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Agfacolor Typ 432
Wolfen's unmasked tungsten negative of the early 1960s.
The reconstructed Agfacolor Typ 432, an unmasked Wolfen tungsten negative, on its default Gasparcolor Print surrogate. Original vs Ashigrain.
At a glance
- Exposure index
- 32
- Tungsten
- Introduced
- c. 1962
- Discontinued
- Process
- ORWO-Vorschrift 5186 (colour development 5 min for NC 1)
About the film
The filmportal.de table of Wolfen colour cine negatives gives Agfacolor Typ 432 a production period of 1962 to 1964, following the factory's Typ 333 and 334 negatives of 1954 to 1962.
It was made by VEB Filmfabrik Agfa Wolfen, the factory's name from 1954, after it had belonged to IG Farbenindustrie's Agfa and then been a department of the Soviet joint-stock company Photoplenka. Like every Wolfen and Leverkusen Agfacolor cine negative in the table, it worked with Agfa's incorporated couplers and was not yet colour-masked, unlike Eastman Color. In 1964 it was renamed ORWOCOLOR NC 1, and the ORWO catalogue of that year lists it in 70, 35 and 16 mm for tungsten light and, with the ORWO K 14 filter, for daylight. The catalogue promised long, straight colour gradation curves, wide exposure latitude and high sharpness, with gradation adjustable by development time from 0.5 to 0.9. Its successor NC 3 was presented in 1972 as a development of NC 1 and as Wolfen's first masked cine negative. The same article called NC 1 the only unmasked colour negative still on the world market, and gave it a resolving power of 72 lines/mm.
Sources for this history
- Kine-Farbnegativfilme (Tabelle 3: Kine-Farbnegativfilme von Agfa Wolfen 1939–1964), filmportal.de
- ORWO Gesamtkatalog 1964, VEB Filmfabrik Wolfen, Internet Archive
- NC 3 – ein neuer Color-Negativfilm (Bild und Ton 25, 11/1972, pp. 341–344), Johann Tamm and Joachim Weisflog (VEB Filmfabrik Wolfen)
The look
Agfacolor Typ 432 is a tungsten-balanced, unmasked colour cine negative from VEB Filmfabrik Agfa Wolfen, renamed ORWOCOLOR NC 1 in 1964. Its catalogue promised long, straight gradation, wide latitude and high sharpness. No curve of it survives, so Ashigrain reconstructs it and prints it on Gasparcolor Print by default.
Best for
- East German cinema of the 1960s
- Unmasked colour with uncorrected dye casts
- Tungsten-lit interiors and studio sets
Compare camera films
FilmSpeedGrain, RMS σD · lower means finer grainYears made
Ansco Color Negative 843Ansco Color Negative 843−1 stop vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain finerEI 16−1 stop.0041951
Gevacolor Negative T 6.51Gevacolor Negative T 6.51−1 stop vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain the sameEI 16−1 stop.0071951
Technicolor Process IITechnicolor Process II−1 stop vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 16−1 stop.0191922
Trucolor (two-colour)Trucolor (two-colour)−1 stop vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 16−1 stop.0191945
Kodak Kodachrome 25Kodak Kodachrome 25−⅓ stop vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 25−⅓ stop.0141974
Kodak Aerochrome III 1443Kodak Aerochrome III 1443+⅓ stop vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 40+⅓ stop.0292001
Kodak Vision3 50DKodak Vision3 50DMade since 2011, in production · +⅔ stop vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain finerEI 50+⅔ stop.0042011–
Fujifilm Velvia 50Fujifilm Velvia 50Made since 2007, in production · +⅔ stop vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 50+⅔ stop.0112007–
Agfa Agfacolor Ultra 50Agfa Agfacolor Ultra 50+⅔ stop vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain finerEI 50+⅔ stop.0041995
Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 50Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 50+⅔ stop vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 50+⅔ stop.0111998
Fujifilm Fujichrome 64T Type IIFujifilm Fujichrome 64T Type II+1 stop vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 64+1 stop.0132002
Kodak Kodachrome 64Kodak Kodachrome 64Made 1974–2009 · +1 stop vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 64+1 stop.0161974–2009
Polaroid Type 669Polaroid Type 669+1⅓ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 80+1⅓ stops.0231981
Ilford Ortho PlusIlford Ortho PlusMade since 1997, in production · +1⅓ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 80+1⅓ stops.0131997–
Kodak Ektar 100Kodak Ektar 100Made since 2008, in production · +1⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain finerEI 100+1⅔ stops.0052008–
Kodak Ektachrome 100DKodak Ektachrome 100DMade since 2018, in production · +1⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 100+1⅔ stops.0132018–
Lucky Super GBR 100Lucky Super GBR 100+1⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain finerEI 100+1⅔ stops.0052001
Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 100Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 100+1⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain finerEI 100+1⅔ stops.0052002
Fujifilm Astia 100FFujifilm Astia 100FMade 2003–2012 · +1⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 100+1⅔ stops.0112003–12
Fujifilm Velvia 100Fujifilm Velvia 100Made since 2003, in production · +1⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 100+1⅔ stops.0112003–
Kodak Ektachrome E100SKodak Ektachrome E100S+1⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 100+1⅔ stops.0151996
Agfa Agfacolor Optima II 100Agfa Agfacolor Optima II 100+1⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain finerEI 100+1⅔ stops.0051998
Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 100Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 100+1⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 100+1⅔ stops.0111998
Kodak Ektachrome E100VSKodak Ektachrome E100VS+1⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 100+1⅔ stops.0171998
Fujifilm Provia 100FFujifilm Provia 100FMade since 2000, in production · +1⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 100+1⅔ stops.0102000–
Kodak Ektachrome 100 Plus (EPP)Kodak Ektachrome 100 Plus (EPP)+1⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 100+1⅔ stops.0181988
Fujifilm FP-100CFujifilm FP-100CMade 1992–2016 · +1⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 100+1⅔ stops.0221992–2016
Lomography Redscale XR 50-200Lomography Redscale XR 50-200+1⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain finerEI 100+1⅔ stops.0052025
Fomapan R 100Fomapan R 100Made since 1980, in production · +1⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 100+1⅔ stops.0211980–
Kodak T-Max 100Kodak T-Max 100Made since 1986, in production · +1⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 100+1⅔ stops.0081986–
Ilford Delta 100Ilford Delta 100Made since 1992, in production · +1⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain the sameEI 100+1⅔ stops.0071992–
Agfa Agfapan APX 100Agfa Agfapan APX 100+1⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain the sameEI 100+1⅔ stops.0071998
Fomapan 100 ClassicFomapan 100 ClassicMade since 2016, in production · +1⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 100+1⅔ stops.0122016–
Eastman Color Negative 5247Eastman Color Negative 5247+2 stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain finerEI 125+2 stops.0051983
Kodak Technical PanKodak Technical Pan+2 stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 125+2 stops.0081977
Kodak Portra 160Kodak Portra 160Made since 2011, in production · +2⅓ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain finerEI 160+2⅓ stops.0062011–
Agfa Agfacolor Portrait XPS 160Agfa Agfacolor Portrait XPS 160+2⅓ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain finerEI 160+2⅓ stops.0061995
Kodak Vision3 200TKodak Vision3 200TMade since 2010, in production · +2⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain finerEI 200+2⅔ stops.0062010–
Kodak Verita 200DKodak Verita 200DMade since 2026, in production · +2⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain finerEI 200+2⅔ stops.0062026–
Kodak Gold 200Kodak Gold 200Made since 2007, in production · +2⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 200+2⅔ stops.0082007–
Lucky Super GBR 200Lucky Super GBR 200+2⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain the sameEI 200+2⅔ stops.0072001
Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 200Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 200+2⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain finerEI 200+2⅔ stops.0052002
Kodak Ektachrome E200Kodak Ektachrome E200+2⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 200+2⅔ stops.0181997
Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 200Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 200+2⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 200+2⅔ stops.0141998
Kodak Kodachrome 200Kodak Kodachrome 200+2⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 200+2⅔ stops.0271986
Harman Phoenix 200Harman Phoenix 200+2⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain the sameEI 200+2⅔ stops.0072023
Kodak Tri-X Reversal 7266Kodak Tri-X Reversal 7266Made since 2003, in production · +2⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 200+2⅔ stops.0242003–
Kodak Vision3 250DKodak Vision3 250DMade since 2009, in production · +3 stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain finerEI 250+3 stops.0062009–
Fujifilm Eterna 250Fujifilm Eterna 250+3 stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain finerEI 250+3 stops.0052006
Fujifilm Eterna 250DFujifilm Eterna 250DMade 2005–2013 · +3 stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain finerEI 250+3 stops.0052005–13
