ORWO N74 anyone?

Lovely!

I find there is a UK distributor listed on the ORWO website so I've sent him an email about seeing if I can get hold of a 100f reel of N75. He's a cinematographer so I suspect it's all a bit home grown!
 
CharlesDAMorgan said:
Lovely!

I find there is a UK distributor listed on the ORWO website so I've sent him an email about seeing if I can get hold of a 100f reel of N75. He's a cinematographer so I suspect it's all a bit home grown!
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Thank you, Charles. ORWO NA is the North American dealer, I should contact them as well to see if they carry the new N75. I've moved on to a bulk roll of Ultrafine Xtreme 400, and I have two more bulk rolls of N74+ in the fridge, so I'm not in a great rush to get my hands on the new N75.
 
The new N75 is on the way, I should get it in a couple of days. Any suggestions where to start with the developer and developing times?
 
No idea at present, but as Dourbalister develops in an HC110 clone at B dilution for 6.30 minutes at 200 and I did the same for film shot at 400, I think there's a fair amount of latitude, so start there.

The UK distributor got back to me, he's waiting for the datasheet, but the price of ORWO n75 delivered is £45 a 30m reel, so about £2.5 per 36, which is not bad. So I'm ordering some today.
 
CharlesDAMorgan said:
No idea at present, but as Dourbalister develops in an HC110 clone at B dilution for 6.30 minutes at 200 and I did the same for film shot at 400, I think there's a fair amount of latitude, so start there.

The UK distributor got back to me, he's waiting for the datasheet, but the price of ORWO n75 delivered is £45 a 30m reel, so about £2.5 per 36, which is not bad. So I'm ordering some today.
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It is a great price. Directly from Filmotec 30m is 58 EUR plus VAT, so your distributor must be getting a good discount.

I have no experience with HC110, my normal choice is Xtol, so I'll probably experiment a bit (with different developers)- with 122m arriving I have plenty to play with...
 
valdas said:
They have 100ft as well, the net price is 58,58€ per roll. I will now analyse those datasheets - specifically if they show any difference vs N74...
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Thanks Guy for sending the N75 data sheet! It seems like N75 has a new AHU layer. I didn't notice too many issues with halation with N74+.

valdas said:
The new N75 is on the way, I should get it in a couple of days. Any suggestions where to start with the developer and developing times?
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The data sheets for both N74+ and N75 indicate processing using ORWO instruction 1182. I think those instructions say Kodak D96 for 8 minutes in 21C (+/- 1 degree)?
http://www.filmotec.de/?page_id=1022&lang=en
 
My inclination is to use Rodinal for the N75, it is after all the classic Agfa developer. With the N54 the results I got were super, but I used HC110 for the N74 to cut down on developing time. I'm also minded to try a staining developer to reduce apparent grain.

The good thing about self loading - you don't have to sacrifice a lot of film!
 
valdas said:
Yes, correct, I noticed that. I was thinking more of a traditional BW film developer, so will probably try different ones.
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Interestingly, Kodak also recommends D-96 for Eastman Double-X. The formulation change puts N75 a little closer to Eastman Double-X, at least on paper with the ISO. Personally, I found the look of N74+ to be quite different from Double-X, despite both being B&W cine films.

On a side note, I've started a new thread for N75. Whoever posts image samples there first wins! :D
https://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=169568
 
Just been told my n75 reel should take about 3 days, so I might get it for the weekend.

Pricing didn't include shipping from Germany, so total was £58.51 for the reel, so about £2.90 all in. Still about £1 a reel cheaper than bulk buying Kentmere.

Now to dust off the film loader - my neighbour gave it to me with half a reel of FP4 in it from years ago - so I can test how badly it's been stored, when he shows me how to use it.

I'm so glad that Dourbalister has shown the way for so long - it really helps when you can see what a roll will do!
 
valdas said:
Great photos. It seems that you have plenty of light in your kitchen :)
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Thanks, Valdas! That photo was actually taken at night, and unfortunately, it's not my kitchen. It was a vacation rental for a weekend trip with friends. I did get a lot of good photos on the trip though. :)
 
dourbalistar said:
Thanks, Valdas! That photo was actually taken at night, and unfortunately, it's not my kitchen. It was a vacation rental for a weekend trip with friends. I did get a lot of good photos on the trip though. :)
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Yes, that’s what I meant - I see it is not a natural light, but still a good one for handheld photos.
 
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