In summer, Kosmo Foto launched a Kickstarter for our second film, Agent Shadow.
Agent Shadow is a 400-ISO 35mm film hat is fine-grained at box speed but gets much mope contrasty and atmospheric when pushed. And you can push this film four stops beyond its box speed – ISO 6400.
The film, which was launched alongside a special Briefcase Box and a graphic novella called ‘The 36 Frames’. It raised more than 100% of the funding target needed and film will be heading out to backers next month.
While the Kickstarter backers are obviously first in the queue, Kosmo Foto’s overjoyed to report that we can now offer Kosmo Foto Agent Shadow film for pre-order for delivery in November.
This pre-order is only for private customers and allows you to get your hands on the film before it makes its way to shops and online retailers around the world.
You can see in the images below – taken by Kosmo Foto and some of the wonderful photographers who shot test rolls of the film earlier this year – just how contrasty the film becomes when pushed to ISO 1600, 3200 and 6400. Films this flexible are a great thing to have in the camera bag just in case you find yourself out when the light gets low and the shadows lengthen…
The film only costs £5 a roll (£6 including VAT for UK and EU customers) and each customer can buy between three and 10 rolls of this strictly limited batch.
At the moment, it looks like this film will ship to customers in the first week of November, though we will obviously keep you posted if this changes.
Keep your eyes posted for more example posts of the film in the coming weeks, and some guidance for how to develop the film at a range of ISOs if you plan to develop it yourself.
I'm a New Zealander who has been living in London since the mid-1990s, shooting film seriously since the year 2000. Kosmo Foto was launched in 2012 and has since become a film brand, with the release of my first films Kosmo Foto Mono 35mm (2017) and Kosmo Foto Mono 120 (2019).
I’m doing everything I can to promote film photography in the 21st Century, and help it survive and thrive. If you want to write something for Kosmo Foto, please drop me a line at foto.dowling@gmail.com.
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