Analog Therapy/Film Test: FPP B&W WOLFMAN 100.
Stopped by my local camera shop earlier this week. Took some photos with a fun setup. Decided to pick up some more Rollei Infrared 400 and Chris…
…recommended I give some FPP film that had just come in a try. He had B&W ISO 400, 200, and 100 in stock and I picked up one of each. This post is about the ISO 100 variant.
Not my first FPP film. I had tried their low ISO color film before (Exhibit A, B, and C.) but it is my first try with their B&W film. MUMMY 400 and FRANKENSTEIN 200 went well. This time I went with a free to me Pentax SF10 and 50mm f/1.7 lens.
Had been so long since I used it last that the battery went flat. Perfect. I had to stop by the local camera shop to price some prints for an upcoming show. I will get a battery while I am at it. This camera is so easy to use and with only 24 exposures to get through I just took a few pics in the shop and then ran around and killed off the rest of the exposures on the way home. Developed the film with Cinestill df96 as usual. Here are the pics with my thoughts on the film afterward.
Thoughts.
This was roll ten through this batch of df96 chemistry and earlier on I had developed some Rollei Infrared 400 that required some longer times to clear the film. I say this since like the last roll of 400 and then the 200 there were some… splotches? Less than the 400 or 200 film which is what I would expect from 100 film. No big. So I cleaned them up in Lightroom. I tossed a couple more that were lost due to human error and I do not want them to count against the film. But I was left with a nice sampling of images. Anyhoo.
The film itself.
I like it. A lot. My favorite of the three. Which is what I expected. I always prefer the look of ISO 100 B&W film from the same company. I like the tones and I find the look even more pleasing than the 400 or 200 speed variants. Will I buy more? Probably. I have a few favorite ISO 100 films. Rollei RPX 100 and CATLabs XFilm 320 (which I shoot at 100) come to mind first. But this WOLFMAN 100 film has a nice, mellow look I like that differs from the very sharp Rollei and CATLabs films. Not better. Different. And I like it. I welcome any new film that comes along and I had fun giving it a spin. I wish FPP much success.
Happy capturing.
-ELW
Eric L. Woods 