What is Lomography ORCA 110 at this point?

[charlotteRF]

I noticed the box now says "Made in the Czech Republic", rather than Germany like it used to.
It was fairly common knowledge that it was just UN54 in a cartridge, but now I wonder what it is.
Even stranger, the developing times they list don't match up with Fomapan 100, or UN54

Fomapan 100? Or are they getting Foma to finish the film now? I'm not sure who still has the ability to make 110 and backing paper, I figured it was only Inoviscoat

 

[loccdor]

The 8 minutes 7 seconds time is a bit ridiculous (the specificity of it), and implies that they did their own testing rather than take the results from somewhere else.

Maybe it's Fomapan 100 which is old enough to have lost some sensitivity? Or a batch with some error that made it slightly slower.

The example pictures they show do look overexposed or overdeveloped. But they also look like the exact same picture that has just been digitally altered. It's unlikely the model would stay perfectly still for 4 separate pictures with no discernible movement at all in such a pose.

 

[charlotteRF]

The 8 minutes 7 seconds time is a bit ridiculous (the specificity of it), and implies that they did their own testing rather than take the results from somewhere else.

Maybe it's Fomapan 100 which is old enough to have lost some sensitivity? Or a batch with some error that made it slightly slower.

The example pictures they show do look overexposed or overdeveloped. But they also look like the exact same picture that has just been digitally altered. It's unlikely the model would stay perfectly still for 4 separate pictures with no discernible movement at all in such a pose.

All I can add or take away from the Foma angle is that the film does not color fresh film chemicals with its anti halation layer, which Fomapan 100 does

 

[loccdor]

Interesting. Maybe your Foma-as-finisher idea does make the most sense. You know what the only 9.75 D-76 stock time is on the dev chart? Lomography Berlin Kino. Which is ORWO N74. But that's a 400 speed film. I suppose if it's old enough, or has enough latitude, it can become a 100.

 

[brbo]

I really hope they are not switching films for Tiger 200 and Orca 100 in their 110 lineup. They are (were?) great.

The rest of funky or work-in-progress films will always have their limited audience or get better...

 

[charlotteRF]

I really hope they are not switching films for Tiger 200 and Orca 100 in their 110 lineup. They are (were?) great.

The rest of funky or work-in-progress films will always have their limited audience or get better...

Orca still looks fine to me, this is probably two stops underexposed, took this today



I just wonder if its now Foma, they did recently start producing a 16mm cine version of Fomapan 100 after all.