Perfect for contrast-y, sunlight heavy photography. Shadows and contrast pulled up to the max. Not a bad film.

Perhaps not as crisp as HP5, however I got some great results on an overcast day. Good contrast and enough latitude to bring out shadow details. I'd shoot it again. Developed Ilfosol3.

Having read many reports of an upcoming New Lucky Colour film over the last year or so, when a Lucky 400 Black and White unexpectedly appeared at Analogue Wonderland I thought I would give it a go especially at the reasonable price of £7. Reports suggested it is actually a 200 speed film so I used this speed and mostly used an orange filter and a few with. yellow filter. The results were very pleasing AW did a great job on my scans which were nice contrasty images and it's a film I would certainly consider using again.

I have shot two of these films with dodgy results. Very underexposed and some shots suffer from 'The plague' (see picture). Deffo needs to be shot at 200 or 100. There are better films for cheaper. Not sure if I'll even use my remaining rolls. Basically I got two usable shots from two rolls.

I bought only one roll, exposed in a mju ii, autumn daylight. Developed in D76. "Interesting" images , most of them grossly underexposed. Contrasty images, moderate grain, some of them with light leaks. I think I hate plastic cans, this one included (but at least has a DX code). probably exposing it as ISO 200 or even 100 might improve the quality of images.
The price is ok but our Kentmere is overall cheaper and better quality.
I don't think I'll buy again unless there will be a massive discount or some upgraded formula.

I bought this film because we wanted to try developing at home for the first time (with the AGO developer also bought from AW). I am still new to film photography so this film was incredibly forgiving, both of my shooting, and our developing. Thrilled with the results as they really give this 1000 year old building an eerie feel.

Lucky 400 is good quality, but inexpensive film from China. I was a bit thrown by the colour of the thing, quite a strong blue, which presumably has an effect on the tonality. It came out looking sharp and contrasty. I was using an old Icarex with a 50mm Tessar from the 60s, good results all round. The sample shot is an unedited scan.

I shot this film at box speed, developed it as suggested by the Massive Dev chart as I can’t read Chinese, and was disappointed by the results. All the frames were at least 2 stops underexposed when put through Lightroom. So if you buy and use Lucky 400, shoot it at at least 100 ISO.

This film has a very clear base so produces strong crisp blacks rather than subtle midtones. Very fine grain.

I assumed that a chinese film at the lower end of the cost spectrum would be a bit ropey but, besides a couple if minor light leaks on the first couple of shots, I have to say I was pleasantly surprised! Rich blacks, nice and contrasty and not overly grainy like I’d feared. For the price it’d make a great everyday shooter.