Never fails to impress. Great sensitivity for variable light conditions, beautiful tonality for both portraiture and scenery. Get your best lens ready!
Museum quality paper, great for art galleries and the like. Also very permanent.
Ultra fine grain in negatives. Perhaps a bit too fine? Certainly not needed for medium/slow films. Maybe 400 upwards.
Wonderful quality when enlarged considering that 35mm is so much smaller than 120. This will probably be my go to 35mm film for winter from now on.
I had to two disposable cameras developed. And it took no time at all.
Highly recommend
This film allows you to experiment. Some double exposure pictures was obtained with a fully mechanical Agfa Isolette folding camera. I did not calculate the exact exposure, but the result is excellent.
I sent in my first ever 35mm roll. Turnaround was quick. The website/app scans page is easy and quick. The scans are beautiful. Cannot wait to develop more!
(Had to crop the scans to upload them but they are otherwise unedited. Any other issues are down to me being a beginner!)
Great customer service as usual from AW. Emails and texts to confirm receipt and to let me know the scans were ready.
My first roll of Lomochrome Purple and also experimented with an 85b filter. Really pleased with the scans and the gorgeous pink and teal world they revealed!
I made the most of a sunny day in November 2024 and got a few great photos on Kentmere 400 at box speed with my Olympus OM101 and 50mm f/2 lens. No filters were used in the making of these images. It's a great film for everyone to enjoy at a price everyone can afford.
This is the first time I have used B&W film since 1968 and I was delighted with the results.
Tried some Portra 160 (AW deal, thanks!) and enjoyed it very much. Found AW's expertly scanned images ideal for some B&W manipulation too. First class customer service and speed of turnaround as ever. Highly recommended.
The 35mm version of Phoenix really didn't work well for me, but this 120 variant is really fun. I've bought a bunch more rolls and I'm looking forward to what I'll capture on them. The grain is perfectly nice and the halation better controlled on 120, and I have no issues about shooting this more often. It's definitely a harder stock to shoot, but I think that when you nail it the shots can come out really, really nice.
I've noticed I'm getting very different results to a lot of people, so I figured I'd leave a few notes on what I've done.
1. I think this benefits from older lenses. I shot these examples on a Rolleiflex T, and the light bloom and lowered contrast when shooting into the sun really help give it an interesting vibe.
2. Softer and diffuse light seem to benefit this stock enormously. With its lower latitude you in theory want to avoid high contrast scenes, but I also think those scenes have the greatest opportunity for a fantastic shot. Golden hour street shots are my suggestion - the tones are great for the city and really give it a cosy feeling.
3. I scanned it myself using a camera and then processed it in NLP. For each of these shots I made only minor adjustments, but one of the major ones was lowering the contrast somewhat and disabling NLP's white balance correction entirely (I still white balanced before converting, to remove the purple mask, as normal).
Even still, not every shot is coming out great. It's a pretty tricky stock and nailing the exposure is a challenge. I agree with others saying to shoot this at ISO 160 - I think that's just enough overexposure to put detail in the shadows without blowing the highlights too far. I'm using incidence metering myself and having a reasonable amount of success.
It's great to have an alternative to Kodak Gold on 120, and I love the colours (most of the time).
Always the best results from this B&W film. Even with automatic cameras I’m always surprised by how great details and contrast come out on this film, shooting both day and night. Always a staple in the collection!
Always trying to get my hands on this, the most reliable film and a fantastic deal!
I currently use a 1988 Nikon F4S as my "daily shooter" & have been experimenting with some "stock" 35mm films. This does exactly what it says on the tin & I recently took it to Florence (see pics). I've used it in most conditions & even at night by playing around with the exposure & iso on my camera. It's great for beginners as it's a very forgiving film if, you're prone to the odd exposure mistake (like me). No flash was used in the pics included
I currently use a 1988 Nikon F4S as my "daily shooter" & as such, I am getting through some serious 35mm films. This does exactly what it says & it's a great all-rounder for most situations. I've used it in most conditions & even at night by playing around with the exposure & iso on my camera. It's also inexpensive if, like me, you're prone to making mistakes. I used it here in Marrakech (photos)
Incredibly pleased with this bargain price and the quality of the photos produced. Thank you!
My most used colour film, especially during the darker months... Pushes well to 800
I took pictures at night, illuminated by artificial light and I love the results. The only downside for me is that the film is expensive.
I think I tend to favor Fuji 200 over Kodak Gold for it's colours. I guess it really depends on what you're trying to bring out. That underlying "goldness" was gorgeous the first time I saw it. I think i've enjoyed Gold best when used on landscapes or indoors with a a wide colour contrast and with a good lens that is going to pick out the finer details.
Loaded this into my Olympus OM101, mostly to take shots a a gig with low tungsten lighting. Took a few shots in an arcade and food market with lots of neon signs. Those red really do glow so beautifully, Tron levels. Also worked well outdoors in cloudy conditions. Bigger grain with the colour palette gives it that nostalgic, analogue feel
Super saturated colours, super fine grain. Cheaper alternative to Ektachrome (though doesn't have that unique je ne sais quoi of colour positive film). Gonna say this is the Nu Metal of 35mm film.
I got my film developed and the photos came out great! The process was very quick and within the timeframe given on the website. I would 100% recommend!
First time I tried E100 was in a very cheap 90s point and shoot camera that got blasted through a CT scanner/X-ray machine 4 times. It suffered and the colours and contrast were faded (not to mention washed out because of the cheap plastic lens - most expensive film in the cheapest camera!) but I could still see still potential. The fine grain really saved it, and I was able to do some fixing in post. The colour was all there to be brought out.
More recently had a second go with my Olympus OM101 and was blwon away by the gorgeous details and vibrant colour. I think I prefer this kind of saturation over Kodak's Ektar 100, it really is like nothing else. You really do have to treat it like you're shooting a movie, so much detail with the ultrafine grain, but retains the magical texture of film. Expensive film to buy and process, but 100% worth treating yourself to this every once in a while if you're going somewhere sunny and colourful.
An experiment, Kodak Color Plus shot using a Holga 120N with 135 adapter. Interesting images and few light leaks along the way!
All developed by those lovely AW peeps.
