Ferrania P33!!! Photos and thoughts of this new B&W film.

Film Ferrania has released a new black and white film - P33 - a 160 speed film. I shot my first roll and I'm sharing some thoughts as I check out the images and think about shooting my second roll later this week. I've shot their other films, so I compare it to those, too. Details about how I shot, developed, scanned, and edited the photos are towards the end of the video.
One important detail that I left out about the development is to do 10 gentle inversions in the first minute before letting it sit for the remainder of the 30 minutes.
Yes, what I say if possibly a "manufacturing defect" could be dust. I should have mentioned that.

[@robdrelich8563]

great video, really nice examples. love the look of the film. but there isn't much faces in here, I shot my first roll of p30 and the absence of red sensitivity makes it hard shooting faces (having said that, I was more zone metereing the shots with my canon A1 and not spot metering). stuff I shot for contrast was amazing, and late afternoon early evening light street photography looked like a fellini film on the p30. does the p33 have any more red sensitivity to it?

[@DanMars27]

Yes, much more red sensitivity

[@TucsonAnalogWorkshop]

I only shot one roll and developed in D-23 and I wasn't happy with the detail, so I think I'll try Rodinal next time. It's essentially very much similar to P30 but with a true speed of 160 (maybe even closer to 200). I didn't notice any white dots on my roll. Also I too noticed it was harder to wind in my Leica M3 and I actually ripped sprockets when it reached the end of the roll. I've never done that before (on that camera).

[@DanMars27]

Maybe just dust … hopefully

[@DanMars27]

Rewinding with M6 and took about 2-3 times as much force as normal… that’s so much that I think some cameras might not actually be able to rewind this film.

[@tumaprints]

Interesting. I'll be trying the P30 and once my supplier gets his order I'll get a couple rolls of P33 and try them out together.

[@lensman5762]

Good show. I hope those ' white ' dots do not happen to be what Fomapan 200 suffers from.

[@DanMars27]

May just be dust … I should have mentioned that … I’ll be more careful with the 2nd roll to ensure no dust and see if I still get it

[@ZorbaRobPhoto]

Very interesting to see your process for evaluating this film. Out of curiosity, what software is that you're using at around 30:00 to show the info on the roll?

[@DanMars27]

XMind … I’ve used it for many years for free and have never upgraded to the pro version … I have to say no to the ads sometimes, but it continues to be free

[@ZorbaRobPhoto]

@@DanMars27 Awesome. Thank you!

[@DanMars27]

Thanks!!!!! @@ZorbaRobPhoto

[@estwern]

thanks for video but even at 1.5x speed is still slow...

[@DanMars27]

Funny thing is that’s me trying to be fast … You should be able to choose 2x … slow is my speed … my brain is slow

[@Zetaphotography]

I skipped to the end. Wish there was a timestamp

[@DanMars27]

thanks... I'll see if I can figure that out