{"id":17281,"date":"2016-04-28T07:00:55","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T14:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=17281"},"modified":"2016-04-27T23:17:08","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T06:17:08","slug":"canon-a-1-with-ferrania-solaris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wkoopmans.ca\/notebook\/?p=17281","title":{"rendered":"Canon A-1 with Ferrania Solaris"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This post is more about the film than the camera (Other Posts about the A-1 can be seen here<\/a>).\u00a0 I came into possession of two rolls of Ferrania Solaris via a thrift store.\u00a0 I don’t know the age of it but it has to be outdated simply for the fact that Ferrania isn’t currently making film and haven’t for a while.\u00a0 They are at this time making an effort to restart production in a new smaller plant\u00a0 Film Ferrania<\/a>.\u00a0 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.
\n\"Grain\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
\nIt ended up being quite contrasty but still retained details in the darks unlike many other outdated films I’ve encountered.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.
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