Luckyfilm shd 50. Has anyone heard anything about this film?

Warmaji · 2025-10-09T00:07:37-0400

One late night I found myself scrolling on reflx lab's website and came across this filmstock I can find any information on.

SHD50 BLACK & WHITE 35MM 100FT BULK ROLL

Made in Heibei, China by Lucky Film Fresh date Film Format: 35mm black and white negative ISO: 50 (we recommend shooting at iso25) With this bulk roll, you can respool 19 rolls of 135 film (36EXP)

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They only offer it in bulk rolls last I checked, and I have found a single thread on the rangefinder forums and one person experimenting with it a bit on threads, I believe. There's nothing I can really find on it, and honestly at some point in the near future I might just buy it to figure it out.

jlin · 2025-10-09T05:38:45-0400

Warmaji said:
One late night I found myself scrolling on reflx lab's website and came across this filmstock I can find any information on.

SHD50 BLACK & WHITE 35MM 100FT BULK ROLL

Made in Heibei, China by Lucky Film Fresh date Film Format: 35mm black and white negative ISO: 50 (we recommend shooting at iso25) With this bulk roll, you can respool 19 rolls of 135 film (36EXP)

reflxlab.com

They only offer it in bulk rolls last I checked, and I have found a single thread on the rangefinder forums and one person experimenting with it a bit on threads, I believe. There's nothing I can really find on it, and honestly at some point in the near future I might just buy it to figure it out.

I bought it before tariffs kicked in, 50 some dollars, from Aliexpress. Shot it at ISO 6-12. Use C41 developer to tame high contrast.

koraks · 2025-10-09T05:53:06-0400

That's interesting; despite the liberal exposure, it seems that shadow detail is still rather scant.

jlin · 2025-10-09T06:09:39-0400

koraks said:
That's interesting; despite the liberal exposure, it seems that shadow detail is still rather scant.

it got worse from there.

koraks · 2025-10-09T06:29:28-0400

If that's indeed exposed at EI6-12 and metering wasn't exclusively based on the highlights, it seems that the ISO50 rating is rather overoptimistic.
There's an odd light spot/edge in the bottom right corner of the second example; what's the story behind that?

jlin · 2025-10-09T06:46:50-0400

koraks said:
If that's indeed exposed at EI6-12 and metering wasn't exclusively based on the highlights, it seems that the ISO50 rating is rather overoptimistic.
There's an odd light spot/edge in the bottom right corner of the second example; what's the story behind that?

it is time to check light leak in my old Canon Ftb, no such light spot when I used the same film in Olympus OM1

Raghu Kuvempunagar · 2025-10-09T06:46:54-0400

Could be interesting for reversal. @jlin is the base tinted or clear?

koraks · 2025-10-09T06:50:44-0400

jlin said:
it is time to check light leak in my old Canon Ftb, no such light spot when I used the same film in Olympus OM1

Could it be related to scanning/digitizing? If it were a light leak, I would have expected shadow detail to be locally enhanced as the leak would have acted as a fogging exposure. I see no sign of this.

I know it's a lot to ask, but is there a possibility we can get to see a photo of some of the negatives against a light table? This helps to determine how much shadow density there actually is in the negatives. Future users of the film can use this to their advantage. Thanks in advance!

Raghu Kuvempunagar said:
Could be interesting for reversal.

Interesting thought for sure!

jlin · 2025-10-09T06:56:42-0400

koraks said:
Could it be related to scanning/digitizing? If it were a light leak, I would have expected shadow detail to be locally enhanced as the leak would have acted as a fogging exposure. I see no sign of this.

I know it's a lot to ask, but is there a possibility we can get to see a photo of some of the negatives against a light table? This helps to determine how much shadow density there actually is in the negatives. Future users of the film can use this to their advantage. Thanks in advance!

Interesting thought for sure!

good point! getting ready for work, will check the negatives later,

Alan Johnson · 2025-10-09T07:42:21-0400

Ordered a roll of this to investigate for my interest in high resolution 35mm.
I am not happy with Adox HR-50 (white specks on dark areas) or King Mono 50 (Manufacturers mark intermittent in the centre of the width) as replacement for the discontinued Adox CMS 20 II.

chuckroast · 2025-10-09T09:20:36-0400

Alan Johnson said:
Ordered a roll of this to investigate for my interest in high resolution 35mm.
I am not happy with Adox HR-50 (white specks on dark areas) or King Mono 50 (Manufacturers mark intermittent in the centre of the width) as replacement for the discontinued Adox CMS 20 II.

I don't know if it is available in 35mm, but I have gotten very fine results with Lucky SHD 100 in 120 format, semistand developed in Pyrocat-HDC.

xiaruan · 2025-10-09T09:28:05-0400

In China, the SHD50 film is not officially sold by Lucky (the manufacturer), but rather by some distributors, and it does not carry the Lucky branding. Based on testing by enthusiasts, this film should be shot at ISO 25 and developed in ultra-soft tone developer to achieve normal tonal results. Therefore, some speculate that it might be a copy film produced by Lucky, which distributors have repackaged and sold as SHD50.

Luckyfilm shd 50. Has anyone heard anything about this film?

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