New film *not* shown at photokina!!

[infrequent]

of course you could use photoshop for the same effect, or leave roll of film on your window sill for 10 years...

http://gizmodo.com/5056279/redscale-film-shows-analog-photography-is-not-dead-yet-thankfully

http://www.lomography.com/redscalefilm/

what do you think?!

 

[jan normandale]

heh, it makes me think of RVP film that has been cross processed. I just wonder.... ;D

 

[infrequent]

@jan - hah! the price is definitely in the velvia territory...20 bucks for 3 rolls.

 

[tmfabian]

heh, it makes me think of RVP film that has been cross processed. I just wonder.... ;D

close...it's regular negative film spooled into the cassette upside down so the shiny side faces the lens and the emulsion doo hickey faces the pressure plate (sorry, i've been really sleep deprived this week so my brain ain't so hot with vocabulary today.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redscale

 

[ItsReallyDarren]

Wow $6-$7 bucks for backwards film.... sure sounds like a lot but hearing its from lomo it doesn't really surprise me.

 

[ThatOneGuy]

According to their website, it has the effect of shooting through an orange filter. Why not just shoot through an orange filter?

 

[Al Kaplan]

Any plans to supply it in 120?

 

[amateriat]

Why does this, to my thinking, make those of us who prefer shooting film look like out-and-out twits?


- Barrett

 

[MichaelW]

what do you think?!

I think it's lame & pointless & typical of the lomo snake oil spruikers.
<<Ever shot a roll of sepia film? Ever marveled at the way that it reveals your image in smooth monotones with a silky color wash on the top?>> 😱

 

[AJShepherd]

Why does this, to my thinking, make those of us who prefer shooting film look like out-and-out twits?


- Barrett

Actually, I just think it makes people who buy arse-backwards film at high prices from Lomography look like out-and-out twits!

 

[tyrone.s]

Gee the LOMO people must have freaked out when they twigged to being able to do this and charge BIG $$$'s for it. What's next? Pre light leaked film for those of us unlucky enough to have light tight cameras? So they, you know, can let us all share in the kreative effekt.

Of course I like bit of DIY: perhaps II'l tape some green cellophane to my lens and get 'Mellow Yellow'?

 

[dmr]

I really don't "get it", but I'm planning on trying it -- once -- this weekend.

I did pick up a couple of those load-your-own cartridges at a tent sale a while back, to use if I ever get film broken off in the camera again, and those will be perfect to use to roll the film backwards.

I'm planning on using the cheap Ferrania 200, exposing at maybe 100.

There's a recent thread here with some examples. It was quite easy to simulate the effect in Photoshop, using the channel mixer to turn the normal blue way down, and add some blue to what's normally the red channel.

 

[Al Kaplan]

I used to enjoy using Kodak's Ektachrome Infrared, "a false color reversal film" as it was called forty years ago. Chlorophyll, the stuff that makes plants look green, would come out looking red. It made it easy to tell real foliage from camoflage.This was so long ago that it used E-2 process, before E-4 and long before E-6 took over. http://photos1.blogger.com/photoInclude/blogger/6344/1997/1600/Blog 71 e.jpg It was shot with an orange filter, which Kodak suggested because the film was also hyper sensitive to U.V. light, and a 19/3.5 Canon lens probably on a Leica III-f back about 1968.

I'd love to see an updated version of this film, either E-6 Ektachrome or C-41, although it'd really get the automatic printer a Walgreens confused

 

[dmr]

I used to enjoy using Kodak's Ektachrome Infrared, "a false color reversal film" as it was called forty years ago.

Oh, you mean like this? 🙂

I tried one (singular) roll of this, just to see what it would do, and never had the urge to try it again. 🙂

Chlorophyll, the stuff that makes plants look green, would come out looking red. It made it easy to tell real foliage from camoflage.This was so long ago that it used E-2 process, before E-4 and long before E-6 took over.

The roll I had was the E3 process. At the time (early 70s), both E3 and E4 were available. I remember the guy at the old Spiratone shop saying that some people processed (cross-processed?) the Infrared Ektachrome with E4 and it worked, but the results were not as spectacular.

 

[jan normandale]

dmr, I first saw this stuff on a British album cover. I have had the urge to try it but haven't been able to find it at a price that is tolerable. Now it's sold on ebay and the price is for the well heeled only. So.. I'll have to figure out something else to shoot I guess ;D

BTW I kinda like that shot you put up! :- )

 

[dmr]

dmr, I first saw this stuff on a British album cover. I have had the urge to try it but haven't been able to find it at a price that is tolerable. Now it's sold on ebay and the price is for the well heeled only. So.. I'll have to figure out something else to shoot I guess ;D

Well, (getting back on topic) you can always try redscale. 🙂 🙂

But seriously, back then you could buy the stuff over the counter at regular prices. It did have its true intended use, but mostly it was something to play with.

BTW I kinda like that shot you put up! :- )

Thanks. {blush} 🙂

I like it too. It has almost a surreal faux-autumn feel to it.

If you don't recognize the scene, it's Central Park, looking southward over the pond with the Plaza ("and charge it, please") in the background. 🙂

 

[Gaspar]

Bonkers. I just don't get it. I picked up an Holga at Urban outfitters and thought- Wow it does feel crap!