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Dominique De Bast
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posted July 24, 2013 02:01 PM

Sadly, I cannot copy and paste the text I have just readed (maybe someone can, it's from Ferrania's newsletter). To summarise, Ferrania is trying to come back on the market with film stock. They intend to produce one negative and one reversal stock for 2014. And why did I put the topic in the Super 8 section ? Because they precise that they have the machines to produce also Super 8 but they will start with what the market is asking for (without details). Of course, nothing is done yet but it's something we should keep an eye at...

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Sven Zijlemaker
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posted July 25, 2013 03:10 AM

On filmkorn.org there is an article about it:
http://www.filmkorn.org/ferrania-the-new-old-hope-for-analogue-film/

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Dominique De Bast
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posted July 25, 2013 05:30 AM

Thanks for posting the link. It's exactly that : the message from Ferrania itself.

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Yanis Tzortzis
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posted July 25, 2013 05:40 AM

Great news from an historic brand;look forward to seeing it in the market-just hope it's not too expensive!

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Maurice Leakey
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posted July 25, 2013 05:41 AM

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At first we will put on line only the ones which are requested by the market

It will be interesting how "the market" responds to Ferrania. No doubt cinema 35mm may be interested, as will be home movie users, but I think that still roll film is a dead market.

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Dominique De Bast
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posted July 25, 2013 06:10 AM

You never know, Maurice. You're probably right but sometimes there is an unforseen revival like the records. You can now find several kinds of pick ups (with a cable to plug in a computer) and 33 and 45 tpm in some records shops. Who would have imagined that 10 years ago ?

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Bradford A Moore
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posted July 25, 2013 06:57 AM

That's great! A great way to start the day with something positive like that!

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Dominique De Bast
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posted August 01, 2013 01:09 AM

Ferrania seems happy with the positive feedback from a good number of people wishing them good luck. They have now a forum on their website.

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Luigi Castellitto
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posted August 03, 2013 08:35 AM

All interested parties must make their voices heard, it would be a welcome return!

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Hugh Thompson Scott
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posted August 03, 2013 11:18 AM

Well done Dominique, nice to have some good news.

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Bryan Chernick
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posted August 05, 2013 03:41 PM

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but I think that still roll film is a dead market.

Still film is not dead. There are a lot of groups on Flickr that shoot film, 35mm, 110, 120, 620, Polaroid, large format, etc. In addition to Ferrania there are a few other companies getting back into film:

The Impossible Project

New 55 Film

Wittner Cinetec

It's a changing market and it has seen increases recently. I think some of these companies are trying to pick up the slack with Kodak and Fuji discontinuing some emulsions. It may not be a big enough market for large companies like Kodak and Fuji so the future will likely be smaller production than they are willing to do.

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Dominique De Bast
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posted August 08, 2013 02:27 PM

There is an interview of a Ferrania's responsible on the site Japan camera hunter.

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Dominique De Bast
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posted June 03, 2014 04:59 PM

Ferrania published this message on 16 th April "Just few words to reassure all of them who are following us since many months: We are still Alive and Kicking, just a little bit slower than expected. Why? The assumption for a any revolution is that it must be durable in the future and in order to catch this goal some more work is needed. Cryptic message? Please, trust in us and stay tuned. More details soon. Nicola Baldini", I already posted in another thread, but I think this one is the proper one.

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Dominique De Bast
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posted June 22, 2015 02:05 PM

New delay just announced :-(

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