As the film revival continues strong, another new color film stock has been released, this time by Montreal-based Popho Camera Company. And unlike other respooled rolls of film, Popho Camera Company comes right out and says what its new Luminar 100 film stock is: respooled Kodak Aerocolor IV 2460, historically used for aerial surveillance.
Popho Luminar 100 is a daylight-balanced color negative film stock that Popho describes as having ‘medium saturation and contrast’ with ‘warm tones, enhanced red sensitivity and a wide dynamic range.’ Popho notes the film stock is ‘well-suited for landscape and other general photographic applications.’
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| Luminar 100 sample image, provided by Popho Camera Company. | Luminar 100 sample image, provided by Popho Camera Company. |
Kodak, in its data sheet for Aerocolor IV 2460, says the film uses the company’s 3.9-mil (0.10mm) ESTAR Base with gel backing for ‘flexibility, moisture resistance, high tear resistance, and excellent dimensional stability’ and has an ‘abrasion-resistant emulsion, an antihalation undercoat, and a dyed-gel backing.’ Kodak also says the film doesn’t have integral color masking,
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| Luminar 100 sample image, provided by Popho Camera Company. |
Popho Luminar 100 is factory-spooled onto 36-exposure recyclable plastic cassettes in 35mm format and uses standard C-41 processing. There’s no DX coding on the cassettes at launch, but Popho says its planning to add it in the ‘near future.’
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| Luminar 100 sample image, provided by Popho Camera Company. | Luminar 100 sample image, provided by Popho Camera Company. |
Unlike many of the recent film stocks we’ve seen pop up, Luminar 100 isn’t a limited release, meaning it should be around for years to come.
36-exposure rolls of Popho Luminar 100 are available to pre-order for $10.51 each. This isn’t a crowdfunding campaign and the first units are produced and will be shipped out (without the paper box) by mid-January 2023. We have pre-ordered a roll and will feature the results once we shoot and develop the film after its arrival.
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| Luminar 100 sample image, provided by Popho Camera Company. | Luminar 100 sample image, provided by Popho Camera Company. |
To find out more about Popho Luminar 100 and the company behind it, head on over to the Popho Camera Company website.
