Film Ferrania: Six Years On

Film  Ferrania has broken Internet silence for the first time since April to say that they have been doing nothing since then.  Fortunately, that nothingness included securing "the resources necessary to finally provide continuous production of P30 film with all processes done in-house."  Lets just say this sounds like great news, and soon by Fall, one could hear of sales of P30 again.

Your blogger secured some samples of P30 from the online shop many a month ago, and having more to experiment with would be welcome.

Hopefully, having production of P30 will allow them to experiment to create the E6 slide film promised back in 2014....

FPP: Giant Film Database

The podcasters at Film Photography Podcast recently disclosed the existence of a giant film database, a searchable list of film products for virtually any film made.  Called the Giant Film Database, it resides off an industrial products website.  Search for film, such as Konica Impresa, Agfa Vista, Kodak Plus-X, etc., etc. or enter the six digit DX code from a film canister, such as 017530 .

Hopefully, the project will find a permanent home somewhere.  This is a worthy project!

EMULSIVE: Review of the Instax Square SQ6 Instant Camera

Raymond van Mil reviews the recently released Fuji instant analog camera, the Instax SQ6.  This camera shoots Instax Square instant film and is an analogue camera, unlike the Instax SQ10.  The SQ10 is basically a digital camera that can print Instant Square film.

Raymond says of the camera, "It’s a wonderful, affordable and lightweight instant camera to have laying or hanging around."

Read the review at Emulsive.org.

Article: Subminiature Film Cameras

The Film Photography Project has an article on subminiature film cameras.  Subminiature is generally any format smaller than miniature, or 35mm format.  This includes 110 format, Minox film, 16mm film and others.  These cameras are small, pocketable and fun to use.  The 16mm and 110 formats are the easiest to use, since 16mm film is still available and 110 format film is still sold today, notably by Lomography.com.

The article mentions SubClub.org, which is a great resource for everything subminiature.  The message board, called a Round Table by the site, is run by Yahoo, but shows little activity of late.  However, some members have started a new mailing list on groups.io.

Sign up and check out the new mailing list, Subminiature-Cameras, if you have one of these interesting cameras or an interest in acquiring one.

Explore the list of cameras, film resources, darkroom tools for these cameras and more, at SubClub.org.

Kickstarters: Diana Square and, you know

Lomography.com has kicked off yet another crowdfunding campaign.  They must have heard MiNT mention that the RF70 was the only manual control square format instant film camera.  Because the Diana Square is just such a beast, with a lo-fi Lomo take.  The camera is based on the Diana toy camera and is said to offer the same look.  Kickstarter here.

Also making the rounds everywhere, by Hamish Gill of 35mmc fame, is the pixl-latr.  An easy to use device to scan film using a digital camera.  Simply a plate of frosted acrylic with specially positioned pegs and a snug fitting cover plate, the device can hold any single piece of 35mm, 120 format or 4x5 format film perfectly flat for ease of copying.  Gets the job done and needs no software to run.  Kickstarter here.

Both projects have exploded past their original fund-raising goals.

Silberra: Next Batch: PAN100 and Ultima 160

Silberra has announced on Instagram that they will soon be shipping the next batch of crowdfunded film, Silberra PAN100 and Ultima 160.  Those who backed these films should receive their rewards in a few weeks.

As reported earlier, the PAN100 and Ultima 160 are already available from the Silberra Shop at $6 a roll.

Disclaimer:  This blogger backed the Silberra Indiegogo campaign.

EMULSIVE: All of May 2018

The EMULSIVE.org blog has graciously put all of its May postings on one page.  There is a huge quantity of material to ponder, read and learn from.  Highlights include the segments that review every film stock available today, camera reviews, photographer interviews and more.

Well worth a visit.