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Dave miller
23rd June 2009, 07:54 AM
I’ve begun testing Fomapan 400 film, has anyone else here used it and would like to pass on their experience of it? Richard Gould posted in March to the effect that he developed his in Rodinal at 1:50 for 11 minutes and obtained contrasty negatives.Anyone else have any experience with this film to recount. I’m a little concerned that the pale blue colouration of the film base may interfere with VC printing; any comments on that?
Richard Gould
23rd June 2009, 11:37 AM
Dave, I have never had a problem printing fomapan negativbes, T blue tint did not appear to make any differance, but due to the nature of the film I tended to print it about a grade softer than hp5+, but that is down to personal taste. I will be interested to hear how you get bon with the film,Richard
Richard Gould
23rd June 2009, 11:41 AM
I have since tried devolping in rodinal 1-50 for 9 minutes and got better negs, at least for me,I find the film to be very tolerant of changes in dev times, you have to try very hard to get an unprintable neg, and it has a tonality all of its own, Richard
Jack Lusted
23rd June 2009, 02:49 PM
I've only used it for 35mm, dev'ed in X-tol 1+1. I tend to rate it at about 200. I like it a lot.
Re: blue tone. With Fomapan 100 in 120 film I have not found it to be an issue at all. A really nice film in my opinion.
Jack
Rob Archer
23rd June 2009, 07:26 PM
I've used it a bit - usually rated at box speed and developed in ID11 (1+1) for 14mins (IIRC). I didn't find the blue colour made any difference. the main problem was that (as with the other Foma films, the base was very curly - in fact it was so springy you could run a clock with it!
Otherwise it's a fine film.
Rob
wiesmier
23rd June 2009, 08:41 PM
Use it in 35mm at box speed and put it through that PresyscolEF stuff. Seems to work and print very nicely
Dave miller
24th June 2009, 06:35 PM
As a follow up to my earlier post I exposed two Fomapan 400 films on an identical subject in quick succession. I rated the films at ISO 320. One I developed in Rodinal 1:25 at 22ºC for 5 ½ minutes with standard agitation. The second I developed in Prescysol for 10 ½ minutes semi-stand. The Rodinal developed film is very contrasty and required grade 0.5 to get anything approaching a reasonable print. Exposure time was about double that which I usually use. Clearly this films rating, developer dilution, and time would need working on if I wanted to continue with that combination. The Prescysol negative printed satisfactorily at grade 3. All prints were made on Ilford MG paper. As others have mentioned the negative curl of the Fomapan film makes handling slightly less pleasant than other makes, but apart from that I would be happy to continue using this film with Prescysol. It does appear to benefit from generous exposure.
Neil Smith
24th June 2009, 08:27 PM
Dave
Can I just say thanks for all your effort with testing this film and for recording your findings here on the forum. I for one have little time to experiment these days, and your postings are enormously helpful for future reference when I do get the chance to do a bit of personal work.
Thanks Neil
photomi7ch
27th June 2009, 10:59 AM
I have used foma 200 rated at 200 and developed in ID11 sugar Ive forgot for how long :slap: never mind it'll come back to me. Just to say the negs were very flat. My next roll when I get to it will be dev'ed in rodinal.
wiesmier
29th June 2009, 01:59 PM
I must say I quite like the stuff @800 in Rodinal 1:25. But I'm like that.
Dave miller
29th June 2009, 02:06 PM
I must say I quite like the stuff @800 in Rodinal 1:25. But I'm like that.
Interesting. :D Must try it.
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