Ferrania P30 B&W Film Thread

css9450 said:
This thread came at a good time. I should be ready to develop my first roll this weekend. :)
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Be sure to download V2.0 of their best practices PDF. Development times are different from earlier versions.

I was pretty pleased with straight D-76 and continuous agitation. Nice looking negs.

Jim B.
 
sepiareverb said:
Having made wet prints for people who only scan their film I conclude that many 'scan only' folks make much worse negatives (for wet printing) than us wet-printers.
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I would agree. It takes a much better neg to make a really good wet print. I've seen a lot of what I'd call salvage scans from negs that would never give good wet prints.
 
Mackinaw said:
Be sure to download V2.0 of their best practices PDF. Development times are different from earlier versions.
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Is that on their site somewhere? I don't see it just now.

I think I was looking at either 14 or 15 minutes in Rodinal 1:50, if I remember right. Probably 14. But I am not sure how current that is.
 
The correct development time for any film is what works for you and your printing / scanning setup. What's correct for me isn't necessarily correct for you or anyone else.
 
sepiareverb said:
I would have gotten 40 frames, but am glad I didn't go to the very end, as when I unspooled the film in the darkroom it came right off the center, seems like the hole in the film didn't get caught by the tooth in the spindle.
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All my rolls have come off the cassette spool in the camera. I gave the rest of it away and sent Ferrania a terse message.

Marty
 
Freakscene said:
sepiareverb said:
......All my rolls have come off the cassette spool in the camera. I gave the rest of it away and sent Ferrania a terse message......
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Until recently, a third party was doing the finishing (cutting the film, adding perforations, putting into the cartridge and boxes). They've now moved the finishing operation in-house.

Jim B.
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I was gifted a roll of P30 I shot yesterday in a recently overhauled Olympus OM-2n and processed in HC110 B. following their directions to the letter. Granted it wasn't the nicest day for medium speed black and white film, I got some nice results with some tweaking in Lightroom. I won't be making any wet prints from this roll as I need a half dozen rolls to dial the exposure in.

I hope Ferrania can produce a large run of this film to get the cost down a bit. As I'm intrigued with what I could get with a sunny day.

Old Lock Door by Bill Smith, on Flickr
 
css9450 said:
Negatives are hanging up drying. Seems a little more contrasty than I am used to.
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Yes, contrast is the issue with this film. Those who make prints in a traditional darkroom are having the hardest time dealing with the contrast. Those who scan and post-process in PS are having an easier time dealing with the contrast. All of my pics on this thread were scanned (kind of obvious, I guess).

Jim B.
 
Mackinaw said:
Yes, contrast is the issue with this film. Those who make prints in a traditional darkroom are having the hardest time dealing with the contrast. Those who scan and post-process in PS are having an easier time dealing with the contrast. All of my pics on this thread were scanned (kind of obvious, I guess).

Jim B.
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I think whether scanning or wet printing there will be a learning curve, both for Ferrania and their customers. It's a higher contrast film, but it can be controlled. I'm looking forward to shooting more as soon as it's available.
 
Some quickies. This was all shot with my N90S.

These are the most contrasty negatives I've ever seen. I can't even think what might be No. 2 on that list. It would be a distant second. First time I've ever reduced contrast on a scan. I might think differently when I see them on my monitor at work tomorrow.

BTW Is this first one a close relative of Larry Cloetta's car?

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css9450 said:
Some quickies. This was all shot with my N90S.

These are the most contrasty negatives I've ever seen. I can't even think what might be No. 2 on that list. It would be a distant second. First time I've ever reduced contrast on a scan. I might think differently when I see them on my monitor at work tomorrow.

BTW Is this first one a close relative of Larry Cloetta's car?

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Pretty close, looks like about a ‘56 Speedster from the bumpers and what I can see of the taillights. Used to have a ‘56, sadly no longer. That’s a fairly high six figure car these days, so it’s nice to see someone just driving it around and parking it wherever.

Nice shots here, I have been using up my P30 pretty slowly.
 
css9450 said:
.......These are the most contrasty negatives I've ever seen. I can't even think what might be No. 2 on that list. It would be a distant second. First time I've ever reduced contrast on a scan. I might think differently when I see them on my monitor at work tomorrow.......
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Outside of the last pic, your scans look really good, not contrasty. Choice of developers seems to matter. Based on what I've shot so far, D-76 tames contrast than XTOL.

Jim B.
 
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