jpthurston Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 <p>"A few months ago I was down in Indiana and bought some color film in one of the Amish stores."<br> Now that must have been something unusual as the Amish faithful eschew all use of electricity and modern devices.<br> Their darkrooms are eternally dark! Sort of Fred Flintstone School of Photography.<br> As a side note: I just returned from Kalona Iowa, largest Amish community west of the Mississippi, where oddly enough the town's photography studio was shuttered and condemned unfit for occupancy.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffeym Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 <p>Hi John!<br> I should've mentioned that I was in the Shipshewanna area where there are many stores that employ Amish but offer all the modern conveniences and products to their customers.</p> <p>Mike : D</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wblynch Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 <p>I wish I knew where to get some of this film in Southern California. It seems the only place I can find Ferrania is on ebay for ridiculous prices.</p> <p>I've been dying to get my hands on a load of Ferrania film. I really like its color interpretation.</p> <p>By the way, I also really like your posted photos.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrydressler Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 <p>12 EXP rolls but inder a buck and made by who you think it is. Also in Southern California.</p> <p>http://www.ultrafineonline.com/ulcofi1.html</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wblynch Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 <p>Thanks for the lead Larry !</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrydressler Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 <p>No problem. I may be a little weird at times but I do have some of my brain left.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffeym Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 <p>Thanks for the compliment Bill and thanks to Larry for the lead. Larry, why do you think they did 12 exposures instead of 24?</p> <p>Mike : D</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrydressler Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 <p>For Police and home listings. listings. Pre Digital.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffeym Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 <p>Ahh....Didn't think of that. I must not have as much of MY brain left as you do!<strong> ;D</strong></p> <p>Mike : D</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrydressler Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 <p>Another use for the short rolls was news photographers.... Run get the story get back drop it in the machine and to the offset room for printing.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffeym Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 <p>Makes sense...</p> <p>Mike : D</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard___7 Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 <p>Outstanding! Proof positive that a lot can be done with so little!</p> <p>Thanks for sharing,</p> <p>Richard</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrydressler Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 <p>I won't make a joke here ... No I won....'t Not even a little joke.......</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karim Ghantous Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 <p>I agree that it's not a bad look at all. Nice find!</p> <p>IMHO in the near future we'll certainly be able to buy film. No problem. The only catch is that it's going to be the best film you can buy. There will be no room in the film market for budget priced emulsions. If you're shooting film you're going to be doing so deliberately and not because you can't afford it.</p> <p>Perhaps I'm wrong - and I sort of hope so, as I love variety. My film packaging and 135 cassette collection testifies to that.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member69643 Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 <p>I wish there was a way to get some of that. I looked at the Ultrafine link but have no idea if it's legitimate or not, and searching for Solaris yields nothing on Google. Not anyplace to buy it at least.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
personal screen Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 <p>I hope this will not cause too much pain in the audience, but I'll just let you know that Ferrania/Solaris gave up any interest in photography market. After more than a decade of deep troubles the company itself died (it already went down from a maximum of 3400 to around 200 employees) and in 2010 restarted as a photovoltaic modules related business. Hopefully former employees will join the new activities, but there is no chance at all to restart film production (even the buildings are being destroyed to be subsituted by something more suited to the new activity).<br /> Sorry for the bad news...</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrydressler Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 <p>Thanks for the news. One less thing to wonder about.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffeym Posted September 29, 2011 Author Share Posted September 29, 2011 <p>Well Giulio, I'm sure that's not what some people wanted to hear but it's better to know than to wonder. I guess that I'll just keep looking for off or house brand film and check to see if it's made in Italy.</p> <p>I feel like I have a little more latitude than some because I develop my own film. If I buy some cheap, outdated, no-name film and nothing comes of it, I'm only out my time and maybe some chemicals.<strong> :D</strong></p> <p>Karim and Richard, thanks for the compliments! And Larry....go ahead and make your jokes. I mean, EVERYONE knows you can't help yourself! lol!<strong> ;D</strong></p> <p>Mike : D</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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