Canon A-1 with Ferrania Solaris
This post is more about the film than the camera (Other Posts about the A-1 can be seen here). I came into possession of two rolls of Ferrania Solaris via a thrift store. I don’t know the age of it but it has to be outdated simply for the fact that Ferrania isn’t currently making film and haven’t for a while. They are at this time making an effort to restart production in a new smaller plant Film Ferrania. I didn’t hold out that much hope for this film with its unknown provenance but unlike so many of my odd film experiences this exceeded my expectations it has a graininess to it similar to but more subtle than Adox color implosion while keeping the colours more realistic.
It ended up being quite contrasty but still retained details in the darks unlike many other outdated films I’ve encountered. I shot this roll on a drab dark day so maybe I will wait for a nice bright spring day to shoot the second roll. I wish Ferrania much success with getting their plant up and running whether they ever produce Solaris again or not.
