Rendering profile
- Sharpness
- high
- Tags
- fine-grain, high-sharpness
- Best use cases
- landscape, architecture, studio, portrait
Film stock wiki
ORWO NP100
ORWO Wolfen NP100 is an ISO 100 fine-grain panchromatic B&W negative film in 135 format, produced at Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany. Announced in April 2022, it is ORWO's first professionally finished B&W photo film in 50 years, featuring a dyed anti-halation layer between base and emulsion for improved sharpness.
Key specs
- Brand
- ORWO
- Model
- NP100
- ISO
- 100
- Process
- BW
- Formats
- 135
- Production status
- In production
- Introduced
- 2022
Grain
fine
Contrast
medium
Saturation
Unknown
Latitude
moderate
Technical details
- Film base
- polyester
- Push/pull
- Anti-halation layer between base and emulsion; lies flat for scanning
Handling notes
- Exposure
- Rate at ISO 100
- Development
- Standard B&W chemistry (D-76, Rodinal, HC-110)
Profile notes
ORWO announced the Wolfen NP100 via Instagram on 25 April 2022, introducing it as the first new professionally finished B&W photo film from the company in 50 years. The NP100 is produced on a polyester base at the Bitterfeld-Wolfen factory and features a dyed anti-halation layer positioned between the base material and the emulsion—a distinguishing feature absent from the companion UN54 film. This layer prevents reflection halos and improves overall sharpness. The emulsion delivers exceptionally fine grain for an ISO 100 film with high resolving power and flat scanning characteristics due to its polyester base. An initial run of 36,000 cassettes was produced in DX-coded steel canisters. The film develops in standard B&W chemistry.
Aliases
Wolfen NP100ORWO Wolfen NP 100
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ORWO UN54
ORWO Wolfen UN54 is an ISO 100 panchromatic B&W negative film in 135 format, produced by FilmoTec at Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany. A still-photography respool of the ORWO N74 cine emulsion, it offers high silver content, fine grain, rich tonal scale, and reversal-processing capability.
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ORWO P400
ORWO Wolfen P400 is an ISO 400 panchromatic B&W negative film in 135 format, produced at Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany. A variant of the ORWO N74 cine emulsion stripped of its anti-halation layer for still photography, it delivers a ±2-stop latitude and is noted for rich tonal gradation on a polyester base.
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ADOX CHS 100 II
ADOX CHS 100 II is an orthopanchromatically-sensitized ISO 100 B&W film with classic grain structure and wide exposure latitude, available in 135 and 120.