Are you ready for some magical colours with Washi X 35mm film?
Washi X is a technical colour film with no orange mask that gives beautiful warm tones and highly saturated pictures.
More information comes directly from Film Washi:
"This kind of colour film stock is very specific because there is no orange correcting mask (invented by Kodak in 1947) which gives to the picture very rich and warm tones. It really takes us back to the days of early colour films like the first Agfacolor"
We'd definitely agree that look is similar to those first colour negative films of the 40’s & 50’s!
And while the typical chemical process is C-41 we are assured that you can also develop it in E6 to get a slide image (with a change in colours as expected from cross-processing)
Sample pics (c) Molly Kate aka Eclectachrome half-frame and FilmWashi. Molly shot a couple of rolls on a half-frame camera and has also pulled together her thoughts into a cracking video review of the film, embedded below with permission:
When you buy your camera film from us we can ship it across the UK, Europe, USA, New Zealand, Australia and Canada (more countries planned soon!) So buy Washi X 35mm Film today and dive back into the fun of colour film photography!
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Really wasn't too sure what to expect from this film, however pleasantly surprised at how they turned out. This film certainly performed better in good favourable light conditions
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Peter S. (Leicester, GB)
the thinest base, inconsistent, some ok results; pricey
My strong criticism is the misleading advertising across the board; you cannot be sure what you are actually buying; some research tells me that this appears to be a re-spooled Kodak Aerocolor just like Flic Electra which behaves very much like an old frozen film, washed out colours, not very pleasing greens and from roll to roll the results are clearly nor consistent. One certainly cannot be sure how old the film in the can actually is. The base is extremely thin, it makes home development a bit of a challenge. Handling during scanning is not too bad but you cannot return a colour into a faded film incapable of capturing the usual high dynamic range of saturated hues that we know from quality slide films. I had bought this film in the past and tried developing at home to play with both C41 and E6 but managed to damage the film badly a couple of times just getting it on and off a tank spool; the roll I bought from AW actually performed tolerably in E6 for what it was; C41 can turn into a hit and miss and costly experiment. The Rollei crossbird in its day was a consistent experimental film compared; this one cannot ..
due to its origin; Definitely NOT worth the price tag.
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Ola Z. (Stratford-upon-Avon, GB)
Perfect for:Street Photography, Architecture
great colours
great colours to shoot golden hour or sunsets, very happy with my results!
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Sarah (South Shields, GB)
Perfect for:Travel
Great summer holiday results
Popped this into a little point and shoot for a sunny weekend in Barcelona, and the results were surprisingly great. Three frames came out with some strange colours (potentially light leaks?) but everything else looked well exposed with vibrant colour. I'm looking forward to trying another roll, to see if this was a fluke
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Kieron J. (Balham, GB)
Perfect for:Great All-Rounder, Street Photography, Architecture, Creative/Abstract, Travel
Accreditation Handles:35_negative
A film that feels like summer
Its warm tones and rich colour give this film a real lazy summer afternoon feeling. The lack of an orange mask infuses a halycon quality without loosing a sense that, whilst it is based on old chemistry, it's a film for now. I really love this film, especially on bright spring / summer days. (Whilst it advertised as C-41 or E6 I have had it developed as C-41 so far)