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Another brand heard from after a long while.. Lucky Film.

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the fellow at Kosmo Photo posted that the Lucky Film SHD 400 is expected to be sold overseas in March 2024. the story metiones that Lucky Brand film disappered about 2012. the article does say that SHD400, shows pronounced grain at box speed.

the story seems to originate with Chinese photo specialty firm Reflex Labs.

Lucky Film relaunches SHD400 black-and-white - and considers return of colour films

Chinese film producer Lucky Film is re-releasing its SHD400 black-and-white film – and may return to colour film production in the future.
kosmofoto.com

the story does not show on the reflex labs site

Reflx Lab

Film Photography Supplies
reflxlab.com

when I checked just now.
 

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Lucky was in a partnership with Kodak who sold Lucy a coating line, Lucky made a 80s vintage Kodacolor, the grain would be more pronounced. When I worked part time at a Motophoto we sold a lot of Lucky to real estate agents and insurance adjusters who need a fast cheap film. Wonder if Lucky has a new emulsion or just dusted off their old 400 speed?
 

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One Polaroid disposable I got from a flea market, I extracted the film off it and saw it had lucky super 400 inside it and while expiration date was 2010, it seemed to have been stored well because I was happy with the results off it. I've been wanting to try it again if I could find it.
 

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I like Era way more than Lucky. When I was a poor college student in the early 2000s, that was all I shot.
 

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I think ERA was rebranded Ferrinia, which used the old 3M color emulsions. But at the same time there was lot of rebranded Fuji and Agfa as well. Polaroid branded Fujicolor 100 and 400 was sold at Walmart, I shot a lot of it.
 
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foc said:
Polaroid 35mm films were, at different times, made by most of the big film manufacturers. Agfa, Ferrania, Fuji, Konica.
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and while re-branding implies that the brand name was packing the film, any of there was more a private label situation where fuji, agfa or whoever made one or more batches of film with the in this case "Polaroid" label.
 

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When I lived stateside in the late 90s I bought a of the cheap Polaroid branded 35mm film at Wal-Mart, as I was on a very low wage. I seem to recall it was Agfa at that point in time....or at least something identified it as being "made in Germany".

Anyway....regarding Lucky film, if they really are coating new film then all power to them. If it's really like 90s Kodacolor, I shall be looking for some.
 

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Agulliver said:
Anyway....regarding Lucky film, if they really are coating new film then all power to them. If it's really like 90s Kodacolor, I shall be looking for some.
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They said they will consider colour film if their "new" BW film sells well. So, be sure you buy a lot of Lucky Pan SHD 400 first...
 
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yes, we should all consider buying at least a few rolls of any of the new films, just to show interest.
 

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The claimed "SHD400" was most likely air surveillence film (Type 1023) coated by Lucky factory in Baoding, China. It is more close to a 100 speed film in terms of photographic usable speed.
Disclaimer: I have already personally used this so called "SHD400" and found it to be the exact same thing as the Type 1023 film sold by small film dealers here in China.
 

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Corn_Zhou said:
The claimed "SHD400" was most likely air surveillence film (Type 1023) coated by Lucky factory in Baoding, China. It is more close to a 100 speed film in terms of photographic usable speed.
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I can see a new, twenty-years-in-the-making CatLabs film coming out in 3, 2, 1...
 

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What really matters about this current film is....was it coated recently or is it a supply they've found in a warehouse? At least it's not disguised Fomapan or Aviphot....it is actually something different!
 

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Note this film is far from the speed written on the box but close to 125-ish speed. Take that in mind when shooting.
 

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