Lucky SHD 100

[Tim Gray]

Anyone know where you can get this film in the US? I'd like to try it...

 

[fschifano]

I can't help you with a place to find the stuff. I can say that you're not missing much if you don't. It curls like heck (the 120 format worse than the 35 mm.), has terrible anti-halation characteristics, and isn't sharp. In short, it's pretty crappy film.

My stock of the stuff came straight from Hong Kong when a friend brought back a couple dozen rolls for me. I still have a few rolls left. Of all that film, only two negatives were worth printing. Go figure.

 

[2F/2F]

"has terrible anti-halation characteristics, and isn't sharp. In short, it's pretty crappy film."

Sounds great for some things. Where can you get it?

 

[BWKate]

I got some in China and I quite liked it. Yes, it did have no anti-halation layer but it kind of looked a bit like infrared.

 

[Shangheye]

Me too...and it looks great as long as you don't challenge it on contrast. I'm in Europe so can't help.K

 

[Mark Antony]

You can get it from Silverprint in the UK (APUG sponsor)
http://www.silverprint.co.uk/
Not sure about an American supplier, but several evilbay shops have it.
Like people have suggested it suffers from halation, but can give a nice dreamy look on certain projects.
Mark

 

[bnstein]

Ebay. I've bought some from a seller called cowy07 who has been pleasant to deal with.

See eg http://cgi.ebay.com/10x-Rolls-Lucky...oryZ4204QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

At $16 plus $10 S&H for 10 rolls of 120 I thought it was worth it for experimentation and relearning developing skills: name brand 120 film usually runs about $6-8/roll down under, and shipping that far from B&H is steep.

 

[AgX]

Both, the 100 and 400 version, as well in 135 as 120 last year were at offer at Maco.

 

[srs5694]

I'm pretty sure that Freestyle used to carry Lucky film, but I can't find it on their Web site any more. You could call and ask about it, though.

 

[PHOTOTONE]

Yes, Freestyle did have it a couple years ago.

 

[Tim Gray]

Hmm. I was interested in it due to the terrible halation actually. haha. Thanks for the info/links.

By the way, I searched for "Lucky SHD" on ebay and got nothing. Apparently you have to type in "SHD100".

 

[Thomas Bertilsson]

I loved the 400 iso emulsion and found no quality defects either. Great in Pyrocat. Beautiful for portraits. I attached a photograph I made with the 35mm stuff about two years ago. Printed on Mitsubishi Gekko RC paper in regular Ansco 130 1+3. Low contrast lighting, where I built contrast in the film developer.

- Thomas

 

[brian d]

just search "lucky" in camera's & photo
you'll find it

 

[Tim Gray]

And find it I did. 10 rolls are en route to me.

 

[PhotoJim]

shd* would have found it.

I got mine directly from a Hong Kong seller, along with some Shanghai 100 for 120 and some Era 100 4x5. I haven't shot the Era yet, but the Shanghai has been interesting stuff. The one roll of Lucky I tried was a bit of a disaster (darkroom incident) but I'm looking forward to trying it again.

 

[Erik Petersson]

Well, now that I have exposed some SHD100. Is there anyone that knows how to develop it in xtol? The massive dev chart says 1+1.5 in 20C for eight minutes. I would prefer to develop it without diluting the developer. But what time should I choose then?

 

[htmlguru4242]

I've used the 100 and 400 stuff. I used to get it from J&C, IIRC - (remember them?)

It really wasn't that bad - the anti-halation layer wasn't great, but I liked the look of the film overall. And the price couldn't be beat...