Washi D Review - "Russian Surveillance"

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Following from last week’s Kosmo Foto - we are sticking with the Soviet theme - because the original use of Washi D was in Russian aerospace industry including military aerial surveillance missions.
It has strong contrast, moderate grain and ISO 500 - which is obviously an interesting rating. In reality it means you can set your camera at 400 and there will be minimal difference but if you want to be truly accurate then get your light meter out and set for 500.
A couple of practical considerations: this film’s backing is very thin. So if you’re home developing then don’t panic when you start to load the reel, but it will be trickier than usual to get started! Film Washi recommend that if you’re really struggling you can sellotape a small leader of ‘normal’ film to get it going.
The second thing is that the plastic backing is transparent. So our old friend ‘light piping’ can come into play - just like with Let It Snow last month, load this film in dark and take a couple of blank exposures at the start to burn through any light leaks that crept in.
The flip side: the transparency means it can be processed as a B&W positive film - with the right chemistry - if you really fancy a challenge.
A really interesting film - enjoy creating some Black and White magic with it!
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[@GeorgiosKalaydjian]

What is the chemical developer for this film?

[@AnalogueWonderland]

Here's the full tech sheet with options:
filmwashi.com/datasheet/D_en.pdf

[@RobMoses]

Looks good. That bridge shot at 5:14 is nice.

[@SinaFarhat]

Cool! :)
I will add it to my To-do film shoot list to try :)

[@AnalogueWonderland]

wahoo!!

[@SinaFarhat]

@@AnalogueWonderland by the way I have bulk roll amount of a cine duplicating film called "polypan f 50" and that bw negative film is also thin so I am used to load that in my Paterson reels!

[@AnalogueWonderland]

@Sina Farhat then you are going to be our resident 'loading thin film' expert 😄

[@andrewwalmsleyakaphlogger.6450]

Nice to see my friend lomig discussed. I'm busy shooting a load of "s"

[@bruce_on_the_loose]

just bought this on a whim looking forward to shooting it, and using a fed 2 for the true experience

[@AnalogueWonderland]

ooh perfect combo!

[@dooterino]

Sounds like the D has the same base as F, which I just developed last night. It's definitely a bit finnicky to get on the reel, but it just takes patience and a little gentle coercing. Nowhere near as bad as Rollei IR which I've had bind up like crazy (rip to that roll I think there were some nice shots)

[@shibuyasoul]

Nice video!

[@MarkHickford]

Ahhh, good evening, Comrade McKay! The pigeons fly backwards over Red Square this winter!

[@AnalogueWonderland]

haha! I rewatched 'The death of Stalin' over the weekend as helpful research 😂

[@candozis]

Looks like repackaged TASMA 42 film (made in Russia)