Un-lucky

[haempe]

At the weekend I wanted to give Lucky 100 a try. Exposed 2 rolls.
This brought me in real trouble.
With the first roll the film leader was torn off after rewinding and remains in the take-up spool.
I had to fiddle out this part. ~10 min.
The second try was a disaster.
The film was torn out the cannister at the end of the roll.
I had to get out the whole film out of the M in the darkroom. What a effort. Around 25 min.

The results are better then expected, especially the tonal range, reminds me at old ORWO film.
But the Filmbase of Lucky is ... <beep>

 

[Freakscene]

In my Rolleis, 100% of Lucky 120 rolls separate film from the backing in the transport. I gave up on it for this reason.

Marty

 

[haempe]

In my Rolleis, 100% of Lucky 120 rolls separate film from the backing in the transport. I gave up on it for this reason.

Marty

Yeah, I read about that.
Same problem with Shanghai GP3?

 

[Freakscene]

I don't know - I haven't tried the Shanghai 120 films.

Marty

 

[Moriturii]

Can we see some pictures then? =)

 

[Coldkennels]

I don't know - I haven't tried the Shanghai 120 films.

I have, unfortunately. Well, actually, that's a bit unfair. They can produce perfectly passable photos:





However, they are full of problems. The wrapper is awful and will tear open in your bag if you're not careful. The backing paper is terrible - just some dark craft paper, it seems - and if you're using a "red window" camera, the numbers are next to impossible to see. The rolls are taped together with masking tape that often tears the backing paper. When a roll is finished, it rarely comes off the spool, meaning you have to open the back and unsnag it yourself. The tape to seal it is useless, so I took to carrying around elastic bands. And the film itself is curly as all hell, and the emulsion seems quite weak; there are reports of it chipping away from the base, but I've only ever had a couple of spots on the few rolls I used (you can see a couple on the laundry shot above).

But, all this aside, it is cheap. Very cheap. So if you can tolerate all of that, it might be worth a look.

 

[haempe]

Can we see some pictures then? =)

Sorry, only test shots at home.
Both with Tanar 50/2 developed in Xtol 1+3.