this film together with the colored ones. Awesome isn't it?! :) But its also great to process your own film, yeah? Its just that the chemicals and equipment are really hard to find from where i'm from.. Another film similar to the Ilford XP2 is the Kodak Pro BW400CN, which I have already tried a bunch of times. And have given me good results. And oh, by the way, this is my first try on the Ilford ;) 

So far, it gave me good results. Thank god it was a sunny day too! It has nice contrast especially in good lighting conditions. I haven't mastered the Ricoh 300's focusing, because the lever for it is kinda distracting, but all in all its a good camera, and a good film. But I kinda still prefer the Kodak BW400CN, or i just maybe need to use this film more often. After all, this is my very first try ;) *hint! hint! to you, Mel :P *

Anyway, so how about i show you the results, eh? Here they are..
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