I recently purchased a triple pack of Lomography Redscale 120mm film for £5.00 which had expired back in 2012.
I’ve shot redscale film on my 35mm film camera’s before but thought it would be fun to test out on my Lubitel 166B camera during the daytime.
Here are some photos I took using a roll of the film:
The rescale wasn’t as ‘red’ as I thought it was going to be but I wonder if that was because the film was several years old. Instead, I thought the pictures had more of a Sepia tone to them. I also note that the film states to have an ISO of 200 for super-intense red and orange colours and ISO 25 if you want to mix additional tones of blue and green to the image. The Lubitel doesn’t have a light meter but from my previous use of the camera and the weather we have in the UK in the winter, I tend to shoot the Lubitel with a shutter speed of 1/125s and an aperture between f/5.6 and f/8.
Either way, I think the Sepia tone works quite well with the garden images I took.
Natalie Smart Film Photography 
Great tones, seems to suit the Lubitel size negatives. Another film I’ve never tried.
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I agree, the tones look quite good with those size negatives. Would be great to see your photos if you do try out this film 😊
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For £5.00 it was worth experimenting! And I think your results are cool. I have yet to shoot redscale, but I do have some hand spooled Fuji 200 in the fridge. Maybe next month since February is officially Red Scale Month. 🙂
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Thanks Shaun 😊 Hopefully you’ll get chance to shoot some redscale and I look forward to seeing the photos if you do 👍
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I like your first image, interesting film. Have you thought about buying a lightmeter, maybe a ‘Leningrad 8’ meter cheap as chips and still work very well.
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Yes, I was thinking of getting a light meter 👍
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If your looking for a very good meter that will last you years, you cannot go wrong with a Weston lightmeter. I got mine from Ian Partridge. He restores, services and sells them online.
link; https://ian-partridge.com/lightm.html
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Thanks for the link….do you know what’s good about the Weston Meter? The reason I ask is because there are so many light meters available so I get really confused on why some are better than others? Also, do they have EV metering on them?
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Simplicity, easy to use, British engineering, made to last and best of all selenium light sensitive cell, so no batteries!
I find better I get photography by not relying on a cameras integral meter.
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From looking at the manuals, they do look like they’ll be easy to use. The fact it doesn’t need batteries is great 🙌🏻 plus if I buy it from the website you suggested then I know it’s fully restored and working correctly 👍
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I managed to get a Weston Master V light meter (with cases, instruction manual etc) on Ebay on Sunday which was refurbished by Ian Partridge back in 2014! Arrived today with all the refurbished paperwork information. Cost me £31.15 with postage. I’m over the moon! Thank you again for the advice 👍
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I just checked out the manual for the Weston V light meter since Ian is selling some of those on his website and they do appear to have an EV metering function too which is good 👍
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The EV metering scale on Westons and most meters is more than most photographers will ever use.
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I’ve now looked at the Weston IV and actually think that may be the better option for me. Thank you so much for the link. I’m currently saving for a higher end medium format camera so I know I will need a decent light meter as well and this website looks like a great place to get it from 👍
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