New films, then?

There has been a supply problem for Ferrania films for most of this year, and there have been fears they might have gone bust. Now it appears they're back!

"We are excited to announce that, after careful and thorough reorganization, we are now fully operational. By the end of this year, our classic Ferrania black and white films will return to the market in their authentic quality. And that’s not all: soon we will launch exciting new products designed to best meet the needs of an ever-growing and evolving community of analog film enthusiasts. We sincerely thank you for your continued support, trust, and enthusiasm throughout this journey. The future of analog film is bright!"

I never really got on with P30, much too high contrast for me. I only had one roll of orto, which I suspect needs more experimenting, but I have loved the two rolls of 160-ISO P33 I used last year. I've hung on to my last couple of rolls, but I'm looking forward to ordering some more.

At about the time they released P33 there was mention of a possible P36 400 ISO film. I'd definitely try that.

If they can get their production and cash flow problems sorted out, I'd be a very happy bunny!
 
I have a soft spot for Ferrania. It was their CR50 bulk film and processing kits that made colour affordable for me.
 
I've tried most of the Vistion 3 films which I like a good deal. Analogue Revival are quite cheap for this. It can be expensive to get processed however. I'll be interested to see if the new non remjet Vistion films get respooled for us stills photgrpahers. That could e a game changer.
I tried Phonix and hated it, I have a roll of Phonix II in the fridge but I think it might work better in a camera.

I bought three rolls of "Vibe 400" via Ali Express and they all had significant fogging, used in differant cameras.

Lomo Tiger in 110 format was OK but I felt it was a dull, certianly low contrast which might not be a bad thing. Just nice to be able to get 110 film.

I have a roll of Wolfen NC500 in a T70, we shall see.206697590027-8781e.jpg
Vistion 3 50D
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Vistion 3 300T

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Lomo Tiger

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Harman Phonex
 
Ferrania were a great part of my early photography(1960s). The Camera Club members at my school used to pool our pocket money and buy a bulk roll of Ferrania 35mm slide film.
We loaded this into cassettes and distributed them among the members - usually just before the summer holidays.
When all had used their film we bought a chemical pack and arranged a convenient Saturday morning to assemble.
We borrowed a constant temperature water bath from the chemistry department and processed all the films.
It was a long and tedious process back then involving two stages of development, a calibrated exposure to light, bleaching, clearing, fixing washing and mounting.
Interesting to see this brand emerging again.
 
Of course, we've also had Harman Phoenix 200, Harman Red, Harman Phoenix II, and Kentmere 200, so aren't we lucky people! I've now tried all of these except Harman Red (I put a roll of 120 Phoenix 200 in the basket instead, idiot!).

I've managed a couple of decent images with the original Phoenix 200, less successful with the Phoenix II. This is a snippet of some red (yes, really red!) berries from the latter at EI 125 in the GS645S:

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I have mixed feelings about Kentmere 200. I believe it doesn't have an anti-halation layer, and certainly tends to bloom around bright area. OTOH I've really liked some images made with it.

Is it better than Kentmere 100 pushed to EI 200? Any opinions?
 
Topsy said:
I'm afraid I'm boring and stick to Kodak Portra, Ektar, Tri-X plus Ilford HP2+, FP4+ and Fuji Provia. I do have some stuff liek Sinestill 800T and Lomo Metropolis in the freezer but as yet I haven't found anything suitable to test them on. (Must try harder) :exit:
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I'm even more limited Paul! XP2 for B & W or Ektar/Portra/Gold for Colour. (Can you tell I buy C41 Chemicals)
 
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