Chinese brand Light Lens Lab has shown more examples taken on the black-and-white film it says it is developing – and announced that it hopes to have the film released by the end of 2025.
The brand, which up until now has concentrated on lenses for Leica cameras, published a blog post on its website on Monday (10 February).
It said: “We have successfully tested, processed, and scanned the second test roll of our film project.
“Please note that the anti-halation layer coating has not yet been applied to this test roll. We will continue developing anti-halation layer while also conducting further research and development for our next batch of test roll using an automatic emulsion process machine. Our goal is to have this black-and-white film, along with films in other development process, available by 2025.
Light Lens Lab said the images, seen above and below, were processed in Adox Atomal 49 with seven minutes constant rotation, and were taken on the second roll of their prototype film, which currently lacks an anti-halation layer.
(You can see more images taken on the film on Light Lens Lab’s original post.)
“We are also researching film format availability in 135, 120, sheet film, and various other formats,” it said.
The plans for the brand’s film were first announced on 29 January. It comes as China Lucky Film – historically China’s biggest film producer – announced that the first colour negative film in its reactivated range may be available by the summer.
Light Lens Lasb said in its post that it had “not yet decided” on what it would call its new film brand. In January’s post, the company had said that it planned:
- Black-and-white film with T-grain structure, with speeds ranging from 100 to 1600
- C-41
- E-6
- Instant peel-apart film
- ECN-2 for cinematography
It said in January its film project would “utilise our newly developed proprietary machine and emulsion process, allowing us to be self-sufficient in our production”.
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