orthographic again

[Grandpa Ron]

MRCA

That is an interesting question. I think you might look at civil war era photos . I believe those were orthographic in nature. However, the processes and papers were also different.

 

[mrca]

Ron, have looked into films used in the 20's and 30's to achieve the look of images of that era.

 

[earthmanbuck]

I haven't shot ortho myself but I do have a couple rolls I am eager to try once the weather/pandemic situation is more amenable to me doing more shooting. I've seen some ortho portraits that I really liked, the skin tones looked a bit darker than standard pan B&W films, and it had a very old-fashioned feel to it.

 

[mrca]

Ron, keep us posted, it is great how you are thinking outside the box. I just installed a split focusing screen on my Mamiya RB67 and it transformed it for studio, nailing eye focus. Glad to see other folks using film gear.

 

[wpblaken]

I posted this is the B&W forum but no one replied. Since I did not know how to cancel the post I am reposting here in the Film section.

I am curious if anyone uses orthographic film?

As I understand it, it is only blue/green light sensitive, and some film seems to be used for photo-copy work.

Are there any advantages to using it

I use ortho film - Fujifilm 4791 Ortho and Kodak 2238 specifically. I like doing so because of the crisp definition I get. I shoot both films at 10-20 ISO, which obviously means they can't be used for all situations. And from my point of view, these films are not well suited for pictures of people. I develop in D76 stock for about 10 minutes, depending on the ISO at which I exposed them. You can often buy these films in bulk and make up your own 35mm cartridges, storing your bulk stock in the freezer.