FERRANIA P30 | Black & White Film
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
- In this video I am showing you photos I took with Ferrania P30 under varying light conditions with different types of motives and giving my thoughts on them and the film in general.
All photos in this video were taken with my Leica M6 on Ferrania P30.
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P30 is one of my favourite films it’s hard to get hold of here in the UK I only have 3 rolls left waiting for more to be delivered here it’s a beautiful film
This video is a beautiful emotional and technical analysis.
I'm getting more and more desire to try this film, even if the prices (even here in Italy!) are not exactly very low...
Thanks for watching and your kind words.
Ferrania P30 and Ilford Ortho Plus. Two films that it is normal to compare. Perhaps the P30 is more suitable for portraits, architectural details, etc., the Ilford for landscaping, also for its natural ability to darken the sky, its sharpness in trapping vegetation. Maybe it's just a suggestion, but the Ferrania seems, with its ancient flavor due to the large amount of silver, to do full justice to the plasticity of my Leica and Zuiko lenses. Ilford makes the images clear, ringing. In any case, two fantastic films. What conclusion have you reached? In any case, thank you for your beautiful and useful videos. Giovanni. Italia
Thanks Giovanni. My conclusion so far is that P30 carrys more emotion and suits to my shooting style with the Leica M more. Ortho Plus is almost too good and sits in a niche that I don’t know exactly how to utilize. Long story short. Since shooting my first roll of P30 I always have P30 around, whereas I did not buy more Ortho plus since I made the video.
Just went out to shoot a roll of this film on this white sunday morning after the first fall of snow. Did some long exposure with ND filter at a lake as well. Can‘t wait to see the results.
Nice. 👍🏻
I have only shot roll of this film some months ago, but I simply just love it! Such a lovely filmic look. Have one more in the fridge for another “special occasion 🤓
Filmic look describes it well.
Hello Markus, another excellent film review, thank you. I was one of the original Kickstarter backers of Film Ferrania, and although the promised colour slide film is still a long way off, the P30 is a great stepping stone in the process. I absolutely love P30 and have another 5 rolls in stock. The deep blacks and white whites, together with incredibly low grain, make it one of my favourites. I have had no light leakage problems with any of the rolls I have shot, including the Alpha film, so perhaps you have just been unlucky.
Thank you! Good to hear that you had no issues with light leakage. Guess I was unlucky and looking forward to the next rolls that I will be shooting.
I love the football pitch shot and both images of the shadow on the white wall especially. Some people don't get Ferrania, but it's not like its contrast is a secret. I shot my first roll of it on Sunday. I took a portrait of my 6 year old son which blew me away. He has light freckles but with no filter on my Nikon F2 the freckles were so punchy, it was quite amazing. The silver content makes Ferrania unique and the contrast brings drama. No issues with glitches by the way but I have four more rolls. I guess bracketing more important shots is wise especially with the contrast issue. I actually quite like the slightly underexposed portrait shots I took. I've never seen anything quite like this film. It's beautiful.
Thanks for watching and sharing your experiences. Happy to hear that you also enjoy the look of the film. It's really beautiful.
My favorite b&w film these days is Bergger Pancro 400. I tried P30 and can only describe the contrast as harsh without any pleasing midrange tones.
Definitely on the contrasty side. One needs to want that kook. Not versatile for an everyday film.
I did not find it contrasty, but then I develop in Diafine. My first roll was shot on a sunny day at a vintage car show, no trouble with contrast, and highlights and shadows look great. Can’t wait to shoot a lot more of it.
Thanks for your feedback. Good to know that you achieved good results with Diafine.
Look at you getting me all excited about this film Markus, really nice exposition about the film stock, enjoyed it a lot and you've convinced me to pick up some rolls, although I have to say it wasn't that hard ahah HP5 is also one of my favourite film stocks when it comes to black and white so I particularly liked when you mentioned it in relation to P30. Cheers!
Thank you T. Yes indeed, it complements HP5 in such a good way and doesn't compete with it. Curious to hear from you what you think about it once you shot it.
I’m not a film shooter unfortunately, but I find the theory very interesting though!
It’s also nice to seeing and hearing you telling about this beautiful medium of film photography.
I really appreciate and looking forward to seeing you soon telling about the other kind of films!!👍🏻
Thanks Markus ❗️
Thanks a lot Ruud. Appreciate it. I will also have more content on digital again in the future. Given the current situation these kinds of talking head videos are easier to produce and I anyway had them in mind for a long time. Thanks Ruud.
I bought the Ferrania film but have shot it yet. However, a photo vlogger here in RUclips gave a review with the same white line shade in his photos.
