{"product_id":"optik-oldschool-opticolour-200-120-medium-format-colour-negative-film","title":"Optik Oldschool OptiColour 200 - 120 Medium Format Colour Negative Film","description":"\u003ch1\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOptik Oldschool OptiColour 200 - 120 Medium Format Colour Negative Film\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew colour film is rare. New colour film in 120 is rarer still.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMedium format shooters have spent years watching colour options disappear. This one arrived going the other way.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOptik Oldschool OptiColour 200 120 Film is an ISO 200 daylight-balanced colour negative film built on the Wolfen NC200 emulsion, coated by InovisCoat in Germany. A new emulsion rather than a repackaged old one, with natural colour, good contrast and an orange base that scans conventionally. Standard C-41, 10 to 16 exposures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat Makes Optik Oldschool OptiColour 200 120 Film Habit-Forming\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA New Emulsion in a Format That Rarely Gets One\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOptik Oldschool run a lab in Düsseldorf and got involved with InovisCoat at the factory rather than simply putting their name on someone else's box. They toured the plant, tested preproduction batches and pushed for changes. The result is Wolfen NC200, a stock in the same family as NC400 and NC500 but distinctly better behaved, arriving in a format where new colour film almost never appears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Orange Base Matters More Here\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOptik Oldschool argued for the orange base and it was not in the original plan. Earlier Wolfen colour films were awkward on lab scanners. This one behaves like a conventional C-41 negative. On a 6x7 frame, where every characteristic arrives enlarged and every flaw with it, that consistency counts for more than it does in 35mm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eNatural Colour, Good Contrast\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe palette is natural rather than saturated. Greens and reds hold up well, contrast is good, and skin tones come out better than the Wolfen lineage might lead you to expect. The comparison people keep reaching for is Agfa stock from the late eighties, which is about right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIt Is Not Portra, and Not Trying to Be\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe honest limitation. This is a young emulsion from a small coating operation and it does not have the clinical consistency of Kodak's professional line, which is felt more keenly in medium format where a wasted frame costs proportionally more. It is not as clean as Ektar and it is not a Portra replacement. What you get instead is character, in a format where your colour options have been narrowing for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Glow in the Highlights\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe anti-halation layer produces a faint glow around bright highlights. On a larger negative it is more visible than in 35mm, and most people who have shot it read it as character rather than fault.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eExposure: Be Generous\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISO 200 is honest, but a little extra light does no harm at all. One stop of push is survivable if the weather turns, though the film is at its best properly exposed in the first place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBuilt to Stay Flat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA PET base with a non-curl addition means the film comes off the spool straight. Anyone who has fought a curly strip of 120 into a scanner holder at eleven at night will appreciate the thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eStandard C-41 Processing\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeveloped in standard C-41 chemistry at any colour lab, including here at Chemical Dependency Lab. No special handling required.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e120 medium format\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExposures\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 at 6x7, 12 at 6x6, 16 at 6x4.5\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISO\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e200\/24°\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eType\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eColour negative\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProcess\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eC-41\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEmulsion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWolfen NC200, coated by InovisCoat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBase\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrange, PET, non-curl\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat emulsion is OptiColour 200?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWolfen NC200, coated by InovisCoat in Germany. It sits above the more familiar NC400 and NC500 in the same series and had not previously reached photographers in this form. Optik Oldschool worked with the coating plant directly, including pushing for the orange base that makes it scan conventionally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow many frames do you get from OptiColour 200 in 120?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt depends on your camera back rather than the film. A standard 120 roll gives 10 frames at 6x7, 12 at 6x6, or 16 at 6x4.5. A 6x9 back will give you 8. The roll is the same in every case.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCan you push OptiColour 200?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne stop, if the light goes and you are committed to the roll. It survives it, but the film rewards generous exposure rather than underexposure and pushing, so treat it as a rescue rather than a technique.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBest For\u003c\/strong\u003e Landscape, travel, portraiture and general colour work in decent daylight, on any 120 camera you own. The natural palette and larger negative suit photographers who want colour that describes rather than exaggerates, and the price sits below the professional Kodak stocks that dominate medium format colour. We develop, scan and print 120 as well, and a 6x6 frame from this film printed full and centred is worth seeing on paper rather than a screen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for:\u003c\/strong\u003e Medium format shooters tired of the same two or three colour options, photographers who want a genuinely new emulsion on a big negative, anyone shooting travel and landscape who prefers natural colour to saturated, and anyone whose dependency has quietly moved from 35mm to 120 and is now considerably more expensive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe colour options in 120 have been shrinking for years, so a new emulsion arriving in medium format is worth attention on its own terms. That it scans cleanly, stays flat, and renders colour with actual character rather than novelty is what makes it more than a curiosity. Shoot it in good light, give it a touch more exposure than the meter asks for, and it holds its own on a frame that shows you everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso available in \u003ca href=\"\/products\/optik-oldschool-opticolour-200-35mm-colour-negative-film\"\u003e35mm\u003c\/a\u003e, and the rest of the range sits in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/optik-oldschool\"\u003eOptik Oldschool\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Optik Oldschool","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58435897491830,"sku":null,"price":10.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/3892\/5430\/files\/OptiColour120.jpg?v=1786480558","url":"https:\/\/chemicaldependency.co.uk\/products\/optik-oldschool-opticolour-200-120-medium-format-colour-negative-film","provider":"Chemical Dependency Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}