[Leica] PESO 02 18 18

[Jim Nichols]

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
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> M3, Summilux 50, Ferrania P30
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> 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.
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> Jim Shulman
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> Wynnewood, PA
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> *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.
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