Spooled and shipped from ottakring

Motion picture film is 35mm film that is originally produced for movie productions. We respool it to make it available for 35mm photography.

Motion picture film has an exceptional quality and consistency. In Resolution, exposure latitude and flexibility, motion picture film stands shoulder to shoulder with professional film stocks like Portra and Ektar. In fact, these film stocks are based on the technology of the Vision 3 film sold here! At the same time, motion picture film comes at less than half the price of Portra film stocks.

The DX coding on the recycled film cartridges means it can be used in any 35mm film camera, including modern point and shoot cameras.

When I first started shooting film, I quickly got frustrated with the cost of film, which only seemed to be getting higher and higher. To make my own photography more sustainable, I started spooling motion picture film. As a small operation, my costs are low, and I keep our prices as low as possible to make film more available. All packaging, including the film cartridges and film boxes is recycled, which means that Otterfilm has a very low carbon footprint, while also keeping costs down!

All Vision 3 film shares a special dye layering technology developed by Kodak. It was developed for the motion picture film sold here, and then used for Kodak Portra 160, Portra 400 and Ektar 100. All these films therefore share a similarly high dynamic range, fine grain and high color accuracy.

Our Otterfilm film stocks have no real disadvantages compared to conventional 35mm films! While some low quality respooled film can cause problems with exposure or winding in automatic film cameras, we take care to make our films compatible with all film cameras, including automatic point and shoot and self-winding cameras. All our films, with the exception of 50d are DX coded, meaning that the film speed will be read automatically and accurately by your camera.

All our films can be dropped off at any regular Film Lab, color films can be processed in regular C41 lab processors.