• Original negative black and white TASMA Type-42 ISO 400 wound on roll Type-135 film (classic 35 mm).
• TASMA Type-42 ISO 400 on roll wound Type-135 film (classic 35 mm).
• The new substrate is thinner, more transparent and has improved antistatic properties.
• Since the film contains a large amount of silver, it can be exposed with the appropriate push/pull modes from ISO 100 to 1600.
• Format 120
• Expired 12/2022

Tasma (Тасма) Tatar Sensitized Materials
Is a Russian manufacturer of photographic (black and white) film, almost unknown in the West. The company has been supplying black-and-white film for photographic and cinematographic applications since 1933. Mainly in the Russian market and also in some ex-Soviet countries, hence its obscurity. In the last century, the company developed a range of black-and-white surveillance films specifically for aviation. Tasma was one of the few factories able to supply the Russian army with film during the Second World War. After the war, the use of the emulsions was extended to other applications, including the production of 35mm film (KN-1, KN-2, KN-3, T-25, T-42,...) for the photographic (Russian) market and 16mm, 35mm and 70mm film for film productions. The latter films in particular achieved international fame among alternative cameramen, giving the films cult status.

This black-and-white Tasma T-42(L) 120 film was cut from a fresh large roll of T-42(L) by our Russian colleagues at the SREDA Film Lab (SFL - Moscow) and washed into individual 120 roll films. This makes T-42 available for the first time as an experiment in roll film format. After all, the film is still hard to come by here in the West and often only in large bulk rolls.

Tasma T-42 is a black and white film with an approximate nominal film speed of ISO 400. The film contains a large amount of silver and is flexible to use, the film can easily be exposed between ISO 100 and 1600. The grain structure is similar to Kodak Tri-X. When you push the film, the contrast increases without being distracting. At high speeds and in combination with an infrared filter, the film can also be used as infrared film.