Jiangshi 400 from the FPP

That vampire hopped right into my SLR

Back in late March, the Film Photography Project announced a new b&w film that they called Jiangshi 400, and subsequently reported that it should probably be shot at ISO 200.  Hmm, that sounds an awful lot like the Lucky Pan SHD400 film that I reported on last year.  Of course, we are “Lucky” to be able to have another choice in b&w 35mm film.  I finally got around to shooting a roll of Jiangshi 400 and finished it up today.   I shot my roll in the Minolta X-7A, which is also known as the X-370, an aperture-priority SLR that is actually a nice camera to shoot with.  As per the FPP instructions, I set my ISO to 200.  

After I finished the roll, I developed it in D-76 for 7.5 minutes. Standard fix and rinse. My observations about the film support my initial assumption that it’s the Lucky Pan SHD 400 of recent vintage.  Same PET film base, great tonal range, and same development as the Lucky film.  I like the fact that the FPP has labeled it as a Chinese hopping vampire!  Mythical non-European monsters are a rarity in our popular culture, though I suspect Godzilla and Mothra might disagree.  Maybe the FPP could use Godzilla for a batch of large format film?

Here are some scans (via my Epson V700 scanner) from the roll of the Jiangshi film.  I like it, and I definitely used a shorter developing time than I did with my test of Lucky SHD 400 in 2024.  It’s a really nice film for landscapes and moody scenes. I think it's got great resolution, and really does a wonderful job with greens.  

It's definitely one of those films that you should try before it disappears from the FPP store.