Not a Serious Post: More nude pics with fomapan film ?

[raytoei@gmail.com]

I was searching for some samples of Fomapan 400 shots having bought a whole bunch of 100ft Arista EDU film (rebadged fomapan).

using image.google.com, i noticed that google returned more nude pictures with "fomapan 400" than say, Tri-x 400.

i conclude one or all of the following may be occuring:

* a few websites with a lot of nude pics with fomapan 400 skewing the search engine.

* eastern europeans like fomapan and art-nudes

* fomapan 120 format is the go-to film for art-nudes, especially with rodinal 1+25

🙂
raytoei

 

[palec]

I don't know the anwer, but damn, I've been using the wrong films all the time!

 

[maddoc]

* fomapan 120 format is the go-to film for art-nudes, especially with rodinal 1+25

🙂
raytoei

... this has to be the answer !! 😀

 

[Ezzie]

Funny, I noticed the same. I have started developing both the two mentioned emulsions in Caffenol just recently - last in a long line of films in the stuff. And when searching the web for clues as to where to start, I saw a lot of artsy nude stuff on Fomapan, but less than nothing of the same on Tri-X. I drew the conclusion that nude art in Eastern Europe is considered more art than other parts of the world, I am probably wrong.

 

[JohnTF]

You should see the sample prints from Czech photo paper makers--

Probably souped in R 09, Foma makes that too.

My last four models are Czech, though I preferred the Foma 200, color were all Kodak.

Regards, John

 

[Pirate]

Just did a google search for Fomapan 400 and didn't see a single nude image. I think you're bluffing ;-)

 

[pdh]

then i expect your google "safe search" setting is "moderate" or perhaps even "strict" ...

 

[Pirate]

I can't even find my google search settings to change anything.

 

[raytoei@gmail.com]

try image.google.com:

https://www.google.com/search?num=1....0.130.946.5j6.11.0...0.0...1ac.1.VoWzfrFKlOk

 

[Pirate]

Now that works. I was searching for "Fomapan 400 sample images". Now i want to search for other brands to see the difference you mentioned.

 

[oftheherd]

I don't know the anwer, but damn, I've been using the wrong films all the time!

And I've been using the wrong search terms! :bang: 😀 😀 😀

 

[Harry Caul]

try image.google.com:

https://www.google.com/search?num=1....0.130.946.5j6.11.0...0.0...1ac.1.VoWzfrFKlOk

Yes, the prudes need to avert their eyes from nudes like this one on page 2! 😛

http://www.flickr.com/photos/youkfou/5165118884/

 

[ChrisP]

You're missing the obvious answer. Girls are more likely to take their clothes off for you when you shoot fomapan!

 

[DNG]

You're missing the obvious answer. Girls are more likely to take their clothes off for you when you shoot fomapan!

😀....... OR Tri-X 🙄

 

[robert blu]

This is demonstration that film is not dead! And will not...😀
robert

 

[Timmyjoe]

With all seriousness, okay, with some seriousness, what are folks experience with shooting fomapan and skin tones, when souped in Rodinal? I used to love the look of AgfaPan 100 souped in Rodinal when it came to skin tones, but now that AgfaPan is history, I would love to find a substitute.

Best,
-Tim

 

[sanmich]

Maybe Fomapan is a special film that "sees" through cloths?

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Referring to the OP: I believe this is a symptom of two things:

1) Fomapan is more readily available in the former "Eastern Bloc".

2) The attitudes towards nudes in the "Eastern Bloc" are less morbid than in the so-called Western Hemisphere.


This explains why most Eastern European photographers exploit this (curious to them) shock-factor and ride the buzz generated for them.

BTW, doing an image search for Tri-X yields a lot of children. Would this mean that Tri-X shooters have children, unlike, say, Ilford XP2 shooters, who tend to get married a lot? Based on a Google search whose results are based on how photos are tagged.

If answers to these questions were clear-cut, any scientific research could be conducted solely on Google search results.


So, yes, understood it's not a serious post! 🙂

 

[Pirate]

I also did a search for Rollei 25 and found one of my pics in there. Pretty cool.

 

[micromontenegro]

And the search for Fomapan 100 brings up a couple of mine. We're film nerds, here.