Cracking the Ferrania P30 Code

 Ferrania P30 is a tricky film to shoot with as in you have to careful with metering and processing. I had good luck processing with HC110 B with the Alpha run but with two production rolls, I found the negatives really thin and the scans were crap. Now, D76 or ID-11 1+1 that's a different story I found the negatives much denser which is great for scanning and printing. I used a 13.5 minute time at 20 degrees cesius and I got nice results. 

Now I also have a new lens to play with, the Nikkor NC 28 F2, a really fast piece of glass with floating elements like the 24 F2.8. My brother Alex hates this lens, he had a bad example that was probably worked on by a hack repair tech who re-assembled it wrong. My example performs well and I'm pleased with the results. Now the H 28 F3.5 is a super sharp lens but I also found my version vignettes while the faster lens does not. 


Camera: Nikon F2S, Nikkor NC 28 F2, Pre Ai K 40 f1.4 lens. 

Film: Ferrania P30, D76 1+1. 



Deconstructed Heritage House on the Corner Camper Van Behind 94 Robinson Wall Front Stoops on Robinson Mid October 2020 Looking up Thomas St. Mid October 2020 Downtown Oakville Mid October 2020 The Upper Patio at The 7 The Lower Patio at The 7 Former Post Office and Government Building Late October Lakeshore Road Porsche 911 T Targa Porsche 911 T Targa 73 Front Yard_ Cairncroft Driveway Lakeshore Crosswalk Quiet at the Gairloch Gallery The Tidewall at Gairloch Gardens_ Gairloch Gardens Foot Bridge_ Haunted Tiny Libarary

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Rollei 35, Rollei RPX 100 on the October Photo Walk

Image
 I got all three of my Rollei 35's serviced recently by @lensmedicyyc and packed the one with the 40 F3.5 Zeiss Tessar lens which is magical for black and white films. I went meta with Rollei RPX 100, because, why not?  The Rollei 35 to recap is a very compact zone focus camera, first made in Germany, then production in Singapore in the early 1970s. They came with the 40 f3.5 Zeiss Tessar lens wich as mentioend above great for black and white film, the 40 F2.8 which has always been made in Singapore, made for colour film and a limited production of Schneider Xenar 40 F3.5 lens in the early 1970s.  The camera due to its design is ass backwards with loading from right to left which makes scanning the negatives a treat as you have to start at the end of the roll and go to the beginning. Zone focusing takes some practice but it's not hard to get the hang, just make sure you check to see the measurement is in feet or metres, that will matter, a lot.  That said, I love my Rollei 35&#
Read more

Second Roll of Aerocolor IV (Flic Film Elektra 100)

Image
 I bought a bunch of Flic Film Elektra 100 after shooting a roll of Santa Color 100 late last fall down in Niagara on the Lake  with my good Canon New F-1. I packed a two rolls gifting one roll to my brother Alex before heading south on vacation for a week. This time around my second adventure of Kodak Aero Color IV at a different time of the year.  Again, I shot at "box speed" at 100 ISO only this time through my Nikon F3/T. This time I loved the results even more, not just because it went through a different camera system. I think back late last November there was more infrared light in the spectrum due the time of year thus influencing the colour cast of the Aero Color 1V. Shooting the second roll in late March gave me a lot more the look I adored. Due to the polyester base Aero Color IV is easy to scan, you can almost colour correct during the scanning process, reducing your work flow a bit at the other end in Lightroom. Again being a polyester base, you want to load thi
Read more

The Trip Back Down HIghway 35 from Dwight to Minden.

Image
 Alright, this isn't the last of my NLP 2023 set of photos, I have two rolls of slide film out being processed and they are a tad late. They are going to get scanned eventually.  I rolled with the Nikon FM2/T on the trip home and to be honest, it just delivered with Kodak Portra 160, I've fallen in love with this emulsion, hard. I do plan to buy more next year, just as I'm going to buy more motion picture stock Ektachrome 100.  Camera: Nikon FM2/T, Nikkor AIS lenses.  Film: Kodak Portra 160
Read more