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I'd have thought a 35mm rabbit hole would be too small for me to fall down, but I managed, and as I did so I was taken with the notion of the experimental emulsions.
Arguably I should have got to grips with photography using other, cheaper, "more forgiving(?!)" stocks first, but the usage and cheap camera lens set up I had, with a bent towards surveillance, made me pick this up.
I had a few films developed but it seems I have a handful of these number 10s to do, so having revisted the aforementioned rabbit hole as the result of a trip to Spain a few weeks ago, I substituted one of the rolls for development from that, for one of the number 10 rolls I had kicking around from early 2023.
I appreciate the preamble is long, in contrast (every pun intended) to the 19 shot film, but feel it neccesary as a guide to my inexpertise in this area.
I think it's a great film and to me, the results where I've got settings roughly correc (though these were pushed 2 stops) even on lower resolution scans, are really exciting. It gives the exact surveillance/forebording feel I was hoping for, without the washed out but higher definition feel I was concerned about.
I'd definitely be getting this again if it came in.
Brilliant infrared film. Make sure you us a R72 filter for the best effect. However still looks great with just a red or orange filter.
The film is a hard one to self develop/handle. Very curly film and very delicate. Have a couple more rolls to try and improve!
I shot two rolls of BW film about a week apart, this film and a roll of Ilford Ortho 80. They were both shot using the same camera (a Pentax K1000) and the same lenses (K30/2.8, K50/1.4 and K105/2.8). They were both sent off to the same lab for developing and scanning at the same time. The Ilford film came back with excellent tonal range, etc. This film came back so under-exposed that there is barely any image on the film. The attached picture shows the negs of the two films, this one on the left and the ortho 80 on the right. (I simply taped the neg sleeves to the window and took a hand-held snapshot). Given other reviews are positive, I'm unclear as to why this roll was a total bust. Annoying, as who knows then I'll next be in New York so I can re-shoot these?
This is very contrasty black and white film, so because of that results are rather dramatic. Deep shadows, extreme contrast, frying under the sun. If you are into that, give this film a go.
I'm new to film photography, havng picked up a cheap Praktica Super SL (though it died halfway through the following roll of film) and found the results from this very pleasing indeed without needing to push the film any further stops. I'm likely to keep buying the occasional roll so that as I improve and can better gauge things I'll have more positive results per roll than I currently do. At the price though, I think it's great, and the aerial reconnaissance element to it makes for something different which really grabbed me.
