If your reward for supporting Silberra's IndieGoGo campaign was PAN/ULTIMA 200 film, Silberra has announced that they are mailing out these film rewards now.
They continue to work on their online storefront, however performance problems beyond their control are slowing efforts. Stay tuned as this project evolves.
Disclaimer: this blogger backed Silberra's campaign.
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
20x24 Studio Continues into 2018
20x24 Studio intends to operate into 2018, in contrast to a previous announcement that operations would conclude at the end of 2017. According to John Reuter. “The aging chemicals have been the main problem but the replacing of some and alterations in recipes and process have allowed us to continue to provide a viable product.”
Thanks to ThePhoblographer for pointing this out.
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Film Ferrania: The Saga Continues in 2018
Film Ferrania has just released its first update for 2018 - and it is a doozy. First things first, on Thursday, January 25th, the Ferrania Shop will open at noon Eastern in the United States and Canada. The shop will sell B&W P30 film. It is not clear if that will be 35mm cassettes or 120 roll film.
Why 120 roll film? The second part of the announcement is that production of 35mm film is capped by production bottlenecks. So, Film Ferrania will be installing equipment to make production of film more efficient. The 120 format film is the easiest to produce and package, so they will do that first.
Then, in late 2018, the company will attempt to formulate colour reversal film, the film that the Kickstarter campaign promised as rewards back in 2014.
So far, so good. In fact, this is great news for 2018! Now if only we could hear from Silberra and how their production is rolling....
Disclaimer: This blogger has funded Silberra film.
Why 120 roll film? The second part of the announcement is that production of 35mm film is capped by production bottlenecks. So, Film Ferrania will be installing equipment to make production of film more efficient. The 120 format film is the easiest to produce and package, so they will do that first.
Then, in late 2018, the company will attempt to formulate colour reversal film, the film that the Kickstarter campaign promised as rewards back in 2014.
So far, so good. In fact, this is great news for 2018! Now if only we could hear from Silberra and how their production is rolling....
Disclaimer: This blogger has funded Silberra film.
Thursday, January 11, 2018
Blog Post: In Praise of Film Photographers
Richard Pickup wrote in favour of amateur photographers due to the thoughtfulness and time devoted to the craft of film photography. Unlike commercial photography, amateurs are permitted time, expense and freedom of expression in their photography. Film lends a hand, in that the results are not immediate, that the time spent waiting for processing and return of the film (even if it is a few hours if one develops film at home) cannot be spared by commercial photographers in general.
Worth the read.
Worth the read.
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Silberra, Film Ferrania, 20x24 and New55, Film Production in 2018
Happy New Year!
That aside, the news for silver halide and light sensitive processes is moving at a fast pace. The first week of the year nets several new stories that will be touched on here.
Silberra concluded their crowdfunding campaign with about $35K in funding. The funds were released at the end of last year, but Russian banking holidays will delay receipt of the cash until January 9th. For this reason, Silberra has announced that they will not be sending out rewards until that time. The rewards scheduled for December are being packed, so should be ready when the funds arrive.
Silberra has contracted with Foma Bohemia to package 120 format film, and they are working out a contract for 35mm film. The ULTIMA100 and ULTIMA160 films are ready and will be hand rolled initially.
Silberra hopes to open their virtual online store soon, so that their products will be available to order. Speaking of online shops...
The Film Ferrania online shop is still not open and there has been no news since August of last year. The Kickstarter for this project was successfully funded over 3 years ago. The promise was the manufacture of an emulsion similar to the Scotch brand E6 slide film. So far, the project redeveloped the venerable P30 B&W film from Ferrania's past. Despite the demand for this product, only one campaign for an Alpha run of the film has been made. The project had hoped to sell the film on demand from its online store.
While we cannot count out Film Ferrania yet, there are two other projects that have concluded production.
The first is the 20x24 project, which used a stockpile of 20x24 format Polaroid film stock, chemistry and pods to produce giant instant prints. The project also owned one of the huge 20x24 Polaroid studio cameras. The camera rented out for $1750 a day and each print cost about $125. The hope to fund the production of new materials just never came to be. So now that the existing materials will soon expire, and no longer produce quality prints, the project is shutting down this year.
The second is the New55 project, which produced 4x5 instant two part film. This project depended on the 20x24 project for chemistry and pods for the developer. An unsuccessful Kickstarter attempted to raise the funds necessary to produce the equipment to manufacture their own pods and chemistry. Without the 20x24 project support and no equipment, the project had no means to continue and shut down at the end of last year.
On the bright side, Kodak has promised Ektachrome will hit the market in 2018, and they have this podcast on their progress on bringing Ektachrome to market.
That aside, the news for silver halide and light sensitive processes is moving at a fast pace. The first week of the year nets several new stories that will be touched on here.
Silberra concluded their crowdfunding campaign with about $35K in funding. The funds were released at the end of last year, but Russian banking holidays will delay receipt of the cash until January 9th. For this reason, Silberra has announced that they will not be sending out rewards until that time. The rewards scheduled for December are being packed, so should be ready when the funds arrive.
Silberra has contracted with Foma Bohemia to package 120 format film, and they are working out a contract for 35mm film. The ULTIMA100 and ULTIMA160 films are ready and will be hand rolled initially.
Silberra hopes to open their virtual online store soon, so that their products will be available to order. Speaking of online shops...
The Film Ferrania online shop is still not open and there has been no news since August of last year. The Kickstarter for this project was successfully funded over 3 years ago. The promise was the manufacture of an emulsion similar to the Scotch brand E6 slide film. So far, the project redeveloped the venerable P30 B&W film from Ferrania's past. Despite the demand for this product, only one campaign for an Alpha run of the film has been made. The project had hoped to sell the film on demand from its online store.
While we cannot count out Film Ferrania yet, there are two other projects that have concluded production.
The first is the 20x24 project, which used a stockpile of 20x24 format Polaroid film stock, chemistry and pods to produce giant instant prints. The project also owned one of the huge 20x24 Polaroid studio cameras. The camera rented out for $1750 a day and each print cost about $125. The hope to fund the production of new materials just never came to be. So now that the existing materials will soon expire, and no longer produce quality prints, the project is shutting down this year.
The second is the New55 project, which produced 4x5 instant two part film. This project depended on the 20x24 project for chemistry and pods for the developer. An unsuccessful Kickstarter attempted to raise the funds necessary to produce the equipment to manufacture their own pods and chemistry. Without the 20x24 project support and no equipment, the project had no means to continue and shut down at the end of last year.
On the bright side, Kodak has promised Ektachrome will hit the market in 2018, and they have this podcast on their progress on bringing Ektachrome to market.
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