Another new film from Lomo - Babylon 13

[Donald Qualls]

Some of such films are extremely contrasty, being "lith" films, not rendering continuous tone.

Well, can be extremely contrasty. The same is true of microfilm stocks like Kodak Imagelink HQ or Copex Rapid -- yet submini shooters have been using these to get the most out of their tiny negatives for decades. Correct development yields very nice negatives, which make very good prints.

Minolta 16 MG (10x14mm frame), Copex Rapid, EI 100, Caffenol LC+C, scan from print.

The same is true of lith films. They can be non-continuous, in their intended developers -- but in conventional developers with time control, they may not produce "nice tones" but they will produce continuous gray scale.

 

[cmacd123]

I didn't even know they made film with that low an ISO. So much to learn....!

the lowest speed is probably "Release positive Movie film like Kodak/Eastman x302 (2302/3302/5302) or the equivalent from ORWO (PF2) that is a BLUE sensitive film about as fast as Printing paper. Sometimes folks will sell this in 100ft rolls, it typicaly is purchased by Labs who buy 2000 ft rolls. It also is on a polyester base, so great care is needed in loading the camera as this stuff will light pipe like their is no tomorow.

blue senstive means that objects will look different if they don't reflect any blue light. this makes for a very old fashioned effect if you were to use this in a camera.

 

[AgX]

Well, can be extremely contrasty. The same is true of microfilm stocks like Kodak Imagelink HQ or Copex Rapid -- yet submini shooters have been using these to get the most out of their tiny negatives for decades. Correct development yields very nice negatives, which make very good prints.

They will be very contrasty in our standard developers though.

 

[Donald Qualls]

They will be very contrasty in our standard developers though.

When I was in high school, our photography instructor demonstrated unsharp masks and enlarged negatives (interpositive and contact to another sheet of Kodalith), developed in Dektol, and very much got continuous tone. Development time was similar to that of mid-1970s multigrade paper.

 

[AgX]

Some of these copy or graphic films were designed for continuous tone, some for harsh contrast, though the term "lith" typically was used for the latter. But the field of these films is very wide.

 

[Huss]

Leica M5, CV 35 1.2 v2, Lomo Babylon 13, Cinestill DF96 Monobath

 

[Huss]

Leica M5, CV 35 1.2 v2, Lomo Babylon 13, Cinestill DF96 Monobath