Ferrania Falco 6x9 Neopan 400

[Orio]

These pictures belong to this thread
but since picture upload does not work for me, I post here the originals from my website
which are of course quite large so here's why oversize gallery:


1 - Bologna, via Sant'Isaia



2 - Bologna, Cattedrale di San Francesco, shortly before a storm



3 - Bologna, via Riva di Reno, under the rain



#4 - San Secondo Parmense, the Rocca



#5 - San Secondo Parmense, the Rocca



#6 - San Secondo Parmense, two bicycles



#7 - San Secondo Parmense, contrada Prevostura



#8 - San Secondo Parmense, contrada Trinità

[Lena]

Bella Italia Going there again, soon.

[ManualFocus-G]

Congratulations Orio, the results are brilliant! Take away the modern cars etc. and I could believe they were taken many, many years ago. They just have such a vintage look. How was the camera to use? Did you need a tripod to keep it steady and focused?

[Orio]

Thank you Lena and Graham
To use a 6x9 camera, one should use a tripod, but I didn't have any with me, so I kept the shutter at the maximum speed (1/300) and adjusted the aperture at need.
If you don't make jumps, it works acceptably

[Katastrofo]

Holy Cow, great set going to the big cinema! Fave is the first if I had to pick one, excellent scans!

[rbelyell]

really interesting results, especially for a ferrania camera! ive only seen them with not so great lenses, very limited SS and apertures...what does your camera have on her?
tony

[Nesster]

I'm a total fool for 6x9 folders, and this Ferrania looks to be just as good as all the good ones Delicious, in other words. I like the gradations possible at this film size - often these get brushed over in 135.

[Orio]

Thanks Bill and Tony
The lens is a Galileo Terog 6.3/10,5cm
It's a simple triplet, and quite slow, but of course this is a 1948 camera, it is a miracle that in the Italy of 1948 a camera was produced at all, given that most people had trouble finding enough to eat!
In spite of it being a consumer camera, the Prontor shutter is very precise, and the look of both the camera and the leather case (which I did not show) is very stylish, it looks like a classy man's bag.

[Orio]

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