Interesting post from Ferrania

[thegman]

I'm not sure how big of a pinch of salt to take this with, but I was just reading this blog post:

http://www.filmferrania.it/blog/2013/8/1/chrome#comments-51fa4495e4b0339e6c67e641

Introducing a new slide film is one thing (and an excellent one at that), but 3200 ISO? I know I'll certainly try it if it appears, but just seems a little too good to be true somehow.

 

[v_roma]

Aren't they saying they will be reintroducing the ASA 100 version of the film? That's how I read it.

 

[thegman]

Aren't they saying they will be reintroducing the ASA 100 version of the film? That's how I read it.

Perhaps you are right, in the blog this " Is was a modern film" is clearly a typo, but depending on what part is wrong could change the meaning a bit. Anyway, any new film is good as far as I am concerned.

 

[tunalegs]

I'm pretty sure what they meant was:

It was a modern film available in three speeds: 100, 640 and 800/3200 ISO which we are going to reintroduce on the market in an improved version and also finish in motion picture small formats. Just for reference here is the original IMATION Scotch Chrome 100 Technical Sheet.

So they may be saying they will be re-releasing 100, 640, and 800 ASA films. But given they only provide data for 100 ASA, I'll presume we'll see that first if at all.

 

[awbphotog]

This is welcome news. I'm excited to hear more.

 

[fdarnell]

Hope they get smart

Hope they get smart

The old 640 was a Tungsten balanced film that had bit of a cult following since it looked like Autochromes.

Now if they want to get smart, they will feature some old M3's, Nikon F's and Canon's shooting the 800 pushed two stops to 3200 with big glass. Do it in a roll-out like the Nikon Df with photos crawling the pubs and rambling on dimly lit streets at night in quaint locations (they need to be safe) and this will create a huge pent up demand. They can use the Nikon model to generate all the buzz and bring new life to all the old cameras.

I'll bite...

 

[zuiko85]

Well good!
As soon as this digital fad passes the world will need film once again.

 

[j j]

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=135097

 

[oftheherd]

I hope this works out in a reasonably priced and good quality film. I expect I will try it no matter. First their ISO 100 for quality, then when it comes out, their high speed film, whatever the max ISO turns out to be.

 

[tsiklonaut]

I haven't shot it myself but from what I've heard from others Scotch Chrome used to be a very decent E6 film and was often used by astrophotographers meaning it had low grain, little or no color shifts and very good reciprocity characteristics for an E6 of it's time. Most astrophotographers used Kodak E200 almost exclusevly at the time.

Thus I reckon logically it should provide a good basis for Ferrania to modernize from. Hopefully they'll provide a IT8 target as well so it'll be properly scannable & printable.

I'm a big fan of decent E6 films so in fact I can't wait to try it out!

Margus

 

[leicapixie]

i wish Ferrania the best.
Color negative first.
Starting with a quality 100 speed for me,no interest.
None.i use 400 ISO for everything.
Black and White, should Ferrania make it, again 400 ISO.
Color Slide?Transparency Film.
i doubt there would be sufficient market or labs remaining.
The labs is a big problem, getting worse.
Black and White can easily be done, at home.

The bad news, as from my experience.
Repeat my experience of "old" Ferrania.
All my slides incl the 3M 640 stuff faded completely away..
My Ektachromes of same period did NOT.
i never looked at my color negatives.
The colors then, were lousy compared to Kodak..

We need more competition, but hey, film needs speed.
Many of us routinely shoot very high ISO on digital..
I was a Master Watchmaker and no matter how expensive,
a mechanical watch, could NOT compete with a good,
electronic quartz watch.5~8cps to 32,768cps.
Using a basic 100 speed will not gain a good base..

 

[tunalegs]

I use 100 ASA basically exclusively...

But I would welcome a fast slide film, since Fuji and Kodak axed all of theirs.

 

[RBruceCR]

I hope they keep E-6 chemistry alive for a long while as I have quite a stash of Ektachrome VS 100, Fujichrome Astia and soon to arrive Fujichrome Velvia 50!

Perhaps India with its film on film industry will be the largest market for color reversal films!

 

[wblynch]

We have plenty of 400 and 800 color films. We need a good, thick, rich 100 color film. Negative and positive.