Lomo Kino Berlin 400 in 120 Format.

Lomography is always out to do interesting stuff. They aren't the first company to re-spool motion picture film stock for still photography. They have whoever taken ORWO UN 54 and N74 and renamed them as Potsdam and Berlin. I've shot UN 54 it's a great 100 ISO black and white film, I've shot N74 under the Bergger BRF+400 name. What Lomography has done is make both films available in 120, and I had one roll of Berlin to shoot and it went through my brother's Texas Leica (yes kids, I want one, bad) and the results you see below.

It's nice film but I found it has a tendency to develop newton rings while scanning, and this has only happened with this particualar emulsion. Nothing a little cloning can't fix. I processed in HC110 B, the results are pretty good. Now I do plan to try D76 with some rolls of Berlin in 35mm, we'll see. Is it worth $11 CAD a roll? Well, if you are looking for something a bit different, yes, you get a chance to shoot black and white motion picture stock with really big negatives. It's not my go 400 ISO black and white film, I have one of them I'll talk about next post on Wednesday.



Camera: Fujica GW690III. 90 F3.5 Fujion Lens.
Film: Lomo Kino Berlin 400, HC110 B.


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