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Old 12th June 2013, 10:30 PM
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I've read online about quality control problems associated with some Foma films but thought they'd sorted it out. I've just developed a roll of Fomapan 100 in 120 format and some of the negs have a nice long scratch up the middle. More annoying, though, are the clusters of small, light dots on some of the frames. It looks like a few tiny droplets of something have landed on the emulsion and reacted with it. I'm fairly sure it's nothing to do with the processing although it's possible the scratches could have been caused by something in my Rollei SL66.

It makes me wonder if it's just a false economy using cheaper materials. Fomapan 100 is nice stuff but what's the point if it becomes something of a lottery? The film that has the defects contained some photographs taken in lovely light. I could fix them in Photoshop but I really wanted to enlarge these!


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I have said it before, but I have used Fomapan 400 as my main film for several years now, I love the results I get with it, especialy in Rodinal, and I have yet to to come across any quality control problems, in fact, the films are always fine and I intend to use it for everything, both 120 and 35mm, for as long as it is produced.
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Old 13th June 2013, 07:51 AM
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Hi Richard,

I've shot probably 15 to 20 rolls of Fomapan without any problems. It's just annoying when it happens for the first time on a roll where the light was great. Maybe the 400 ISO material is different or maybe I was just very unlucky. Long may your success rate with the film continue.

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I use fomapan 200 35mm from time to time and get good results. I think it is like all things the longer you use or do something the more likely you are to hit a snag. It is just some of us find it sooner than others. For me it is Adox the first roll I used had fogging issues so I'll not use it again. I found the snag straight away If only all things were like that it would save a lot of wasted time.
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I recently bought 5 rolls of 120 100 iso, 4 were fine the other one was covered in holes in the emulsion. Too much of a lottery for my taste.
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Was it the "fomapan 100 classic" (box with yellow stripe) or "fomapan 1OO professional" (light blue box)? I don't know for certain but I was once told, that the "classic" films come from the areas of the master rolls closer to the edges and the professional are from the middle where there is more certainty of correct coating and less chances of unevennes and damage to the emulsion.
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It was the classic.
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I had tramlines when I used Foma. I might have continued to use it occasionally otherwise.
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Fomapan has redeemed itself - for now, at least. Just developed another roll of 100 ISO 120 and it was fine. I used Spur Acurol-N and the grain is extremely crisp, as are the details on the negs. A very good combination. My dev time is much shorter than Spur's at 7 mins (Fomapan rated at 50 ISO).


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