Agfa XT-100
We started digging in our large stockpile of expired cinema film and found a true gem. When we first started Norwich Camera Company, it was built around developing film and hand spooling bulk rolls. We have grown so much since then but we still stick to our roots. When we first started, we bought a TON of short ends and expired cinema film. 4 years later, we are finally spooling some of it up. One of the cans was Agfa XT-100. It was acquired form the "Big Brother Big Sister" media division in New York after they closed down their studio. The price was right for a freezer full of film with unknown expiration dates so we took it.
This film is THICC. I mean, it's a really thick film! Its almost twice the thickness of normal film and thicker than any other cinema film that we have used. Its also somewhat brittle. If you bend it at a sharp angle, it will tear. While this isn't a big issue, it is something to think of when loading it into your camera. Due to its thickness, it will only be loaded into 24 frame rolls. We have about 200ft of this film which will be able to spool up around 45 rolls.
We did some test rolls to find its sweet spot for ISO rating. This stuff SHINES at ISO 50. The information and spec sheet about this film is basically non existent which is rare for a cine film. We assume with the "T" it would be a tungsten balanced film. If it is, either the age of the film or its forgiveness to color temperature makes it amazing for outdoor shooting. This stuff scanned in beautifully with no manual color correction or filters used.
We did a semi scientific test by exposing the film at base ISO 100, +1 and +2. ISO 100 is fine....ish. Its thin, but acceptable with very pronounced grain. ISO 50 is beautiful for color density and contrast. At ISO 25, this film looks very clean given its estimated age of 20 years. It has minimal base fog on the negative. Were not going to give it a true rating and recommend you take the Lomography approach. Stop thinking and just take pictures.
All shots were taken with a Minolta CLE sitting behind a Voigtlander 40mm 1.4 Nokton Classic. Film was developed in Fuji NR C-41/CN-16 developer in a rotary JOBO processor.
ISO 100
ISO 50
ISO 25
ISO 100
ISO 50
ISO 25
ISO 100
ISO 50
ISO 25
Finally, we will leave you with this image. Again, NO color correction was applied to these images. This is straight out of our Pakon F235. There is a slight golden hue in the highlights. This image was taken during the beginning golden hour. Take photos, leave only foot prints and remember the golden rule.
ISO 50
