ORWOWolfen NC200

ORWO Wolfen NC200 is an ISO 200 color negative film for C-41 processing, coated by InovisCoat in Germany and first sold in 2025 [1] [8]. It is the same emulsion that Optik Oldschool sells as OptiColour 200 and, reportedly, that KONO sells as KONO Color 200 [1] [2]. No datasheet exists for it, so everything below comes from a distributor’s product text and from reviews, which do not always agree.

Look and color

• Warm and fairly natural. Optik Oldschool’s product text promises “natural colours, good contrast, great greens and reds and awesome skin tones” [1]. Analog.cafe calls the palette “warm, flattering” but less accurate than Kodak Gold or Portra [2]. Blue Moon finds it “pretty true to nature” with a slightly muted palette [3].
• Greens: a clear improvement, with one dissent. Analog.cafe and Umbrella both praise the greens compared with the older ORWO films [2] [4]. Blue Moon found them “pretty toned down” in 35 mm [3].
• Reds and punch. Silver Grain sees “a bit of punch” in reds and greens [5]. Blue Moon does not see the reds stand out in 35 mm, and reports punchier color in 120 [3].
• Skin tones are rated well: “awesome” in the product text, “pretty decent” for Blue Moon, “good, usable” for Silver Grain [1] [3] [5].
• Scan cast. Analog.cafe reports a slight green cast on somewhat overexposed frames, and Blue Moon a cyan-green cast on a Noritsu scanner that “cleans up easily in post” [2] [3]. Both depend on the lab and the software. Analog.cafe adds that some inversion software copes better with masks that are not blue [2].
• Light. Analog.cafe found scenes with direct sun or a strong light source work best, with richer color and less grain [2]. Silver Grain says the 35 mm version “really likes light” [5].

Tonality

• Contrast: the reviews differ. Analog.cafe calls it medium-low, and low when overexposed [2]. Blue Moon found it relatively normal in 35 mm and moderately high in 120 [3]. Silver Grain writes “solid contrast” [5].
• Dynamic range. Umbrella says it is significantly better than the NC400’s, though still short of a Kodak film [4].
• Latitude leans toward overexposure. Blue Moon and Analog.cafe both say to err on the overexposed side: highlights hold up, while underexposed shadows turn noisy [2] [3]. Analog.cafe suggests rating it at ISO 80 to 100 [2]. Silver Grain says a one-stop push works but is not recommended [5].

Grain and sharpness

The maker publishes no Print Grain Index, RMS granularity or resolving power, so there is no figure to compare with other films and this page gives no grain table.

• Analog.cafe calls it one of the grainiest ISO 200 color films: smaller in the highlights, chunkier in the shadows, with red and blue dots in dark areas [2].
• Blue Moon describes “highly visible” and gritty grain in 35 mm, especially in open skies, but much less in 120 [3]. Silver Grain agrees that 120 is steadier, with better grain and more consistent color [5].
• Umbrella writes that the grain is not great but better than in earlier ORWO films [4].
• Halation is mild and comes with a caveat. On pre-production film, Analog.cafe saw mild red-brown halos around very bright light sources, and Umbrella reported halos in backlit scenes and random colored spots [2] [4]. Blue Moon, from a later review, reports small black specks in both formats [3]. Silver Grain, reviewing the current version, mentions only a slight glow in highlights [5]. Whether the final production film fixed the early defects is not confirmed.

Names, status and history

• One emulsion, several names. Optik Oldschool’s page says OptiColour 200 is “the Wolfen NC200 emulsion” in 120 and 35 mm [1]. Analog.cafe lists KONO Color 200, OptiColour 200 and ORWO NC200 as one film [2]. Umbrella adds LomoChrome Classicolor 200, while PetaPixel calls that link uncertain [4] [6]. This page treats it as disputed and does not redirect it here.
• 2025. Kosmo Foto reports that ORWO’s NC200 was shown at The Photography Show in London in March 2025 but never commercially released, and that Optik Oldschool’s OptiColour 200, launched in June 2025, is widely believed to be the same film [8]. At launch, early 120 rolls were to be cut from 35 mm stock because of anti-halation layer problems, with an improved version promised for August [7]. Umbrella’s first-impressions review is dated October 2025 [4].
• Availability. On September 30, 2026, Optik Oldschool listed OptiColour 200 in 135 (36 exposures) and 120 at EUR 9.90 a roll [1]. In June 2026, PetaPixel wrote that NC200 and KONO Color 200 could not be bought in 120 [6]. Analog.cafe lists 35 mm, 120, 4×5 sheets and bulk rolls for KONO Color 200 [2], and Umbrella mentions Super 8 [4]. Those are single-review claims that this page has not confirmed.
• Ownership. In July 2026, Kosmo Foto reported that Optik Oldschool’s co-founder had acquired InovisCoat and FilmoTec [8].

Also sold as

• LomoChrome Classicolor 200 (disputed) [4]