This was suppose to be a Foma Ortho review...

Being a part-time RUclips photographer is sometimes a bit of a struggle.
This was supposed to be an easy-to-make film review video about Foma Ortho. I did shoot some Foma Ortho with my Hasselblad, but I can't call it a review. In the end, this is mostly a video of a bearded guy taking photographs with Foma Ortho.
Foma Ortho is a cool orthographic film which is kinda old-school. Before the rise of panchromatic film, orthographic film was the norm. Way before my time. The benefit and drawback of ortho-film is that it's non-sensitive to some of the red-spectrum (compared to panchromatic). This is actually quite a nice effect for landscape photography. When I got back into film photography, the only available ortho-film used to be Ilford Ortho Plus. However, things have changed, and Foma has since brought out Foma Ortho 400 in 120-film. How cool! And I was itching to do a small, easy film review.
But, the reality is that I don't do this full-time note even close. Instead, I have a full-time day job (or mostly a night job), which means I'm limited in how much time I can devote to photography and RUclips. When something goes wrong, it derails things. Like in this video, nothing major happened, Just a few small mishaps derailing the original film review idea.
That's life for you as a part-time RUclips photographer. At least I got away with a couple of really nice images. It's way better than I expected, It's almost a shame I didn't talk more about them in the video.
Enjoy this week's non-epic landscape photography vlog thingy.
Love,
Oscar
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Photography gear
Hasselbad 2003 FCW
Carl-Zeiss 80 mm f/2.8 (F-lens)
Carl-Zeiss 50 mm f/4 (CF-lens)
Film: Foma Ortho 400 (& Rollei RPX 400)
1st film rotary-developed in Rodinal.
2nd film semi-stand in Rodinal.
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Video gear
Fujifilm X-H2
Fujinong 10-24 mm f/4 (1st gen)
DJI Action 3
Zoom Field recorder F1 w. lav mic
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[@mike1902]

Another nice video and all credit to you in continuing to make your videos given you have a full time job. Ortho can sometimes be notoriously difficult to develop and get the results you want. When I have developed it in the past I have either reduced development time by 20-25% or done a full stand development in either Rodinal(5mls of dev to 495mls of water) or 1ml of 510 pyro to 500mls of water for a full hour with 1 agitation at the 30 min mark.

[@O.Persson]

Thanks for the kind words!
I did notice it can be a tad tricky 😆
I do think the thin negatives is a combination of some underexposure and under development on my part.
Thanks for the input, I'll try 510 pyro next time. It's been in and out of my shopping cart for a while now, and as I need to order some more 4x5 film soon I might just pick up some 510 as well.

[@kendunton1]

You're right. Photography is fun. Loving your channel.

[@thomaspopple2291]

Doesn't look like your meter was quite right. Plus, it's Ortho film so anything red is going to look very dark, almost black. Thanks for the video. I personally don't like ortho film. Red and orange come out almost black and blue sky goes completely white.

[@O.Persson]

Thanks for the input. As always when it comes to thin negatives, it's one of two things under exposure or under developing. And under exposure is far more common of the two. So you might just be right.
I do however suspect it's a little of both here, and that RPX is just a bit more forgiving than Foma Ortho.
I did try quite a few new things, new developer, new film, new developing technique, new meter, using EV-values etc.
As one should, it makes figuring out what went wrong so much easier 😆
About the Ortho-film, you summed it up perfectly. It's certainly a different look, I can se myself shooting it from time to time. But it won't be my default :)
Thanks for the support, and have a great day!