Why ILFORD HP4 is more popular than FP4?

[Einst_Stein]

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Recently Kodak released the budget color negative in 120 (Gold 200) and Ilford released K400 and K100 in 120. These are good sign for MF shooters.

I have Hasselblad Flexbody and SWC, both are inconvenient to shoot digital (my personal issue). They are semi-retired due to the film costs.  I haved tried Kodak Movie Film Vision 3 (65mm format sliced into 120 width), but feel I am lazy to do the slicing again. 

Now with the budget 120 format films, I might be more willing to use them.  

If it goes well, since I am going to shoot more high ISO, I might switch chemical from HC110 and Rodinal to XTOL. Any advise? 

Edited May 10, 2024 by Einst_Stein