{"id":75,"date":"2024-04-20T09:07:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T07:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imagraphy.nl\/?p=75"},"modified":"2024-04-20T09:09:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T07:09:57","slug":"ferrania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imagraphy.nl\/?p=75","title":{"rendered":"Ferrania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Back in 2017, the new Ferrania finally shipped their first black& white film, the Ferrania P30 Alpha.
This is one example of my 1st test of this film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I made some pictures, and cut that part from the film roll and developed it in Kodak HC-110 dilution B for 5 minutes.
Needless to say I was pretty happy with that result.
The remainder of that film was exposed some time later and then again developed in Kodak HC-110, but this time I used dilution H for 12 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then I tried Ilford’s ID-11 developer with this film. dilution 1+1 and 13 minutes development time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then in march 2018, I used Bellini’s D96 developer. This developer was advertised as being the generic developer for Ferrania P30 film.
I used the stock solution with 8 minutes development time. This gave me the right atmosphere I was looking for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Waiting for more P30 film.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Since I did not have more P30 film and the D96 developer has not a very long life time, I started using Kodak Double X. This is a cine film but with a higher sensitivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then in 2022 P30 new version came to the market with a nice feature: A QR-code which gives you information about the production date like:
Film TypeFERRANIA P30-135
PRODUCTION INFO
Batch169
PancakeB2
Production Date25\/07\/2022
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Again I developed this in Kodak HC-110, dilution H for 10 minutes.
It was uinder exposed and I should have used 12 minutes developing time, like I did earlier, or even better, use dilution B. This is one of the better images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then I discovered that the Lightmeter was set to ISO 200, so I tried again on another fotoshoot. I decided to keep the developer and time the same: Kodak HC-110, dilution H for 10 minutes. Exposure is much better, film is easier to scan than the one above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And then in 2023: surprise: P30 in 120 format!
Since I do have a Ferrania Elioflex camera, I used that for the test of this film and developed it in the most Italian developer I have: PMK made from Bellini raw chemicals by Nik and Trick fro 13 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And now I have the opportunity to not only use Ferrania film in a Ferrania camera, but also make photographs in the town Ferrania in Italy. comined with a visit to the Ferrania museum and Ferrania manufacturing site. Of course I try to develop in an Italian developer as well, Bellini’s version of HC-110, since the PMK had more bromide drag than HC-110.
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Finally: We flew to Genova and travelled by car to Cairo Montenotte to visit the Ferrania Film Museum. There we got a nice introduction to Ferrania and a private tour in the museum. After the lunch we went to Ferrania to visit their manufacturing site. (no photos from that though \ud83d\ude42 )<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And then: Ferrania P33<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

During our visit we got to see the manufacturing process and the first examples of Ferrania P33.
This is an ISO 160 film. Just like P30 it is a rich silver content film, more sensitive but a bit less contrasty. The official introduction was anounced in february 2024 and I had to test it ofcourse. Unfortunately it is only available in 135 format, but a 120 version will follow they told us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some examples photo’s I made with my Canon AE1- FD 1.4\/50mm.
Development was again in Bellini’s Euro HC, the Kodak HC110 clone. Development time was 11 minutes in Dil. H (1+63)
I am very pleased with the result. It gave easy to scan negatives and for me, very nice tonality!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Back in 2017, the new Ferrania finally shipped their first black& white film, the Ferrania P30 Alpha.This is one example of my 1st test of this film. I made some pictures, and cut that part from the film roll and developed it in Kodak HC-110 dilution B for 5 minutes. Needless to say I was… Continue reading Ferrania<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imagraphy.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imagraphy.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imagraphy.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imagraphy.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imagraphy.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/imagraphy.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100,"href":"https:\/\/imagraphy.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75\/revisions\/100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imagraphy.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imagraphy.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imagraphy.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}