{"id":892,"date":"2019-04-15T07:06:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T11:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/07\/film-review-blog-no-35-lomography-berlin-400\/"},"modified":"2023-02-14T10:46:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T15:46:39","slug":"film-review-blog-no-35-lomography-berlin-400","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/15\/film-review-blog-no-35-lomography-berlin-400\/","title":{"rendered":"Film Review Blog No. 35 – Lomography Berlin 400"},"content":{"rendered":"

Found in a dusty warehouse, based on where the film came from, Sweeden, Lomography promoted their Berlin 400 as an iconic cinematic film. 400-Speed, Black & White, and from East Germany. Well, that certainly narrowed it down to only one film, thankfully it is one that I did have planned to review at a later date, so why not discuss it under the Lomography Brand! The film, if you haven’t already guessed is ORWO N74, which made collecting developing formulas easy. Shooting cinematic film in still cameras is nothing new, at least for me, I still love shooting Double-X for urban work, so getting into the groove is easy. Now N74 is a film I had not shot a lot of, having shot a single roll in 2013 at VCXPEX III<\/a>, and in an abandoned school the film just sang, even in almost dead Xtol! So I was looking forward to getting to know the film better!<\/p>\n

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Film Specs<\/strong>
\nType: Panchromatic B&W
\nFilm Base: Acetate
\nFilm Speed: ASA-400
\nFormats Avaliable: 35mm<\/p>\n

Roll 01 – Kodak D-76<\/strong>
\nIt became rather clear immediately that this was a cinematic film, and it’s all in the grain. I have to remind myself two things, one that grain is good; the second is in cinema film grain doesn’t matter as much because you’re projecting the film at high speed. But it certainly adds to the overall look of your images. And while yes, there’s a fair amount of grain in the images for a 400-speed film, it adds to the images. Not to mention, everything else is fairly uniform tone and contrast, and it is slightly sharper than I expected. I think that you would do best to dilute 1+1 or even 1+2. Since I have five rolls, I think I know how that last roll is getting souped.<\/p>\n

\"FRB<\/a>