Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Love it. The head phones are bigger than she is, almost! Barney Barney Quinn, WK3Z C: (301) 775-1386 H: (301) 654-0938 > On Feb 18, 2018, at 8:15 PM, Jim Shulman <jshulman at judgecrater.com> > wrote: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/focusit/firecrackers+sm.jpg.html > > > > M3, Summilux 50, Ferrania P30 > > > > Thanks to Kickstarter I helped underwrite the Ferrania film company?s > resurrection*, which is running over budget and well beyond the original > timetable. The underwriting gift was going to be their first production of > E-6, but in the interim Ferrania decided to make some black and white > negative film, which they offered to their backers at $5/roll for up to > five rolls. I bought five, and I am blown away by it (I like it more than > Acros). The problem is that it?s slower than molasses (ISO 50 at box > speed, though I learned that some people are getting desired results at ISO > 20). About six good pictures from the first roll were lost because of fast > action cursed by tiny DOF in cloudy streets. > > > > Jim Shulman > > Wynnewood, PA > > > > *For those of us with long memories, the old 3M Color Slide film was made > by Ferrania. It was decidedly inferior to Kodak and Agfa. However, with > Fuji being about the only company making E-6 today (the promised return of > Ektachrome has yet to materialize) an alternative would be most welcome. > Ferrania has promised to make their E-6 in 35mm, 120 and 16mm movie. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information