Kodak Vision 250DKodak Vision 250DMade 1997–2005 · +3 stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain the sameEI 250+3 stops.0071997–2005
Kodak Aerocolor IV 2460Kodak Aerocolor IV 2460Made since 2009, in production · +3 stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 250+3 stops.0132009–
Eastman Double-X 5222Eastman Double-X 5222Made since 1960, in production · +3 stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 250+3 stops.0131960–
ORWO Wolfen NC400ORWO Wolfen NC400+3⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain finerEI 400+3⅔ stops.0052022
Kodak Portra 400Kodak Portra 400Made since 2010, in production · +3⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain the sameEI 400+3⅔ stops.0072010–
ORWO Wolfen NC500ORWO Wolfen NC500+3⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain finerEI 400+3⅔ stops.0062022
Fujifilm Provia 400FFujifilm Provia 400F+3⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 400+3⅔ stops.0172000
Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 400Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 400+3⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain finerEI 400+3⅔ stops.0062004
Fujifilm Pro 400HFujifilm Pro 400HMade 2004–2021 · +3⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain finerEI 400+3⅔ stops.0052004–21
Kodak Ektachrome 400XKodak Ektachrome 400X+3⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 400+3⅔ stops.0371992
Fujifilm Superia X-TRA 400Fujifilm Superia X-TRA 400+3⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain finerEI 400+3⅔ stops.0052006
LomoChrome Color '92 Sun-kissedLomoChrome Color '92 Sun-kissed+3⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain finerEI 400+3⅔ stops.0052024
Kodak Tri-X 400Kodak Tri-X 400Made since 1954, in production · +3⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 400+3⅔ stops.0171954–
Kodak T-Max 400Kodak T-Max 400Made since 2007, in production · +3⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 400+3⅔ stops.0102007–
Ilford HP5 PlusIlford HP5 PlusMade since 1989, in production · +3⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 400+3⅔ stops.0161989–
Ilford Delta 400Ilford Delta 400Made since 2002, in production · +3⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 400+3⅔ stops.0102002–
Kodak Vision3 500TKodak Vision3 500TMade since 2007, in production · +4 stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain the sameEI 500+4 stops.0072007–
Fujifilm Eterna Vivid 500Fujifilm Eterna Vivid 500Made 2009–2013 · +4 stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain finerEI 500+4 stops.0052009–13
Kodak Vision2 500TKodak Vision2 500T+4 stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 500+4 stops.0092009
Fujicolor Reala 500DFujicolor Reala 500D+4 stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain finerEI 500+4 stops.0052001
Kodak Vision2 Expression 500TKodak Vision2 Expression 500T+4 stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 500+4 stops.0092003
Fujifilm Eterna 500Fujifilm Eterna 500Made 2004–2013 · +4 stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain finerEI 500+4 stops.0052004–13
Anscochrome D/500Anscochrome D/500+4 stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 500+4 stops.0381967
Eastman EXR 500TEastman EXR 500TMade 1989–1995 · +4 stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 500+4 stops.0081989–95
Kodak Portra 800Kodak Portra 800Made since 2000, in production · +4⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 800+4⅔ stops.0092000–
Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 800Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 800+4⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain the sameEI 800+4⅔ stops.0072004
Kodak Vision 800TKodak Vision 800T+4⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 800+4⅔ stops.0101998
Konica Centuria Super 1600Konica Centuria Super 1600+5⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain the sameEI 1600+5⅔ stops.0072002
Kodak Ektachrome P1600Kodak Ektachrome P1600+5⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 1600+5⅔ stops.0501999
Kodak T-Max P3200Kodak T-Max P3200Made since 1988, in production · +6⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 3200+6⅔ stops.0181988–
Ilford Delta 3200Ilford Delta 3200Made since 1998, in production · +6⅔ stops vs Agfacolor Typ 432 · grain coarserEI 3200+6⅔ stops.0191998–
Science & sources
A tungsten-balanced colour negative without an orange mask, rated at EI 32 in tungsten light. It prints on Gasparcolor Print by default. The model is reconstructed: no curve of Typ 432 is published, so its curves and spectral sensitivity are rebuilt from 1964 catalogue values on the shapes of its successor ORWOCOLOR NC 3 with the mask removed, its dyes and MTF are NC 3's, and its grain is NC 3's scaled to the published RMS granularity.
