In praise of Lomo 800

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http://industrieplus.net/dxdatabase/

Database doesn't know for Lomo CN800, but says this for CN400. Which seems about right.

Name: Lomography Color Negative 400 CN400 - (Code DX: 013994)
Information / Suspected emulsion: Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 200 then Kodak (Kodacolor VR series?). 120 version is made in China, probably by Kodak China (Xiamen) - certitude :
Manufacturer: DX number used by a lot of rebranded film canned by Foma
Distributor: Lomography
end date: ~2014 ?
availability : Not sure if discontinued...
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Name: Lomography Color Negative 400 - (Code DX: 015610)
Information / Suspected emulsion: KODAK Color Negative 400 - certitude :
Distributor: Lomography
availability : On the market
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Odds on I'd say the CN800 is Kodacolor VR1000 given a more realistic ISO (and makes it less confusing for people new to film who don't have a ISO1000 setting on their camera
 
Huss,

Are you doing your own developing?

Whenever I tried to develop on my own I am not satisfied with the color.

However yours looks amazing!
 
phrons said:
Huss,

Are you doing your own developing?

Whenever I tried to develop on my own I am not satisfied with the color.

However yours looks amazing!
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I get the film developed locally, then scan it w my digicam and convert it with negativelabpro.com. That conversion software is key.
 
I get mine scanned by my local lab. Results are pretty good. I just don't have the patience to fiddle with scanning anymore.
 
dwojr said:
I get mine scanned by my local lab. Results are pretty good. I just don't have the patience to fiddle with scanning anymore.
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negativelabpro has solved that. 3 clicks and you’re done. Much better colour than the commercial scanning I used before.
 
My absolute favourite color film !
its exposure latitude is good enough for use in all conditions and it is very faily priced!

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Shot my second roll the other day with a couple of Portra 800s developed a few days earlier. Lomo 800 is just so much more exciting and vivid. I gave it an extra stop as it tolerates over-exposure well, and saved me from two different film speeds.

It was one of those days with bright blue skies, cotton wool clouds blown on brisk breezes such that I feasted on colour, a rare thing for me. HMS Victory at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Leica M3 with Voigtlander 15mm Super Wide Heliar F4.5 (a gem of a lens for peanuts) developed at home.


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CharlesDAMorgan said:
Shot my second roll the other day with a couple of Portra 800s developed a few days earlier. Lomo 800 is just so much more exciting and vivid. I gave it an extra stop as it tolerates over-exposure well, and saved me from two different film speeds.

It was one of those days with bright blue skies, cotton wool clouds blown on brisk breezes such that I feasted on colour, a rare thing for me. HMS Victory at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, Leica M3 with Voigtlander 15mm Super Wide Heliar F4.5 (a gem of a lens for peanuts) developed at home.
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Beautiful pic!
 
This film is out of stock at both B & H and Freestyle with a note that none is expected until 2020. *** kind of film is this that can't be made until 2020?
 
It's that kind of a film that you buy directly at Lomography.

I'd say that Lomography feels that they can sell whatever they have left of the this film without the need to give a cut to the middle man. And god knows what Kodak will charge them for the next run if they feel too many people are shooting Lomo 800 film. Kodak has competitively priced slower films, but at some point Lomo 800 was less than half the price of Portra 800. Lomo 800 has gone up in price recently but not significantly...
 
brbo said:
It's that kind of a film that you buy directly at Lomography.

I'd say that Lomography feels that they can sell whatever they have left of the this film without the need to give a cut to the middle man. And god knows what Kodak will charge them for the next run if they feel too many people are shooting Lomo 800 film. Kodak has competitively priced slower films, but at some point Lomo 800 was less than half the price of Portra 800. Lomo 800 has gone up in price recently but not significantly...
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The pricing of Portra 800 seems off. It's older gen tech, and didn't get the Vision 3 update that Portra 400 did. It also really doesn't like underexposure so I wouldn't rate it at 800 anyway.
I guess Kodak price it as they do as Fuji don't have a competing product
 
This film is available direct from Lomography for the price of $19.90 for three rolls, both 35mm and 120. Get it while its hot!
 
dwojr said:
This film is available direct from Lomography for the price of $19.90 for three rolls, both 35mm and 120. Get it while its hot!
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if you are in LA it is also available from Samys and Freestyle Photo.
A month ago it was $14.90 for a 3 pack...
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Continuing my exploration of the 800. A beautifully patinated 1938 Ford V8 Pick up just arrived in a friend's workshop. Shot on the Mamiua RB67 Pro S

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