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Testing the new 'DRAGON IV 'film
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Posted: Mon May 26, 2025 4:57 pm
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Posted: Mon May 26, 2025 4:57 pm
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I Camera Club Mate bought me 2 of the new 'DRAGON ' films made in Ukraine -- then number 1 is 100 ASA and number IV is 400ASA so I tried the IV in my Olympus OM-2n and used 2 different film developers. I found the shadow detail goes very quickly so for Contrasty Scenes 200 ASA would be better . The GRAIN on 'scans' seems decent enough but it is too Hot in my Darkroom to do Darkroom Prints at the moment. I used 2 Zuiko lenses the 28mm f3.5, 50mm f1.4 and Zoom 75-150mm f4 On the second test bit I used a Yellow-Green Filter for photos in the Park.

Film Developer : E76 Ascorbic Acid Formula similar to Kodak Xtol, 1+ 1 for 12 mins



Film Developer : 510 Pyro 1+100 10 mins




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Posted: Wed May 28, 2025 1:45 pm
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Interesting. I have a roll of Dragon No.1 I've yet to test.
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