Lomography Color Tiger 200

[Ten301]

I picked up some fresh Lomography Color Tiger 200 negative film today (expiration 9/2018) to use in an old Canon 110ED 20, which is one of the few cameras capable of producing stunning images from the 110 format. I read somewhere the camera has a mechanism that flattens the film, so images are much sharper than what most associate with the format.

Anyway, back to the film...I was surprised the box states that it is "Made in China". From examples I've seen online, the film looks very 'Kodak-like' (sky color, for example), with relatively fine grain and better saturation compared to 110 film of the past. The only manufacturer in China I know of is Lucky, but I thought they stopped color negative production a few years ago? If they have the capability to resurrect (and improve) 110 film, it makes me wonder what else they're capable of producing?

 

[Theo Sulphate]

It seems to me that 200 speed film is the worst choice for 110 format cameras. For example, I have an opportunity to get a Pentax 110 system at a good price and my research shows that the camera, like many 110 cameras, uses the cartridge tab to select between high and low ASA settings - which for the Pentax are 400 (or 320) and 80. I've been searching for what films are available and most are 200, with Lomography also offering a B&W at 100, which isn't bad.

It would make more sense for them to offer 100 and 400 and skip 200 altogether.

 

[jeffreythree]

I used a couple 3 packs of the Lomo Tiger 200. It is all right, but mine had red dots in the frames from a light leak during manufacturing(multiple cameras with taped film window, others had same issue). The Orca B&W is better in some ways, but I don't think it has an anti halation layer.

 

[railwayman3]

It would make more sense for them to offer 100 and 400 and skip 200 altogether.

I've always thought that 200 is a sort of less useful "in-between" speed for colour ....it loses the sharpness and fine grain of the 100 versions, while the extra one-stop of speed rarely "makes-or-breaks" the situation. Whereas 400 gives a useful extra sensitivity, and the type of subject or lighting where speed is essential often does not suffer (or even benefits) from a little graininess.

 

[GarageBoy]

We never did find out who made this right? If this was Kodak packaged in China, would it say made in China?