ORTHO PLUS 35MM

ORTHO PLUS is a film that sees the world differently — literally. Its orthochromatic sensitivity means it is blind to red light and highly sensitive to blue and green, which produces a distinctive look: blue skies go bright, red lips and roses go dark, and skin tones take on an ethereal, almost translucent quality that is impossible to replicate with panchromatic film or digital post-processing. This is the look of early cinema, of Victorian portraiture, of photographs from an era when the rules of how a photograph should look had not yet been written. The practical implication of orthochromatic sensitivity is that you can handle ORTHO PLUS under red safelight — you can watch it develop in a tray, which is one of photography's great tactile pleasures and a fantastic teaching tool for understanding how the development process works. The film is slow (ISO 80) and contrasty, rewarding careful metering and considered composition. Grain is moderate and contributes to the vintage aesthetic rather than detracting from it. We recommend ORTHO PLUS for portrait photographers looking for a genuinely unique aesthetic, for fine-art photographers exploring alternative processes, and for anyone who wants to experience the tactile magic of developing by inspection under a red light. It is not an everyday film, but on the right day with the right subject, it produces images that look like nothing else in your portfolio.