OIs it weird to say that I love the look of the negatives from this film? Not the images 'on' the negatives; but the actual physical negatives...
There's something about pulling these out of the Paterson Tank, and that lovely light grey border. Just me?
With the excellent price on these expired rolls I took a punt on a couple, and ran them both through my Nikon FE. I was surprised at how fast a shutter speed I could actually use on a 25 ISO film. Not lightning quick, but I wasn't craving a tripod at every turn. Granted it may have helped that I was shooting with the weather firmly in sunny favour.
The contrast on this film is lovely, and while the reds didn't come out as dark as I'd anticipated, there was still a very distinctive definition between the R and the GB. For the second roll I maybe pushed it into areas where it wasn't necessarily going to perform as well - backlit seemed to throw it a bit, and I'm not convinced it is a good landscape option.
I got one beautiful picture close-up, of a sadly deceased, but looked-like-it-was-sleeping, Stoat (which I'll not add to the review for obvious reasons) - with the contrast on the orangey coat proving the worth of this film. Dappled sunlight in a small forest, was also an absolute winner. And a night time Toad, who stayed gratifyingly still for a long-ish exposure, with the camera just sitting on the ground, showed the low light capability. But it was a shot of a dark purple tulip, in bright sunlight, with a white mesh covering (over a raised bed) in the background, that shows how arty the film truly can be.
The expired batch seems to be sold out now, so I may head over and get some unexpired, and play some more with that arty side.
For processing, the film handles beautifully - running onto the reels with no trouble whatsoever, and drying very, very quickly (again, the conditions may have been in my favour, but I was able to scan the first roll after just an hour hanging time).