Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kodak Plus X ISO 125 was one of my favorite films! Unfortunately gone? Lluis > El 19 febr 2018, a les 3:13, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> va > escriure: > > Beautiful skin tones. Reminds me of Plus-X (ASA 50) of the 1950s, only > better. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > > On 2/18/2018 7:15 PM, Jim Shulman 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information