Caveat - i only shot one roll in my OM1. I found this slow film shot at box speed came out a bit underexposed, I’d definitely give it an extra stop if I were to shoot it again. It’s extremely contrast. I found it scratched easily too.

A roll of Washi S was contained in one of my "Wonderboxes" and I eventually loaded it into my Pentax Super A during a trip to New York City. It is a really difficult film to use due to the very high contrast. I had a very low keeper rate, although the few images I did like were pretty nice. It is relatively fine grained (as it should be for ISO 50) and the keepers are nicely sharp. With practice one could develop an "eye" for the film, but it is certainly not an every day emulsion.

I bought this film just over a year ago, but only got arround to shooting it a few weeks ago. As it's a bit of a "different" film, I decided to try something different by way of developing, and went with a semi-stand development in HC110. This surprised me somewha
inthat it gave some mid tones to this film that's renowned as "BLACK and WHITE". It's not a film I can see myself using very often, but it may be good for some shilouette photos at some point.

I thought I'd try the Washi S for something different. Yes it's contrasty, but pleasingly so. To get the best results I'd plan what I'm going to use it for, rather than shoot randomly - some subjects obviously work better than others. I heard a rumour it's being discontinued, so I'd grab it while you can.

slaps you in the face and calls you Keith , this is a fun fun film to use. super contrast and super fine detail. get it right and its just FAB. buy two rolls, the first one might suck but you will nail it with the second one.

This "sound recording film" is amazing if you want super high contrast, which this has in spades. Its pretty much either black, or white, with nothing much in between, but if that's the look you want, then you'll be pleased.

Not really much to add given the info already available - very contrasty film that requires careful exposure to get the results desired that can make some gorgeous fine grain images.

I love this film, but this does come wih some hefty caveats. I love it because it produces some of the most striking contrast I have seen in any of my photos to date and combines this with great detail/sharpness. It's alsoa cheap enough film that you can experiment a bit more with it, without feeling like you're just burning a hole in your wallet. The downside is this contrast is pretty hard to tame if you don't know what you're doing, and being an ISO 50 film it's likely you will be shooting it in situations with fairly high contrast to begin with (bright sunlight). Personally I enjoyedthe madness of it, but it's probably not for everyone.

This film is probably not going to be your every day, all purpose go to film but for the right purpose it's lovely. It is VERY contrasty and very sharp but also quite slow at 50 iso - not so slow you need a tripod in sunlight but not one for low light situations. I developed myself in Rodinol which tends to bring out grain but even so there is no visible grain in my prints. It's a film for a very specific look but I liked it so much I've sourced a 100m bulk roll of the stuff because I want to shoot it more.

Washi S 50 ISO is a lovely low speed inky black film.
I love the range of films and the 50 and 12 make every day things so gothic and change the viewers perception of images, be it landscape, architecture or feeding the chickens.

This was my first experience with Washi, and all I can say is wow! I will certainly be trying out some of their other films, I got some of my favourite shots of this roll. I'd only been shooting for about 2months (Maybe 10/12 rolls of film) by the time I shot this so by no means an expert and I am thrilled with the results. I would highly recommend especially if you want contrast.

They say some films love light, but I think this film just plain goes for light or bust! I shot this in a toycamera, thinking the plastic lens might help give a touch of grays, details be damned! These were all shot at 5.6 with a 1/100 shutterspeed and winter being the season, light was hard currency and always quite low on the sky.
I enjoyed the challange and will be sure to try it out again if I get the chance. The ISO is better anyway compared to my usual high contrast diet.

I love this film, cheap, fun and deeply interesting with delicious contrast. I look forward to ordering more

I still can't get over how great this film is. What I particularly love about it, is, surprisingly, it's either black or white. Obviously there's some grey in there but it's not really noticeable.

My camera died half way through shooting it, not the film's fault, but it was a worrying sign. I developed the film and was pleasantly surprised. A nice contrasty film, with heavy grain and dark shadows. It was just what I wanted. The negatives were very thin after developing, despite losing half the roll to a dead camera I loved the final outcome.
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