keith_slater Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 Hi, I was wondering what you all thought of ferrania solaris film. They sell it at our dollar store for (ready for this?) one dollar. It is 200 speed 24 exposures. It is not outdated. Have any of you tried this film? I have tried other cheap film like polaroid 35mm (agfa?) that they sell at walmart for $1 200 speed and $1.50 for 400 speed without good results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.t. dowling Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 I've shot a few rolls of Solaris 200, and it wasn't too bad. Grain and sharpness were better than Kodak Gold 200. Contrast and saturation were similar, although the color palette itself was different. Definitely not a professional film by any means, but the price is right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowland_mowrey Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 I heard that Ferrania went the way of Ilford recently, but much more quietly. Ron Mowrey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User_502260 Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 That's not good news. As of not too long ago they were making this film in 126 size. I still have some left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donnie_strickland Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 Ron -- Where did you hear this? I don't see anything on the Ferrania website. For the sake of 126 film, I hope it ain't so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowland_mowrey Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 I got this from an EK associate about 2 weeks ago. I have not mentioned it as Ferrania does not come up often here, and I had no reason to bring it up or even look it up. I was told this in a discussion about Ilford's woes, and it was told me pretty much as I posted it. "It happened, but much more quietly than Ilford". Thats all I know. I have no personal verification. If my information was wrong, I would be surprised, but you have my apologies if it is actually not true. Ron Mowrey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donnie_strickland Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 Ron -- thanks for the tip! In response to Keith's original question, I have bought this film at the Dollar Tree and it's pretty decent film. As explained above it's the same film as the 126 cartridge Ferrania sells, which I have also used a good bit. And you can't beat the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_sapper Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 Ferrania is on life-support from the Italian government under a special plan. I don't believe they have shut down...yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_shriver Posted October 28, 2004 Share Posted October 28, 2004 Yup, it's mentioned in their Photokina press release on their website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Currie Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 I tried a roll in an Olympus XA2. It seemed very contrasty, but sharp. I can't judge the color too accurately, because the local minilab guy made it clear he had to improvise a channel for the printing, so I don't know whether or not the rather eerie twilit saturation was normal. I haven't tried scanning it myself, but it's definitely a little different. Flash pictures had a lot of pop. I think it has potential for situations where one might want just a little undefinable weirdness in the color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.t. dowling Posted October 29, 2004 Share Posted October 29, 2004 I was able to scan it quite easily using the generic profile/software with my Canon FS4000 scanner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_wilson Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 I have been very disappointed with this stuff.... Bought at UK cheap shop after hearing about its cheapness on photo.net .I do a lot of sunset and lowlight work - this stuff doesn't seem to be able to deal with low light... I get spotty-grainy effects as if the exposure is torally off the mark. No I have tried 4 rolls and hardly a usable photo in the whole lot. Its not tooo bad ...but maybe my Contax Zeiss lenses are saving the day.. Or mibbee the're too sharp (sombody said that thay make bad film look real bad. Maybe its better with flash?? Even UK store Jessops own film (made by agfa i think) is much better than this.. I long for superia's faithfull colours and reliable LATITUDE (?) COME BACK FUJI AND KODAK - ALL IS FORGIVEN - WHAT A WASTE OF TIME AND EFFORT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_agosta Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 I ran into this film by chance at a local drug store and found it to rather nice for the price. not a pro-film...what ever that is. if one takes into account...it's the only euro-color film around for the US market....it'a deal. the color palate makes for a nice change of pace. i give it the thumbs up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_agosta Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 I just got back some of the prints today. All I can say is that it's a bit on the grainy side, color is faithful, very contrasty. The white's did not blow out as I thought it might do. Blue's are rich as fuji are. All in all not bad for a paltry .89 cents a roll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly_flanigan1 Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 I have seen Ferrania rebadged at Jitney Jungle, Winn Dixie, Krogers and Ralphs, HEB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellymjones Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 I'm fairly happy with Ferrania 200 speed film. I bought a bunch of it a few months ago because it was on sale at Fred Meyer (it's their generic store brand) for < $1 a roll. I would concur with a previous comment that it's not so good for low light and it doesn't tolerate underexposure well. For well exposed shots I like the sharpness and color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kb3lms Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 I just shot some I bought from York recently. It's not half-bad for outdoor use. It's a bit grainy but I thought the color saturation was good. Some of it was shot inside at a soccer tournament and it didn't perform so well there, but it was a weird situation anyway Processed it myself so I can't comment on the commercial processing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clark_mackey Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 I say skip it. I got a few Solaris 200 rolls at my bargain store that were just past expired ... disappointing. I also pushed two rolls to ISO 800 just to find out ... also a bad idea. Came out very grainy even for a push with strong reds and greens and little else. Did not handle low light well either at ISO 200 or pushed. Cheap Sensia a much better choice for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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