Film Ferrania - Developments from October 2023 onward

[twelvetone12]

"riavviamento e settaggio" means restarting and fine-tuning. If everything stopped and they are indeed restarting production, it would be good news.

 

[CMoore]

I hate to say it, but it doesn't look good, does it?

Did "it" ever look good for this venture.?
Pardon me for exaggerating a bit, but........... talk about rearranging the deck chairs on The Titanic

It's certainly not how I would operate, especially if you want to hold on to existing customers, and dispel rumours.

 

[dkirby]

Did "it" ever look good for this venture.?
Pardon me for exaggerating a bit, but........... talk about rearranging the deck chairs on The Titanic

I think what makes the Ferrania saga so interesting is that there is a market for their films. For example, the site I linked to earlier is now sold out of their 2029-dated "pilot run," less than 24 hours after I shared the link here. Probably a total coincidence, but evidence either way that there are people who want to buy their films. The film was not in stock long.

If they can get their management problems out of the way and acheive consistent production, based on their products I think there is a path for them to become a notable player in the B&W market - certainly above Orwo, Rollei, etc, possibly "third" behind Kodak and Harman.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

I for one, have been thrilled with P30 and 33. I'm hoping to be able to shoot them in sheet film, one day.

 

[Harry Callahan]

"riavviamento e settaggio" means restarting and fine-tuning. If everything stopped and they are indeed restarting production, it would be good news.

With Orwo it said the same, somewhere it was noted that they move to a better suited building to improve production. About 1.5 years ago sellout of B&W movie film (16mm and 35m) happened - and since then no new B&W movie film came into the webstore.
Someone said they even sold machinery to produce such stock. Does anyone happen to know who bought this machines?

 

[dkirby]

With Orwo it said the same, somewhere it was noted that they move to a better suited building to improve production. About 1.5 years ago sellout of B&W movie film (16mm and 35m) happened - and since then no new B&W movie film came into the webstore.
Someone said they even sold machinery to produce such stock. Does anyone happen to know who bought this machines?

Yikes.

I don't want to derail the conversation, but as I never really followed the Orwo stuff, could someone provide a succinct summary of what happened as it might pertain to Ferrania's future? I was under the impression that at least some Orwo films were readily available.