ORWO N75 Plus 400 35mm Film Test

[cmo]

I just compared prices for these 27-shot films - almost $8, roughly $0.28 per shot.

The prices I pay for my own hand-rolled 36-shot films:

$2.54 ($0.07 per shot) for the UN54
$3.81 ($0.11 per shot) for the N74

Of course, I don't have fancy stickers

 

[gorbas]

CMO, Fancy stickers are key to success in photography!

 

[ic-racer]

From the e-bay ad:
"As with most bulk-rolled film, the last shot of each roll will not come out properly as it is taped to the spool. "

I have no idea that that means. Perhaps he is using six inches of tape?
My other interpretation is that these are actually half-rolls (18 exposure) and he winds out to 27 on the bulk loader's counter. So he is indicating you won't get the full 27 exposures.

 

[mrred]

From the e-bay ad:
"As with most bulk-rolled film, the last shot of each roll will not come out properly as it is taped to the spool. "

If it was on EBay, it must be true......

 

[brianmquinn]

It's about getting you hands on a few rolls to test out before you buy a 100 feet or so of film.
I feel the seller is offering us a service we could choose to take advantage of and it's OK for him to earn a few bucks in the process.
If you were to contact him directly he most likely would make you 36 exp rolls if you cared for them.

 

[ic-racer]

I finished my last 100 foot roll of Kodak film so now I have a chance to try out the ORWO N75 Plus 400 film.
This is from the first roll. Developed for 8 min 24 deg. C in Tmax developer, rotary. Printed on Ilford FB MG.

 

[gorbas]

Nice work IC-racer! For sure it's very challenging subject for lighting. Did you use available light or you did full lighting setup? So far i like ORWO N74 way more than slower UN-54
All the best
Goran

 

[ic-racer]

Thanks for the comments. That is the roof of a cave. It is right at the opening, so it is illuminated with the available light.

 

[Schlapp]

Here's a couple of N74 on my blog http://boxesbellows.blogspot.com/2012/01/orwo-n74.html

 

[ic-racer]

I shot the last of 200 feet of this film this week. Time for some more.

 

[fostergregd]

I'm not sure how to read the charts about film speed.

I'm a total film noob, still working my way through my first 100foot can of Tri-X. I'll be living in Europe this summer, and Tri-X is getting damn expensive, so I'm interested in using N74 instead.

I hear large format photographers say that Tri-X "true speed" is around 250 ISO. I guess that's based on Zone system and where the shadow detail should be on the... curve... obviously I have no idea what I'm talking about. Does that mean that I could shoot N74 at 200 or 250 in daylight and get good results?

I'm currently shooting Tri-X at 400 and 1600, developed in T-Max dev at my local pro lab. I'm going to start developing at home, and I think I need speeds between ~250 and ~1250 for the range of what I'm doing (mostly snapshots, street photography, candid stuff, in everything from bright sunlight to dimly lit pubs).

What developer should I start with? D-76 and XTOL are obvious options, as well as HC-110. I like the idea of HC-110 because it's so cheap and easy to use as one shot, but I'm not sure if it will be easy to get my hands on. I know I can get the other two easily, and they are cheap enough of course.

Any advice for me? Thanks!

 

[subsole]

Official development times from ORWO for rotation development in a small tank :

 

[mrred]

Try the flickr group http://www.flickr.com/groups/1924424@N22/ . They are quite active in finding developer combinations with examples. I prefer the UN54 (ISO 100) over the N74, but both are quite usable.

The N74 is probably closer to Kentmere. Both respond favorably to Thornton (easily made and chemicals can be bought from B&H worldwide).

Here is N74 in Thornton....



And as a reversal...



The grain is what you would expect and you can get good results with the right choices.

 

[cmacd123]

Has Any one had a chance to compaire N74 with the NEW N75

I just ordered some more N74, but the orwona folks only had 100 ft rolls. I ended up receiving one roll of N74 Plus, (Emulsion N81-1) and two rolls of N75 (Emulsion N91-1).

the N75 is supposed to have better Anti Static performance and an AHU layer. the can lists the daylight speed as 400, but the data sheet suggests 320. Have any of the film gurus had a chance to do any testing yet. (the title of this thread refers to N75, but the previous posts all seem to be about N74 and N74 Plus.)

 

[ic-racer]

I see the images from this thread are gone.
Here are the Tri-x vs ORWO H&D curves:

 

[ic-racer]

This is my 'example' photograph that is missing from the thread.

 

[cmacd123]

I ended up receiving one roll of N74 Plus, (Emulsion N81-1) and two rolls of N75 (Emulsion N91-1).
the N75 is supposed to have better Anti Static performance and an AHU layer.

Just spooled one of the rolls of N75 into Cassettes.
I ban confirm that it does seem to have an AHU layer, the back of the film appears very dark while the N74 is more of a grey. will be a while before I get to shoot and develop one of the rolls.

 

[Athiril]

Does anyone know if "VibePhoto" B&W is Orwo?