I was gifted a roll of this film and decided to shoot it at the Goodwood Revival. I absolutely love it, it has this old style to it which created lovely results. Would love to shoot more of it!

I have been a fan of Film Ferraria since their original crowd funding scene, and with their P30 it certainly does not hold back on its deep dark contrast, blended with a silky feel. If you want deep B&W photos this is great fun - but I have some way to go to tame that contrast…

It's peculiar film with interesting results. Not for everyone and it's a bit challenging as a film. You cannot shoot it casually. It has to be calculated. Either way, I like the results of this.

It has such a haunting and gothic vibe. So atmospheric and risky. Would be perfect for spooky Halloween photoshoot.

If you want a film with a high contrast, then look no further, P30 gives it you by the truck load, and with very fine grain too.

Many years ago I used to work in photo processing. I remember one of my bosses saying that the secret of a really good looking print was having really black blacks. When working with digital scans I sometimes increase the black point just to give that little bit of extra "punch" when viewed or printed.

With Ferrania P30 you won't be needing to adjust the black point.

It it is highly contrasty in a good way and provided to take account of that when composing your shots it seems to be able to deliver great results. Exposure for mid tones at 80 ISO worked just fine in my camera. I developed it myself in ID:11 diluted 1:1 in a small Paterson tank dev time 13:30 at 20 degrees and agitating once a minute.

I did a bit of research into Ferrania and discovered that at one time they used to be owned by and make 3M film. My colleagues in the photoprocessing lab claimed 3M film (which accounted for most of the 'own brand' films sold by chemists and other outlets) was a bit less easy to handle than Kodak, Fuji, Konica and Agfa film. I was slightly concerned that P30 might be a bit 'curvy'. Both during loading onto the developing reel and when placing in my negative holder for scanning I did find that the film still wanted to be wrapped around the spool rather than being flat. But once clamped in place it was flat enough to scan perfectly.

The information on Ferrania's web site suggested that there was no DX coding on the cassette and that you'd need to sent the ISO manually. I can confirm that the film I used did have DX coding on it and that my camera read the the film speed correctly at ISO 80.

Perhaps not a film for general purpose use, but deffinetly worth using for some really dramatic old school cinematic looking shots.

I had so much fun with this roll.

get creative with this film and play with iso and developing times. I shot these at 50 iso and developed as normal 80 iso. The high silver content coupled with slight over exposure and over development made the blacks very dark indeed. It also made some darker shades of red and brown render as jet black, like the bronze statue I have shared here.

this film wont be for everybody, but give in a go, go goth with your film. Enjoy the difference. Embrace the dark side

So this might be a Marmite film, if you love inky blacks and super high contrast then this dear heart is the film for you. would i buy it again,hmm maybe not. but that of course doesnt mean its not great film.

First time shooting P30 and it’s an interesting film, very high contrast, not much exposure latitude, and not the easiest to work with. Developed in Bellini D96 as per Ferrania recommendation. I liked the results which certainly have character!

I probably should have taken the warnings more seriously, while photographing. Also it certainly didn't help to shoot it with camera which is in crumbling condition. Regardless of that, some results came out beautifully dark and gloomy. I would try it again next time properly.

This was my first roll of P30 after trying to get hold of some for quite a while. I was very impressed and will definitely be using it again. I shot the roll in sunny conditions for outdoor documentary images at box speed. I home developed the roll in Adox Rodinal at 1+200 for a 1 hour semi-stand development. The results are outstanding, very sharp, fine grained with deep blacks, a real retro almost “film noir” look. I probably wouldn’t use it for landscapes but it is amazing for documentary and street photography.

With the right light and exposure this can give fantastic results but there is little margin for error and if you don't get the exposure bang-on you'll end up with a lot of black in your image. These were taken in full sunshine which improves the odds of success.