After a few rolls of interesting films, I am starting to think I am a mainstream, film kind of guy. You know. Lomography, WalCVMartGreen multipacks, Kodak Gold 200 and the like… but I am getting ahead of myself.
The topic of today’s post is another part of a Father’sDay film haul I am almost done working my way through. The reasoning was simple. I was looking for color film stocks I had not tried before at my local camera shop. Never heard of the company. I did not look up sample photos in advance. Glow and Aqua variants of Retocolor 400 films were tested previously.
This time? A third RETO film.
Interestingly these are 27 exposure rolls instead of the 24 and 36 exposure rolls I am used to.
Camera? A favorite rig of mine.
As usual, developed at home with Cinestill CS41.
This post is the result of a most wonderful evening. This post covers the analog part of the day while singing with 100 Men In Black Male Chorus for the dinner crowd at Urban Ministries in Durham, NC. The digital portion was great also and will be mentioned in another post. Here are my favorites from the roll below with some thoughts after.
Last thoughts.
I like this film…. But unlike the two previous RETO films there are no caveats. Clean, low grain images with a pleasing color cast. As stated above, I am a fan of mainstream emulsions. Well this film can now be added to my list of favorites.
Would I buy it again? Yep. My usual reluctance due to price does not apply here. Reasonably priced, especially if purchased directly from RETO (as of the date of this blog). I also really like supporting smaller companies so that will likely play a part. It does help that I develop at home so that does offset some of the cost. A great outcome.
-ELW
Eric L. Woods 
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