"Experimental" films

[JiveBunny73]

Has anyone shot much with films that have a colour shift etc with them - like Lomochrome, Dubblefilm or Volvox? How did you find them? I'm looking for something to give me that vintage mid-century saturated pastel look that I've not been able to edit onto my digital shots.

 

[Harlequin565]

I've shot Lomochrome Purple and didn't like it. I think I shot mine at 400 and I read that you get a different effect shooting it at 100 or 200. The problems I had were compounded by the fact that scan software was continually trying to "correct" the purple colour shifts which was less than helpful and made the whole thing a headache. I don't know how labs handle colour shifted films either (whether all films are auto-scanned, or it's done by hand) which might be another thing to consider.

I've just received my Metropolis but there's no colour out there at the moment - just grey and mud, so that is not likely to see any use until I do something interesting. So that's no help...

 

[ChrisR]

You could try redscale, which is ordinary colour film wound the wrong way, so shot through the orange mask. The lomography one is rated 50-200 ISO. I can't quit remember which way, but I think if you shoot at 200 (lower exposure) you get a redder effect, while if you shoot at 50 you get a mix of the red/orange with the more natural colours, eg strong greens will work. However, I've only shot 2 films so no expert. If I've got that wrong, someone will be along to correct me, no doubt.

 

[ChrisR]

You can also get some interesting results by shooting slide (reversal) film and getting it processed in C41 chemicals (Filmdev doesn't charge extra for this, though some labs might).