I Still Shoot Film

I totally forgot about Ilford SFX 200 special effects black and white film…. so much so that it was apparently discontinued and resurrected since I last used it. Here’s some more info from Ilford:

ILFORD SFX 200 RETURNS. SFX 200 is a medium speed black and white camera film for creative photography. It has extended red sensitivity and is especially suited for use with a filter to create special effects. By using a deep red filter skies can be rendered almost black and most green vegetation almost white. Its unusual tonal rendition ensures interesting results for a range of subjects, including portraits, landscapes, townscapes and architecture.

I’ve listed a few distance processing labs on the Links/Resources page, but one of the most obvious places to go would be right to the source itself: Ilford. Now, granted we are talking about black and white but in reality, isn’t it more difficult to find a good black and white lab? Most cities and towns still have a one hour photo that will process your color film in 3 days, nay? (That was a little photo humor for those of you who didn’t catch it.)

The good part is that you don’t have to shoot Ilford film to use their processing:

“We process all types of 35mm and 120 Black and White film, including non-ILFORD films and colour process black and white films”

Sweet. They also scan (yay!) and offer silver prints from film, digital prints from film, or prints from digital files. So no more complaining that you don’t have access to a good black and white lab.