jc_braconi Posted September 30, 2014 Share #1 Posted September 30, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Video to be seen and may be you can support them 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted September 30, 2014 Posted September 30, 2014 Hi jc_braconi, Take a look here Ferrania films. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
luigi bertolotti Posted September 30, 2014 Share #2 Posted September 30, 2014 WELL DONE JC !!! For many Italians Ferrania is a brand that represents our most significant heritage in the photo industry (Rectaflex was a a naive dream, known only to historicians... Durst is "from the Deutsch side of Italy".... Manfrotto is still thriving, but many Italians even don'tknow how a value brand it is) : Ferrania films and their honest inexpensive cameras meant PHOTO for thousands and thousands of people now over their fifties... ; the closing of the former 3M factory was a sad event, and is appreciable that someone tries to make the plant and machinery still working (they made photo paper too, but machinery has gone away....for what I know) Frankly, I don't know if they will succeed, but the feel, locally, is that is a serious and corageous tentative. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_livsey Posted October 4, 2014 Share #3 Posted October 4, 2014 72% funded with 25 days out of 28 left average pledge $55 A strong message from the film community. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted October 4, 2014 Share #4 Posted October 4, 2014 I can understand the emotional side of this enterprise, particularly for Italian film and for cine film users. I can wholly understand the idea for those markets but for the rest of us, I am just not sure about it. I think there are possibly more film makers in the market at present than the quite limited market can support. There are significant shortages, in particular 127 B&W, for which only short dated Efke has been available for some time. However, there are still a reasonably wide range of 135 and 120 films for B&W, IR, colour negative and reversal available, so I am far from convinced there is room for yet another. The only film I would really love to see re-introduced is Kodachrome, with E14 processing. Wilson Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_livsey Posted October 4, 2014 Share #5 Posted October 4, 2014 in particular 127 B&W, Wilson Which they have specifically said they are planning on producing I agree, the big coating machine is not suitable IMHO for modern, flexible, smaller scale production. The alternative to start again with a new machine would be next to impossible to fund. To even think of making the base themselves is surely folly, but for sum requested I'm in for the ride, as I said elsewhere: I've spent more on dafter things. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted October 4, 2014 Share #6 Posted October 4, 2014 Chris, 127 film was a maybe for Ferrania. Maco-Direct.de are hoping to restart 127 B&W film production this year. Wilson Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_livsey Posted October 4, 2014 Share #7 Posted October 4, 2014 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) "we have recovered what is probably the only working machine on the planet that can package 127 film, and in fact, we are already in the process of making it operational." Dispatches from the LRF-The L.R.F. Are they, Maco, hoping to start using Ferrania's machine ? That's not a "clever" question I can'tfind a quote from Maco how they can do it. Edit: found a quote in German so apologies for the translation:The production takes place in Europe, with one of the world's leading companies for the B & W film production. Since our production contract contains a confidentiality clause, we ask for your understanding that we can not mention the name of the company. We also have a master role RPX 100 can cut the roll film type 127 in 46mm, which is packaged and presented in the first half of 2014. The deadline has gone, perhaps they should visit kickstarter and put in some $ . Edited October 4, 2014 by chris_livsey Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted October 4, 2014 Share #8 Posted October 4, 2014 Chris, From my last talk with Maco, the delay was getting the backing papers printed and cut. I suspect they are using the machinery brought from Croatia that used to be at Efke, who rolled the films under their own brand and Rollei. Wilson Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_livsey Posted October 5, 2014 Share #9 Posted October 5, 2014 Wilson, appreciated, Ferrania are not alone on the planet then I know backing paper is an issue, Ilford have stated that is one of the sticking points for 220, the minimum order, and cost of, the backing paper would price the 220 out of proportion to 120. I may have to buy a 127 now after threatening to buy a 16mm Bolex to support the cause. Given the size of the big coating machine they will have to cut every possible format to make it worthwhile, unless someone decides a movie or six in B/W film is cool. My other concern is this initial reliance on E6. I know they have the skill to produce it but scaling it up on the big machine is high risk they mate end up having to offer processing as well a la Kodachrome. Of course from my narrow western perspective I don't see the global market. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphoenix Posted October 6, 2014 Share #10 Posted October 6, 2014 I see the greatest problem for the manufacturers and marketers of film, is the reducing numbers of film developers and processors. Ferrania and the others need to develop their networks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc_braconi Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share #11 Posted April 14, 2015 I started a post about last year This month in LFI p41 an article about Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pop Posted April 14, 2015 Share #12 Posted April 14, 2015 There's this thread as well if you haven't noticed yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc_braconi Posted April 15, 2015 Author Share #13 Posted April 15, 2015 UP ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc_braconi Posted April 15, 2015 Author Share #14 Posted April 15, 2015 not yet but I started a post about in sept 2014 they are not far from my home Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lleo Posted April 28, 2015 Share #15 Posted April 28, 2015 This is a great news, I hope Ferrania will be back producing also 135 films. However during the time Fuji was famous for its green, Kodak for its yellow, Ferrania for its blue. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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