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ORWO A-03 black and white film developer
January 12, 2019 In Uncategorized 5 Comments

Let me share my experience with ORWO A-03 — this is a black and white negative film developer.

Looking for its recipe in my old photo handbooks and internet forums I found scarce information.

This is a phenidone – hydroquinone based developer. It has been designed for professional labs tank development, thus packages for 5, … Read the rest

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Mistakes in developing color reversal films (with ORWO C-9165 process)
January 7, 2019 In Films Uncategorized 1 Comment

Few years ago, after a quick encounter with black and white development processes, trying not to be one-trick pony and without proper preparation I jumped to color reversal process ORWO C-9165. This is an old, pre-E-6 process applicable to many color reversal films, but mainly intended for ORWO UT (Umkehrfilm für Tageslicht) and … Read the rest

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AGFA Process 41
November 6, 2018 In Films 16 Comments

Let me talk a bit for Agfa Process 41. There will be pictures, too.

In the heaven of slide films, on the stairway to E-6 one of the last steps was this very process. It was in a firm use in the ’70s before Agfa introduced Agfachrome 200 film in about 1981 and, logically, Agfa … Read the rest

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ORWO PF-2
October 28, 2018 In Films 6 Comments

This is the old ORWO PF-2 film — positive, fine-korn motion picture film. In the past it’s been used for producing black and white positives for cinematography by contact printing. Surprisingly to me, a new versions of it is still in distribution by the good lads of ORWO North America.  Here is a specs page… Read the rest

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Mistakes in developing color negative photo materials
February 4, 2018 In Uncategorized No Comment

This is a summary (so far!) of my experience and mistakes in developing old color negative films like ORWO NC-19, NC-21, Svema, Kodak 5247, Fuji Eterna 500T, AGFA, etc. I do not have enough experience with C-41 films, so the below problems may have slightly different causes then these here. Most of the negatives below … Read the rest

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ORWO C-5168
Cross-processing in ORWO C-5168
February 2, 2018 In Films Uncategorized 11 Comments

Let’s explore color negative developing kit ORWO C-5168 and how it behaves on a concert with different emulsions, most of them not designed for such a duo.

I was planning for some time to cross process various films in old recipes and the darkroom gods smiled down upon me this January. In my quest for unseen … Read the rest

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Fuji Reala 500D
December 29, 2017 In Films 5 Comments

Let’s have a few f/stops around Fuji Reala 500D negative film. 2 years ago I got a well kept roll of it, but never went back to the pictures until recently when I was browsing some memories from 2015.

As obvious, Reala 500D was used as a motion picture film. Slumdog Millionaire, Walk the line, … Read the rest

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Testing ORWO MA-8
December 28, 2017 In Films 7 Comments

This is ORWO Mikro-Aufnahmefilm (MA) 8. In the past century people used it to archive records, blueprints, letters, technical papers, etc. In other words, documents. This film has the ability to capture and store limited amount of gray shades but will never forget your labyrinth signature on a wedding certificate.

In the leaflet I found … Read the rest

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Svema LN-9 // Свема ЛН-9
December 28, 2017 In Films 3 Comments

I think you may need to see some photos to convince you that Svema LN-9 shall have a filter named after it on Instagram.

LN stands for Lampa Nakalivania (Лампа Накаливания), or tungsten light.

According to my old photo handbook, this Svema had originally sensitivity of GOST 100 (around ISO 100). Went on my balcony … Read the rest

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AGFA Scientia EM film
December 28, 2017 In Films No Comment

In the past, AGFA Scientia EM has been used to capture microscope images. It has been in production in a number of formats — cut sheet, glass plates, etc. The canister I got is in 35mm size, unperforated.

If you look it up on the internet, you will find mostly scientific research papers that mention … Read the rest

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