I’ve been testing ORWO Wolfen NC 500 for months, trying to understand how to use this film best. It demonstrated promising results in promotional samples ( analog.cafe/r/film-photogr… ) and in some examples mentioned by other reviewers.
But the testers’ feedback is very inconsistent — this film seems to have impressed them at one point and disappointed at another.
This film seems to shine in specific light/scenes/applications.
I’ve got results that looked like expired Portra: excellent skin tone reproduction with chunky grain and low saturation. Hoping to find a strategy to make the most of this film consistenly.
I’ll test another roll and publish my results soon.
Here’s another shot with ORWO Wolfen NC 500 in my Voigtländer Vitessa A ( analog.cafe/r/voigtlander-… ). It appears to preserve highlights very well and captures the mood of cloudy weather well. I want to try exposing this film at EI 200 and 100 to see if that could deliver better results than box speed.
Dmitri Mar 13, ‘24 edit
Dmitri May 25, ‘23