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China Lucky Film Announces New Black-and-White Films Yingzhe 100 and 400
This is an AI translation of an article originally published in Japanese. If anything reads oddly, the Japanese original is the authoritative version.
Image source: Reddit
China Lucky Film has announced two new black-and-white films, Yingzhe (影哲) 100 and Yingzhe 400. According to a post on Reddit, they already appear to be available to buy on Chinese e-commerce platforms.
A new product, separate from the SHD series
Yingzhe 100 and 400 are different products from the existing SHD 100 and 400, which were revived in 2024. Fragmentary teasers seem to have appeared on social media ahead of the launch, and on September 6, Reddit user Not-minari posted several screenshots of the films' listings on a Chinese platform.
The user pointed out that these are "a completely new product, not the vintage (new) SHD series," adding, "The price is pretty close to Ilford Pan 100, so I'm really looking forward to seeing how they look."
International distribution yet to come
The films have not yet appeared in the lineup of Reflx Lab, which is often among the first to export Chinese-made film to Western markets. Whether they become available outside China will depend on how things develop from here.
The past year has been a busy one for China Lucky Film. It launched Lucky C200 in summer 2025, which is now widely available in Europe as well, reportedly priced at about the same level as Kodak's consumer color films. More recently, it also released C400, an ISO 400 color film, which has started to appear at retailers outside China.
Lucky C200 color negative film, which began circulating in early 2026
After its push into color, China Lucky Film is now bringing out new products in black and white as well. Official distribution channels in Japan can't really be said to be in place yet, but more choice is in itself a welcome development for film shooters. As for how the films actually look, we'd like to wait until more sample images from overseas are available before forming a judgment.