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Scheimpflug
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 Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 5:35 am Post subject: Ferrania 800 film - Is it any good? |
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Scheimpflug wrote:
I was doing some shopping today, and came across a store that was having a close-out sale on their 800 ISO no-name disposable cameras for US $1.00 each. I looked at the bottom, and while they were made in China, there was a web address for Ferrania in Italy. I bought all eight of them that they had, so with the future help of a film leader retriever, I now have eight 24/27-exp rolls of ISO 800 film for just $8! 
There doesn't seem to be much information out there about the 800 speed film from Ferrania. Has anyone here used it, or have any experiences with it's characteristics?
Oh, and for what it is worth, these are not expired... Well, not for a few more weeks that is. 
Thanks.
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Orio
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Orio wrote:
It's a nice film. A bit grainy, but with the same contrast and saturation characteristics of the other speeds in the line:
http://www.ferraniait.com/solutions/photography/ph_infoFG800.htm
Here's the PDF brochure of the 400 and 800 ISO films:
http://www.ferraniait.com/solutions/photography/download/brochure400800eng.pdf
and of the 100 and 200 ISO film:
http://www.ferraniait.com/solutions/photography/download/brochure100200eng.pdf
There are other languages available on the site www.ferraniait.com
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Scheimpflug
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Scheimpflug wrote:
Thanks Orio. What are the contrast and saturation characteristics of the other Ferrania films? These would be the first ones I have tried...
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Orio
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| Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 11:58 pm Post subject: |
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Orio wrote:
| Scheimpflug wrote: |
| Thanks Orio. What are the contrast and saturation characteristics of the other Ferrania films? These would be the first ones I have tried... |
Strong colours... contrast higher than normal... noise a bit higher than the average film of the same speed.
Here's a series that I made with Ferrania Color 200:
http://forum.mflenses.com/film-parma-in-ferraniacolor-t34099,highlight,%2Bparma.html
and here's another with Ferrania Color 200 converted to grayscale in Photoshop (some colour ones mixed in there too):
http://forum.mflenses.com/parma-under-the-rain-contax-g2-rangefinder-t15168,highlight,%2Bparma.html
Ferrania 200 is a very good film to be converted to grayscale digitally, in my opinion.
It's a lot of time that I don't use the 800 ISO version - probably more than 20 years. I remember it to be the same: high contrast film, with grainy aspect, colours well saturated for a high sensitivity film.
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martinsmith99
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martinsmith99 wrote:
I use Ferrania 200 as my regular colour film. For small prints and web use, the 800 will be fine.
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