The reason it's called redscale is that the film is intentionally loaded in the canister backwards so that the red layer gets first dibbs on the light, giving the pictures a reddish hue.
The only problem is that the light must penetrate the acetate film base, which means that the film must be overexposed to get a proper exposure.
Nobody told me this.
I learned the hard way, but sometimes those are the best lessons. Anyhow, if you do it right, you can get images like this
whereas if you don't underexpose by at least a stop, this is what you'll get:
All grainy and reddish.
All in all I'd say that Redscale is a great film, and I plan on shooting with it in the future, but BE WARNED, OVEREXPOSE.
I just over-exposed a roll of Lomography Redscale 400 by two stops but after reading different opinions on the web and this post in particular, I will not ask the lab for a push. Thank you, and wonderful photos!
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