Fomapan 100/200/400 -120

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Anybody a fan of the fomapan films - just picked up quite a few from Silverprint - just because they are sooooo cheap in comparison to everything else. Any experiences to share? Probably be developing them in D76.

Still searching for a 400 speed film that I will love as much as Acros100 or FP4125 in D76/perceptol
 
They are cheap for a reason, ugly grain and fairly lax quality control. Oh and they are a right b****r to get onto a spiral for developing, so flipping curly
 
Curly stuff, with soft emulsion that scratches easily. If you use it, get it developed by someone else :D
 
MindofMel said:
Ahhhhh there goes the dream :(

Ugly grain - Even on the 100? :bang:
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I have a shot i took with it a while ago that i'll stick up for you, it's not pleasant grain
 
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This was the ISO100 developed in Rodinal, raw scan straight out of the scanner.
A testament to Fomapans fragility, when i went to wipe the negative to clean the dust spots off, the emulsion came off with it
 
I quite like foma 400 developed in Xtol 1+3.
You just have to be a bit careful with it.
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MindofMel said:
Cheers Rob; grain doesn't appear bad in that shot - but if it's not going to stand up to the rigors of my home developing any saving i make on the film is lost in processing costs.
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Thats only a 1000 pixel long shot, once you start messing with curves the grain gets quite messy
 
Unlike Rob, I've had no more probs getting fomapan onto spirals than any other 120 film ...perhaps just good luck on my part.

My experiences with 400 iso have not been very good tbh.....the grain has not been appealing at all wether devd in LC29 or Rodinal.

By contrast the results from 100 iso have been on a par with the shot that Rob has posted ....imo not bad at all for a cheap film.

The emulsion can be a tad fragile when wet but handle gently as Mart suggests and all should be ok.
 
Sometimes, with the right exposure and developing, the shots from Fomapan can have a very classical look.

The pain of developing it (curly curly curly) and the intrusive grain, even at low ISO, made the Kodak/Fuji films much more attractive.
 
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Shot a test roll through a new 'blad A12 back using a roll of Fomapan 100 (which I bought a while back). Completely forgot about the blue that comes off it; really does take you by surprise for a second!
 
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