So this is the second time I shot this film. Last time I had a couple of shots that didn't seem to come out too well because I think I underexposed. This time I slightly over-exposed some of the shots, which actually seems to have introduced some halation effects that were unexpected. Tweaking the curves on the scan allows some leeway with the contrast, but oh boy does it emphasise the grain.

I was lured in to this by reviews here and I wasn't disappointed at all - results exceeded expectations. Great contrast in evening light nd night-time. I really needed a man in a cape or a vampire but had to make do with Vauxhall station in the rain. Still, if you want to create a noirish ambience, this is a good film to try - I'll buy more for sure... when evenings draw in.

I'm quite often drawn to trying out "new to me" emulsions, so buying a roll of this wasn't much of a stretch. It's 100 asa and I would say a good all round- all purpose film. It's moderately contrasty, perhaps a little more than FP4, grain is also about the same, but I'm not sure that it is as tolerant to under-exposure. When developed my roll was very flat (as in not curly) so was easy to scan. I'd suggest if you are well practised, and fancy trying something new - go for it. If you are about to try your first roll of B/W - I'd go for FP4 !

It just feels like the perfect B&W film for bright days when you want an image rich in details through sun and shade.

I love film stocks that have a lot of contrast and this is one of the nicest I have used. Now to be fair it works best with a decent amount of light but the results are definitely worth it. It has a lovely grain and is quite sharp .I liked it a lot.

Really cool, vivid shadows. Fun shooting experience. Would love to shoot in snow.

This film is *allegedly Orwo UN54, and is a beautiful, fine-grained and contrasty 100 ISO film. Well worth trying when there's plenty of light, or for when you want plenty of detail and punch!

First time I had shot with this film and really didn't know what to expect. It has great contrast, perhaps too much for certain situation. I think it is best to shoot this film once the sun has come down a bit in the sky, otherwise the contrast can be overwhelming. The high contrast also makes correct metering rather critical as there's not much leeway. The grain is also more pronounced that I expected, but that's subjective matter.
All in all, a great film in the right situation.

With the right lighting this film looks beautiful, but if the sky is bright the shadows come out looking muddy. I think this film would do really well in an urban environment, but it's not as well suited to rural landscapes. I'll be trying my next roll on an overcast day!

This one isn't as sharp and contrasty as others, but its softness and grey-ish tone, makes you want to at least try it once! Plus, it looks like it could belong to classical 40s Hollywood stuff.

My style tends to be a little more on the dark and 'moody' side, and this film stock works perfectly for how I like to shoot. Plenty of depth and darkness, but well held shadows. Nice and muted, with a medium level of contrast. Perfect for travel and street photography. A decent amount of latitude but possibly not as forgiving as the likes of Ilford HP5. Will be buying more when it's back in stock!

Having been using standard Ilford and Fomapan films for a couple of years, I became curious as to why there were so many other types of film out there and so I bought a mixed bag of films to see what it was all about. Potsdam Kino film stood out as one of the great successes of that purchase.
I got back into photography after becoming bored with the shiny automatic colourful images that digital photography was providing me and also because of the poor performance of digital technology in low light. Noisy colour anyone? The cure for the poor digital images indoors at events was to switch the camera to black and white mode, a very unsatisfactory solution since the cameras have decent monochrome detectors with a glued on prism system to convert to colour. Check out the prices of black and white cameras and the insanity grows. However I found a couple of my old film cameras and reasoned that the most readily available monochrome detector is black and white film.
I look for punchy contrasty images in my black and white photography and was blown away by the results from Potsdam Kino. I ran a roll through my Petri 7S rangefinder and developed it in Ilford ID11. The images are bright and contrasty but I wasn't prepared for the outstanding resolution. I have architectural shots that would be the envy of a medium format photographer. Candid shots of people really do take on a cinematic quality.
It's a lovely film and I think I may have found my ideal monochrome detector. I include Potsdam Kino in the mix with all my film orders now and I'll be trying out its sister Berlin next time I have an indoor event to photograph.
Have a look at the photos to see what I mean.

Tested this film on a minolta x300 which I had just bought . Results were excellent with good contrast and little grain .
Found it excellent for architecture and street photography . Landscape was a little flat but that may be due more to the fact
I was testing the camera than the film

As other reviewers have said, this film does give strong contrast and fine grain.

Some of my metering was off, creating muddy, flat images. This was mostly the case where the sky featured in the centre weighted metering zone of my camera. A clear case of user error! Exposing for mid tones gave much better results.