At last I had a chance to shoot a roll of this film. And my conclusion is that it just looks like any other expired but well preserved (refrigerated) 20+ YO film. I got similar results to those from expired Fuji Superia or NPH, including the base fog. ORWO’s mask turns out greenish-brownish just like other expired films I’ve had experience with.
Nice! In hindsight, I feel like ORWO has laid down excellent groundwork for their new ISO 200 film with this one.
Given how (relatively) small that factory is and how complicated it is to make colour-negative film, there’s something special about this particular effort. Especially the part about how they’ve never given up and continued to improve their product for over a decade.
Robert Pustułka edited on Nov 21, ‘25
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