Mos6502
Well-known
Technically, this film appeared on the market last year, but I had never seen it anywhere until about a month ago. It's a low cost film, although not so cheap as the Arista films which are rebranded Foma products. Made in Germany, it's suspected to be an ORWO product. ORWO package their film in miserable plastic cassettes, which after three rolls of the stuff I swore I'd never buy any more ORWO film again until they put it in a proper metal cassette. So it's good news then, if this is ORWO, that Arista loads it into a real metal cassette.
My first roll was shot through an Ancient Miranda S SLR with the 5cm Miranda-Soligor 2.8/50 lens (a wonderful Heliar copy) and a yellow-green filter for most of the shots. The filter it seems was a mistake, as this film requires more than the recommended 1.5 stops of exposure compensation... all filtered shots came out with inky black shadow areas, an issue I've not had when using this filter on other films. Unfiltered shots were still high contrast, showing a lot of "toe" in the curve, but more balanced than the filtered shots. It certainly has a "look" to it, which I think will appeal to some photographers who enjoy high contrast. I developed the film in D-76, 1:1 dilution, for the manufacturer's recommended time.
hydrant by Berang Berang, on Flickr
creek by Berang Berang, on Flickr
There are no edge markings on the film, and the dried film lays flat with no perceptible curl.
My first roll was shot through an Ancient Miranda S SLR with the 5cm Miranda-Soligor 2.8/50 lens (a wonderful Heliar copy) and a yellow-green filter for most of the shots. The filter it seems was a mistake, as this film requires more than the recommended 1.5 stops of exposure compensation... all filtered shots came out with inky black shadow areas, an issue I've not had when using this filter on other films. Unfiltered shots were still high contrast, showing a lot of "toe" in the curve, but more balanced than the filtered shots. It certainly has a "look" to it, which I think will appeal to some photographers who enjoy high contrast. I developed the film in D-76, 1:1 dilution, for the manufacturer's recommended time.
hydrant by Berang Berang, on Flickrcreek by Berang Berang, on FlickrThere are no edge markings on the film, and the dried film lays flat with no perceptible curl.
agentlossing
Well-known
Available from B&H. Your examples look pretty good!
Sanug
Established
If it has no violet anti halation layer, it may be Wolfen (Orwo) UN54.
From left ro right: Wolfen UN54, Wolfen NP100, old Orwo NP15
From left ro right: Wolfen UN54, Wolfen NP100, old Orwo NP15
Out to Lunch
Ventor
AristaPan 100
Hmmm... BH says:Key Features
- Black and White Negative Film
- ISO 100/21°
- Antihalation Layer
- Fine Grain
Sanug
Established
Same with both Wolfen (Orwo) UN54 and NP100. No edge markings or numbers at all. NP100 came in a metal cassette with DX coding as you see on my photo. My UN54 is not original Wolfen, but respooled cine film bought from Analog Amsterdam.
Freakscene
Obscure member
Like oils, antihalation layers ain’t antihalation layers. Modern films have multiple layers under the light sensitive layer, and on the reverse side if the film. Older films have fewer, and sometimes none on the back.
Marty
Mos6502
Well-known
A couple more prints from this test roll:
wall by Berang Berang, on Flickr
creek by Berang Berang, on Flickr
wall by Berang Berang, on Flickrcreek by Berang Berang, on Flickr