Response curves and the evidence behind the model
Compare manufacturer data with Ashigrain’s response on the same axes. These curves show how the model is calibrated to its sources; they do not establish a match to photographed film.
Characteristic response
RMS granularity
Density variation (σD). Where the datasheet gives a single grain value, the response away from that point is an approximation.
| Channel | Density | Datasheet-based σD | Model σD |
|---|---|---|---|
| R | 0.3 | 0.008401 | 0.008387 |
| G | 0.3 | 0.008378 | 0.008353 |
| B | 0.3 | 0.018324 | 0.018174 |
| R | 0.6 | 0.006182 | 0.006172 |
| G | 0.6 | 0.007033 | 0.007012 |
| B | 0.6 | 0.014479 | 0.014361 |
| R | 1 | 0.005206 | 0.005198 |
| G | 1 | 0.006701 | 0.006681 |
| B | 1 | 0.015748 | 0.015619 |
| R | 1.5 | 0.004991 | 0.004983 |
| G | 1.5 | 0.005765 | 0.005747 |
| B | 1.5 | 0.014356 | 0.014239 |
Model limits
These images show the film model in use. Spectral response, lighting and viewing conditions include approximations. Halation, bloom, grain size, weave and flicker are not fully measured for each film. The look of real film also depends on development and print timing.
- Custom lighting spectra, camera metering and the spectral reflectance inferred from fixed-white-balance footage are assumptions used by the model, not measurements of this film.
- Colour-print timing and scan balance under arbitrary lighting are modelled. Scanner colour balance has no standard physical unit.
- The source specifies a 3200 K tungsten design light, not its spectrum. The design-light spectrum is an approximation.
- The 1964 catalogue prescribes the ORWO K 14 filter for daylight. Its spectral transmission is modelled, not supplied by the source.
- No characteristic curve or spectral sensitivity of Typ 432 or ORWOCOLOR NC 1 is published. Both are rebuilt from the 1964 catalogue's values on the shapes of its successor ORWOCOLOR NC 3, with NC 3's mask removed.
- The model uses the 1964 catalogue's speed, 16 DIN in tungsten light and 15 DIN in daylight with the filter. The filmportal.de table prints a different speed.
- The dye spectra are ORWOCOLOR NC 3's, a proxy rather than this film's dyes. Without a mask, the dyes' side absorptions stay uncorrected.
- Grain follows ORWOCOLOR NC 3, scaled to the RMS granularity Tamm and Weisflog give for NC 1 (24 / 25 / 34, blue / green / red, 24 µm aperture). The MTF is NC 3's; only a resolving power, 72 lines/mm, is published for NC 1.
- Individual dye amounts, layer interactions and push/pull behaviour are approximated where the datasheet provides no calibration. Grain size is assumed; published RMS granularity does not specify dye-cloud size.
- Characteristic response outside the published exposure range is an extrapolation, not measured film data.
- Halation strength, radius and layer weights are not quantified by the datasheet. The effect of removing antihalation and the bloom response are also approximations.
- Under custom lights the fast rendering path follows the full spectral calculation less closely for this film than for most others.
- It prints on Gasparcolor Print by default, chosen for its fit in the print comparison rather than as a print of its own period.
- The printer lamp and filter spectra and the Status A grey aim used in this preview are approximated; the source does not publish the required spectral or laboratory aim data.
Reciprocity: not modelled. Exposure time has no effect on this film.
Film guide: assumptions and practical choices
Sources
- Exposure index: ORWO Gesamtkatalog 1964 (archive.org OCR text), 1964 edition, p. 48
- Reconstructed: ORWO Gesamtkatalog 1964 (archive.org OCR text), 1964 edition, p. 48
- Diffuse RMS granularity: Tamm, J. and Weisflog, J.: NC 3 - ein neuer Color-Negativfilm. Bild und Ton 25 (11/1972), pp. 341-344, Bild und Ton, Heft 11/1972, 25. Jahrgang, pp. 341-344; filmcolors.org scan uploaded 2015-01, p. 2