Lomography Berlin 400
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- A new chapter in film comparisons, I look at the differences between Kodak Tri-X as our standard and Lomography’s Berlin 400. All films in these comparisons were shot using the same lighting and position, developed in Kodak D-76 using the manufacturer’s recommended time, and printed on Ilford Classic FB at 11x14 size using the same contrast settings. The printing time varied to cancel any changes in film base fog from film to film. I included the H&D curves for each film to see the individual differences and we look at the overall print, the spectral response of each film, and the grain characteristics.
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"and put that in rodinal, and you're goin to have golf ball size grain" made me laugh of loud.
Even though I mainly use Kodak & Ilford, I'm now more aware of what other brands are capable of. Thanks for your diligent efforts.
Your channel having less than 10k subs is a crime
We’re getting there
Agree. He actually knows what he’s doing and doesn’t review a new film he’s only shot once in a camera he’s only shot once to give us his "impression." Maybe if he takes 3 minutes showing himself brewing coffee with some cheesy background music he will be a UA-cam star. Lol. Nobody wants to do the hard work these days.
this film analysis series is so good i decided to become a patreon. looking forward to the rest of the installments!
Thank you for your support
@@TheNakedPhotographer Have you considered publishing all the results as an ebook after the YT series is finished airing? Since you have all the hard work done already I guess making an ebook out of that wouldn't be much of an additional chore, and seeing how this series is an invaluable source of information, I'm sure some people (me included!) would be willing to pay to have all that neatly in one place.
I hadn’t, but I’ll look into it
@@wilbertvandenberg3158 me too
Great serie. Like your set of presention with the exel curve and print detail. Very consistent and easy to compare the varius film stocks.
I shoot this film all the time, and I actually PUSH it in rodinal 😂 (I personally love it), great video!
Shanghai GP3 is also using ORWO‘s film called ORWO 54 UN, you can tell it from their perf
The contrast reminded me of Ferrania quite a bit. However, Ferrania to me seemed to have an overall smoother and creamer (for lack of a better word) look.
Well, Ferrania (P30) is ISO 80, it sure should be a lot smoother and creamer than any 400 speed film :)
@@markuslarjomaa3122 not just in the grain structure, but the overall look seemed more uniform compared to this. The light to dark contracts seem pretty extreme here.
The biggest difference between the two is the spectral sensitivity. This film is a little more red sensitive so reds are lighter, Ferrania, by contrast, is more orthochromatic in response and severely underexposes reds rendering them darker.
Great review. yes, I found the same base fog. At first I question if it was me. Looking at the film, it reminds me more of Fomapan 200 Creative push one stop. I have compared similar style shots and the grain structure was the same. Also, Fomapan has that issue of emulsion scratches.
Will you include Adox Scala 160 in this series of tests?
I could not get a roll of it when I did these. I have done HR-50 and Silvermax from Adox
Oddly enough, I only got 30 exposures from one of the rolls of this film. I wonder what happened.
I personally like N75 (the original name of this film) for its grain. But the base fog is really high. Also it's a bit prone to uneven development in some developers, like Fomadon LQN (don't even try this combination).
There seems to be some disagreement here in the comments whether this is N75 or N74. My film edge is blank so I can’t comment on what film it may or may not be.
@@TheNakedPhotographer that's because it's both. When it originally came out, it was n74, then it was replaced by orwo by N75. N74 is no longer produced. I know because I contacted Orwo.
Any chance you are going to include ilford xp2 in this series? That is the film I am most curious about.
Unfortunately I did not include XP2. It was an oversight, not an omission.
@@TheNakedPhotographer ah, well, fantastic series, I binge watched all the film comparisons yesterday. Really surprised how similar they all are, and curious if a c41 b&w would be somehow dramatically different. I am all setup with a c41 darkroom with ra printing, so, in a way, xp2 would be the easiest to work with. I still can't print it without investing in new chemistry though, so maybe it is pointless. Still, lots of folks seem to like it for fine grain and sharpness.
There is something very weird with the audio in this one.
How so?
Is there any indication on the sprocket holes that it is indeed ORWO N74?
I know guy who bought 120 leftover roll that was inteded to be sold to lomography and I can confirm that it is indeed orwo N75.
There aren’t any edge markings at all
@@TheNakedPhotographer also it has bit different sprocket holes, just like Kodak Vision
@@maciejwelk841 are cine sprocket holes now made different than stills film? I wonder if base fog is a cine thing too.
Sprocket hole shape will depend on the cutting machine at the factory.
berlin is quite near chernobyl so the increased radiation will cause higher amounts of base fog
Wow, that's got to be one of least attractive B&W films I've ever seen. You just saved me future money and time!
Friends don't let friends use expired re-packaged overpriced film.
what else to expect from hipster-repackaged crappy film stocks )
it is a story of hype and money not of film photography. find a large supply of cheap half-dead film (fog level screams EXPIRED), make a cool packaging and triple the price )
Lomogrannoying and their unedited purist vintage look 90's stylized film shot at their plastic overpriced crap 'cameras'.
It's originally a cinefilm that has a look some want, similar to double-x.
Personally it looks god awful as a print film but looks a lot better where it is originally intended for. Presumably persistence of vision hides the grain.
I'm grateful for lomography for providing a consumer 120 color neg film. Nobody else is providing that and it's actually good. However, they can keep the rest of the film they have.
@@jonnoMoto what is this consumer 120 color neg?...
i checked, €23.90 for 3 rolls of 400 iso color neg.. that's actually not bad, not bad at all. Portra 400 is around 10€ per roll, that stuff is expensive. And Fuji 400H is even more expensive, is it even produced anymore? I might actually start shooting this, thanks for the tip!
@@jonnoMoto That 800iso film is also cheap... damn, i wish they would cut this stuff in sheet sizes. Cinestill did a small run of 4x5", but never produced more of it. 800 iso color neg in 4x5" would be something. And any cheap color neg in sheet format would dominate the markets. I have never bothered to check what lomography offers, as i thought they only sell special effect films.
And it seems these are Kodaks consumer line up films.
I bought a 30m roll of this film directly from Filmotec, the manufacturer. It's not expired, it's just what it is.