Mos6502
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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.
