Fomapan 400

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I Tested some Fomapan 400 film today, I used the 120 in my Hasselblad and developed it in Fomadon R09, lots of grain which i like, I am now going to try some 35 mm at other speeds, and in the Olympus XA I bought yesterday. The film and chemicals are available from http://www.retrophotographic.com/ any one using this film ? I have posted one of the photos in my Gallery thumnail, attached

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Hi Allan,
I like the fim,very gritty look to the photos,I dont know what it would print like in a wet darkroom, I develop my film and then scan it.
 
Gritty? Do you mean (tight) grain? Contrast? That looks like a fairly contrasty scene - how easy was it to control in development? Does the film seem to give you good speed?

allan
 
I've been working through 10 rolls of some 35mm Foma 400 that I bought in Prague.

I expose it at ISO 200 and been developing it in Rodinal as if it was exposed at 400. The film base is thinner then some other films that I have developed so it may curl on ya.

Too soon to comment on it compares to other films but the negs look perfect so far.
 
What made you choose to develop as if you shot at 400? Seems like you'd get relatively thick negatives that way. Had you heard about a discrepancy in recommended times? But your prints/scans are coming out well?

allan
 
I have to agree with Dave. It's good film and produces very nice results but, due to the curl, it can be a pain to work with in the darkroom. I've used 35mm & 120 and had similar problems with curl. Frankly, I stopped using it.

Bob
 
Forte has similar curl problems. I found that drying in good humidity helped (though it's still curly), then a rather long time (3 days?) under a LOT of books solved it. But I'm talking like 100 lbs of books. Scanning is easier, since my feeder holds the film taut by the spocket holes.
allan
 
I never had any curl problems with fomapan. HP5 was curlier for me. Forte on the other hand has been the worst film i've worked with. Results are okay, a little grainier than I would like, but the handling really turned me off it.
 
I have ordered 10 rolls each ,of the Fomapan 100 asa both in 35 .and 120 today,
I developed the 400 in Fomapan R09 which is also to the original Rodinal formula as was Calbe R09, which is now replaced by ADOX APH09. You can also use this
for TMax at 10mins for asa 400
 
The negatives look great at ISO 200.

I did this because I had heard/read somewhere that Fomapan 400 was aggressively rated and to expect better results at 200.

Your results may vary as there are a ton of variables but I'm happy so far.
 
Here is Fomapan 400 (packaged as Arista EDU.Ultra) in HC-110 H - 13 minutes shot at 400. I really like the look. This was with a Kiev 4AM and Helios-103 - 1/10 sec @ f2.8. Fading sunset coming through a shaded window on the right of the picture - it handled the transition to the "dark side" on the left of the picture pretty well without blowing the very light inlays.

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I've shot the 100ASA version too in 120 format - HC-110 H - 8 minutes seems to do it.
 
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