Experimental film - Lomography Film

Referring to my earlier post on using experimental film (link) I can now present some results.

While I did not yet expose the Rollei Infrared and the Crossbird Creative film I have results for the Lomography black and white and color films.

The first version of the Lomography Earl Grey 100 black and white film I exposed in the little town of Rheinfelden. The results are images with good contrast and very fine grain.


2015 December - Rheinfelden - Images by Andreas Mueller

Lomography Color Negative 100 filmes I exposed one roll in Bern on a sunny but cold winter day and the second one in Aarau on a cloudy winter Sunday. Results are sharp fine grained images with a color profile including a rather strong contribution of red and brown tones. While this could be a result of the spectrum of the winter sun it would be interesting to see the color performance of this film in bright sunlight on a Summer day.


2015 December - Bern - Images by Andreas Mueller


2016 January - Aarau - Images by Andreas Mueller

Cross processing film

In an earlier post I reported on experimental film I just bought. Among the selection of film there was the Rollei Crossbird ISO 200 film which is a slide film (standard E-6 process) which however is famous for cross processing in C-41 negative process.

My motivation to buy this film was to do something experimental. Shooting sceneries with bright colors, good contrast, and plenty of detail, and then process the film in C-41. It is an experiment with - at least to me - unpredictable outcome. I am wondering if I can get that typical greenish color spectrum for that film.

Being all excited about this experiment I was searching for information on cross processing slide film. - What is cross processing (x-pro)?

Visit the crossprocessing.info site where the technological background is explained.

Here a gallery with all cross processed photographs using different film: link

I am still waiting for the right moment to expose my Rollei Crossbird film. 

Experimental film

This is another post on analog photography using non standard film. Some creative experiment playing with the imaging media.

Randomly I ordered some special film through the internet. Now I am trying to figure out what to shoot with it. As described in an earlier post when using different color film to capture the colors of our fall landscapes understanding something about the technical, or chemical background of the film is needed in order to make the right choice.

Rollei INFRARED 120: an ISO 400 black and white film:
This is a special infrared film with spectral sensitivity up to 820 nm. This is more than 100 nm further towards the longer wavelength compared to the spectral sensitivity of the human eye which goes to 700 nm.
Images of a landscape setting with deep blue sky should result in a very dark, almost black sky since infrared is absorbed by the water in the atmosphere and not reflected back into the camera. Same applies for water. Foliage of trees becomes very bright since the leaves of plants reflect a lot of the infrared light.

Rollei Infrared ISO 400

There is no big IR effect when not applying an IR filter - meaning, a filter blocking all colors in the visible range of the spectrum an letting pass the infrared contribution only. If no filter is being used, the absorption in the visible range of the light spectrum is predominant.





Rollei Crossbird Creative Edition: an ISO 200 color film:
Crossbird can be processed as standard E-6 slide film or it can be cross processed in C-41 process producing interesting altered, retro color shifts.

Rollei Crossbird ISO 200

This film in general exhibits coarse grain and a rather greenish color spectrum.








Lomography Color Negative: an ISO 100 color filme:
This is a color negative film for bright sunlight conditions giving results with vivid colors.

Lomography Color Negative ISO 100

Example images show a rather cold color temperature, meaning a strong blue contribution.

The Lomography films are also referred to as "toy films". However, Lomography films are just rebranded films in earlier times produced and supplied by Kodak, Fuji, Agfa, ...




Lomography Black and White Earl Grey: an ISO 100 black and white film:
The Lomography Earl Gray Black&White film seems to be a rebranding of the Foma Fomapan 100 Classic. This film shows low granularity, high resolving power and contour sharpness, and displays a wide range of halftones.

Lomography Black&White Earl Grey ISO 100

This seems like a very performant black and white film when detail, contrast and sharpness is required.












For reference please refer to the websites of respective film suppliers:
- Rollei film
- Lomography