Hi everyone and welcome back to my channel. Long time no see and I am so sorry to my 35 amazing subscribers. I actually have a really good excuse. I have an excuse over the last month. I have successfully managed to destroy two rolls of Portra 400 which I was going to make a video about. Well I was going to make a video about me taking pictures with the Portra 400. One of them I incorrectly loaded and the other one I messed up completely on my settings. And then an existential crisis ensued. So the main reason that I was so disappointed about ruining these two rolls of film was because one of them I actually showed during the visit of the amazing Anthony from Focal Matter. We made a little collab during his recent visit to Paris and I couldn't have been more bummed when my role actually came out empty. But I strongly suggest you go check out his channel for not only amazing photography but also just incredible videos and a lot of laughs. I'm going to link his channel in the description so that you can check him out. Please do thank me later. So now I've had my time to grieve those two rolls and I finally got back pictures from a different roll that I shot which was Lomography's Loma Chrome and Metropolis and I wanted to hop on here to make a little film review. So I had shot Loma Metropolis before on my Feelfurt sprite but this reusable camera has completely failed me and only two of the pictures came out looking somewhat decent. I might make a video on this camera I am the future because I've spoken to my lab about it. I know what the problem was I guess and I swear that it was not my fault I think. So now let's dive into this video which I was actually super excited to make. So Loma Chrome Metropolis is an experimental film role by Lomography and when I first got my photos back I wasn't really sure that I liked them but after a few little tweaks in my editing software I was actually really really positively surprised and I just fell in love with the result and I am 100% going to be shooting this film in the future. So I'm sure that you have heard of the Loma Chrome purple and turquoise. turquoise. turquoise with their very intense and recognizable color effects. Now the Loma Chrome Metropolis is a little different. The result is much more natural compared to the other two but it does have a very distinct grungy look to it. The Loma Metropolis is not in fact a rebranded existing film stop or a white labeled film where they just slap a new name on an existing role. It is actually a custom Lomography formula. It comes in both 35mm and medium format and apparently it also exists in pocket and filmmaker formats. In 2019 Lomography launched a quick starter campaign to fund the development of this film. This is mainly because of the wide range of formats that they wanted to make available. Within just three days they reached their goal of $100,000 which hats off to likeography and they released the products in 2020. So what can you expect from this film stock? If you are going to shoot rich colors this is probably not the film stock for you. Same goes if you're looking for realistic results but if you want to get experimental then I cannot recommend this film more. The idea behind its grainy, desaturated look was to shoot urban areas, buildings, etc. For this I was actually going to take the film to an appropriate environment but since I'm not the best at planning I just ended up shooting it in the streets of Paris. So you could say that I wasn't really setting myself up for success but again I was really surprised with the results I got. So quote from the Lomography co-founders says, the Lomacromatropolis is characterized by anostalgic look reminiscent of past photographs and movies and heightened by the strong presence of black. They say we wanted to have a completely new look, a new color palette that sits somewhere between black and white and color negative film. So what does that mean in practice? The film for sure has a very strong retro feel and it is indeed very different from your typical color negative balanced palette film stocks. The film is pretty grainy that has to be said and super desaturated which is what really makes it stand out. The more overcast it is when you're shooting it the more desaturated your result will be. However on the flip side it doesn't really require bright and sunny days for you to get a decent photo. On sunny days your colors will come out quite muted which could also be a very cool look and in a way it will help you avoid oversaturation. So the film is super versatile and it's going to allow you to get away with any type of weather. Its versatility is for their heightened by its variable light sensitivity. Yep you can rate this film anywhere from 100 to 400 ISO and there's a lot of discourse online about how you should best rate it and surprise surprise no agreement there. So I rated my role at 200 and this meant that I had to adapt the shutter speed and unfortunately at some points this actually made my photos come out blurry when my shutter was too slow. In hindsight I actually wish that I adapted the rating in camera to 400 a couple times just to avoid these miss ups but for whatever reason I was trying to be consistent with this role. So here are some of my unfortunate shots where I didn't take lighting into account. So the ISO you decide to rate your film at will not impact your film's development. However be mindful that there is no DX code on this film stock. So if you have a point in shoot for example which relies on the DX code you will be forced to shoot it at 100. I used as always my Minota X700 so I was free to experiment with the different ratings. Sadly I did not. Now the higher ISO you decide to rate your film at the less green cast you're likely to encounter. So the lower the ISO the more green cast you might find but it is very easy to get rid of if you just play around with your green curve and your editor. I wasn't actually too bothered by the cast so I just let it be as it was. So as I mentioned previously the grain is quite prominent on this film. However it's going to be consistent no matter the ISO. So don't expect less grain if you shoot at film speed 100 it is just going to be consistent along the board. Now despite the variable light sensitivity it should be noted that the Loma Chroma Truppolis is not the best film to shoot indoors and Lomography themselves actually point out that it is best to shoot outside. I did take a couple indoor shots with this roll inside the Gareleina Fayette shopping mall and they really did come out quite mediocre. I was not happy with that. I'm not going to be doing that again. That being said I actually wonder what this film would look like if shot indoors with flash because I have a sneaky feeling that it could actually be a really good work. Now the film style has a very wide dynamic range but since the color palette is very unique it can sometimes be hard to tell if you're overexposing or underexposing. Like I said I wasn't really convinced about some of the photos when I first got them back but the film's flat palette actually made it super easy to edit. I could play around with them in the editors so much more than I could with more natural films like Fujisopiria or Kodak Films. I guess it's because with this film stock the reality was already pretty worked. Even though the saturation in the Lomo Metro is pretty low the contrasts are really high. This film does great in highlights and shadows and captures a lot of detail within these. Now the Lomo Cromatropolis also promises rich green tones which should stand out from the other more muted tones and you can see that's pretty well in the trees in this photograph. I was also pretty interested in how the yellows and the reds would do because well look at the package and I was really pretty pleased with all the different hues I got. Now something else I noticed in a bunch of my photos were these strange light leaks. First I thought maybe it was my camera but users have mentioned these online so I feel like I should bring that up because it is probably something to be expected with this film but to be completely honest I don't hate these leaks they actually look pretty cool. Given the unique and washed out look of this film I was pretty curious to see how it would do with skin tones and whether it would be an appropriate film for portraiture I didn't have my hopes up but it turns out that the result was actually pretty balanced and in my personal opinion really appealing. Granted the colors are nowhere near. Natural but I think they're pretty nonetheless. So what's my final verdict? If you're into experimenting with your photos then I couldn't recommend this film stop more. I progressively fell in love with the grungy look that it provides and I still want to really try rating it at different ISOs because I believe I could have done a bit better with that. I know that this film is a little divisive as is any film that has a strong character so I completely understand that it is not going to be for everyone. I didn't even think it was going to be for me but lo and behold I have been totally converted and I will definitely be shooting it more in the future. I will just try to plan a little better to get the most out of it. Now thank you so much for watching my video. Please let me know in the comments if you've shot Lomo Metropolis, if you've liked it, if you didn't like it and why. I'm actually really curious about other people's opinion on this film because it is definitely not your regular role. Also please do check out the Vocal Matter channel which I will put in my description. His videos are so so good and thanks again for watching this video and supporting my channel. I will be seeing you very soon next time. I promise not in a month and I'm looking forward to it. Have a great day everyone. Bye bye.