I would be curious to hear from you what your thoughts on Ferrania's P30 are. Let me know what you think in the comments below.
i def want to try this film. its so damn smooth 😊 love the contrast too
Cheers. Thanks for watching. Yeah, really smooth and great natural contrast. Definitely worth trying.
Very cool to see the Ortho Plus and P30 side by side. I’m going to pick up some P30 (if it’s in stock) next time I order some C-41 chemistry.
Thanks for watching Dave. Fingers crossed that it is in stock for you.
Greetings, I have recently shot a roll of P30 - I noticed a purple streak on my negatives after processing. I have contacted the company regarding this. I suspect that P30 might require a prewash prior to developing. BTW I developed P30 in HC110 (solution B) - I really enjoy the content, keep up the good work!!!
Thanks for watching. Good idea with the prewash. I did not see purple streaks on my films but you are right, a prewash could improve things. I also love the film and developed it in HC110 solution B.
Seems to lend itself well to architectural photography 🤔
I can see it in architectural photography. It will give the photos a nice vintage touch and character.
No light bleeding issue with P30, but the first alpha batches had consistently issues with horizontal scratches throughout the film (confirmed to me as issue by Ferrania and definitely not from my development!). Bummer for me since I couldn't make prints of those negatives in the darkroom. Newer batches don't seem to suffer from this anymore. P30 is a bit too contrasty for my taste. Agree that P30 has a very limited tonal range which works as benefit in some scenes but also as debit in others.
Thanks Martin. I guess my two rolls were bad luck with the light bleeding. At least no horizontal scratches.
@@TheMPhotography Make also sure it didn't occur within light baffles in your M camera or during development at some point (I am pretty sure you already did this).
I didn't shoot the P30 rolls after each other and the films in between didn't show any light bleeding. I would exclude an issue with the M6. No idea why I see those light streaks. Not such a big issue. Will see how it looks on my next rolls that I wills shoot once I get my hands on P30 again.
Looking to start getting into black and white film, so I've been trying to decide which film stocks to get. This was really informative, Markus, and you've definitely tempted me into wanting to get this film.
Thanks a lot. I am happy to hear that you want to start to get into b&w film. The choice of films in that space is so rich. Glad my video could spark your interest in P30. As you saw I love it.
@@TheMPhotography Just ordered it, so I look forward to trying it out!
I have only shot one roll of Ferrania, a few years ago I saved it to shoot specifically in Firenze. I have another roll saved in my fridge as I had the plan to shoot it in Fellini's hometown of Rimini earlier this year but I had to cancel the trip because of Covid.
Thanks for watching and your comment. So nice how you planned to shoot it in Rimini. Next time when I am planning to go to Italy I should also take a few rolls
The Ferraris films (also their Ortho P50) look great with their high contrast and low grain. I just ask myself if I can not easily get the same look digitally?
I am sure that you can do a lot digitally to make a photo like the film.
@@TheMPhotography that’s clear. What I mean is that it seems quite easy to imitate this high contrast/low grain look, while HP5 and TriX etc. have a more film like characteristic. But the Ferrania films are for sure full of character.
@christophsiegl201 ah. I see. Misunderstood your first comment 👍🏻
I have shot a couple of rolls of P30. What developer you are using? I have tried Rodinal stand developed. I was not satisfied and found it underexposed and not worth the effort of stand developing. I had better results with Ilfosol 3. But if I shot it again would use ISO 50. I shot this a couple of years ago and was not too interested in shooting the other 4 rolls that I have, but your video made me want to go for it again. You are right about the "emotion". Looking over my prints confirms that.
Thanks for watching and your comment Frank. I used Kodak's HC110 to develop the film. Next time I might try D76.
I just got two of Ferrania p30 and I cant wait to try it. On my Canon a1 I got two stops down from ISO 100 to 50. I guess I will use first stop down from 100 which will make like almost iso 90. What do you think? Great video thank you :)
Thanks for watching and you comment. I think ~ISO 90 should be ok. Enjoy shooting the film. Very nice and classic look
There's just something about the quality of the blacks and even the whites ... It's almost metallic? It's interesting how there can be such a low amount of detail in the highs and lows, but it somehow holds together. I keep wanting to look at it and push it to see what I can get out of it. I have a couple of rolls left I really want to use soon.
Thanks Jamie. Yeah. Fully agree. But somehow beautiful what this film does. And it needs so little post editing to give this vintage look. Happy shooting of your last couple of rolls. I am jealous since I don't have any left and eagerly awaiting them to be in stock again.
What developer did you use? Ferrania recommends D96.
I used HC110. Next time I will use D76