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Rollei Ortho 25 Plus is a black and white, orthochromatic emulsion that has been available since at least 2009. Being an orthochromatic film, Rollei Ortho 25 is mostly sensitive to the blue and green portion of the spectrum, with some sensitivity trailing into the yellow and orange part. Technically, it has a sensitivity range of 380nm - 610nm. Effectively this means that blues and greens will overexpose and render lighter tones in images, while reds will underexpose and render darker, blacker tones. Additionally, Rollei Ortho 25 Plus is a super-low ISO film with a native ISO 25 rating. This means that it also benefits from extremely fine grain and incredible sharpness. It is a naturally high contrast film with steep gradation but pairing it with low contrast or compensating developers can also render images of much more moderate contrast.
Rollei Ortho 25 Plus is coated on a clear PET base that has excellent archival properties and is ideal for positive processing.
You might think a slow film like Rollei Ortho 25 would be used exclusively in the bright summer months. But we recently took a roll of it on a snowshoe hike up on Mt. Hood. There can be a surprising amount of available light on snowy days like the one we found ourselves out on and we had no issue handholding exposures with this film. In addition we thought the natural contrast, fine grain, and overall look of the ortho lent itself well to the near-whiteout conditions of a snowy day on the mountain.
All images made with a Hasselblad 500C/M with Rollei Ortho 25 rated at ISO 25.