Sparrow
Veteran
In the case of the US, our legislators are certainly anti-capitalist.
only until they leave office and find work elsewhere, surely? 😀
In the case of the US, our legislators are certainly anti-capitalist.
I have a 50 pcs. box of OrwoPan 400 12 exp. to burn, I'm using the film cassettes to wind my own.
OrwoPan was made in Eastern Germany and if you search APUG for it, there aren't (m)any flattering comments on its quality. The films I have are probably 1990s production, but still (or because of that?) isn't anywhere western stuff. Grain the size of pebbles.
Oh well, at least it was cheap as hell 😀😎
I suspect the OP has confused the former Soviet Union with Elbonia (Dilbert reference).
I have heard that ORWO film was highly prized in the USSR, when it could be obtained. I used to use it regularly, especially the 125 ISO film which was good, in my opinion and not very grainy. The standard Soviet film was the Foto brand which was available in several speeds.
For a good many years, effectively the only film available in India came from the then Eastern Bloc. There were Fortepan and Fomapan, but the position of dominance was held by ORWO. Its NP27 (ASA 400) was not so good, but NP22 (ASA 125) was the mainstay of most photographers. I have made acceptable 20" x 16" prints with it.
Stewart, you'll soon be in the firing line: which may of course be where you want to be.
Dear John,I bought Kodachrome in Moscow whilst on holiday in the 60's expensive but available!!
Well, maybe not a joke, as some do use bulk B&W movie negative film for still photography.Small rangefinders -- i.e., Leica -- used motion picture film. That's what they were built around. You can use the stuff in your camera today. Sprocket sizes are the same. But this IS a joke, right?
"Sorry payasam, I don't understand, which firing line?"
The one in which people get punctured for saying things like:
"I suspect the most likely people to export film to the communists were capitalists … t’was always the way, ya can’t trust the buggers."
"Sorry payasam, I don't understand, which firing line?"
The one in which people get punctured for saying things like:
"I suspect the most likely people to export film to the communists were capitalists … t’was always the way, ya can’t trust the buggers."
ORWO was a pure nightmare, I used it as kid in the late 80s. It was braking, undulate, no two same films have same results.. But it was obvious - no quality control, difficulties with obtaining quality raw materials, people who were producing them did not care because they were not motivated. There is really no reason to be sentimental about those junk films.
Fortunately in Croatia (Yugoslavia back then), where I grow up, we have Fuji, Kodak, Konica, AGFA, Ilford and other films that capitalists sold us.