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Zorki Photo Mono is the Latest ISO 100 35mm To Hit the Market

Chris Gampat
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06/29/2017
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Last Updated on 06/29/2017 by Chris Gampat

Stephen Dowling, the man behind the Zorki Photo blog, is putting out his own film–Zorki Photo Mono 100. Considering the name, this is an ISO 100 black and white film that is designed for 35mm film cameras. But according to the blog post, it’s an emulsion that is being given a different life–or at least that’s what it seems from the phrasing. Zorki Photo is one of the many new films that have been announced this year along with many other black and white films like the new Ilford SFX 200, Bergger Pancro 400 and Film Ferrania P30 Alpha.

According to the announcement blog post:

Made by a leading film producer with many decades of film-making experience, Zorki Photo is a tried-and-trusted panchromatic emulsion with a traditional feel. It has biting contrast and a traditional grain structure that gives a pleasing, classic black-and-white film look. It’s a film I’ve used for some years, and I love it.

While rated at 100 ISO, the film can also be pulled to 50 or pushed to 400 ISO, (with a corresponding change in development times).

You can either take your films into a lab offering black-and-white development or develop at home – it can be developed in all common developers, including Kodak Xtol, Ilford Perceptol and Tetenal.

The film is going to be available for purchase worldwide and it will be sold via the Zorki Photo shop–but that has yet to go live. Best of all, it’s going to be £4, which isn’t that expensive when you convert it to American Dollar units. Let’s hope that it stays that way.

You can check out more about the announcement on the Zorki Photo Blog.

So, film photographers: are you as excited as I am? Every single day in this industry I hear from other journalists that no one cares about film any more and that it’s going to die. They tell me that it’s just a fad. Well, if it’s just a fad, then it’s one that I’m going to enjoy.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.