Dawid,
I like the leaf in the chain link fence, the tonality if beautiful. I've
used some of this in 120 size but quit because it curled so bad. I haven't
tried it in 35mm though. I've used the 400 Foma film in 35mm but didn't like
it as much as Tri-X and Tmax 400. Here in the USA Freestyle sells Tri-X
rebranded as Arista Premium 400 and Plus-X as Arista Premium 100 For about
$2 a roll (35mm only), same as they charge for Foma. I've used a lot of the
rebranded Tri-X, the price can't be beat.
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On 5/9/10 2:35 PM, "Dawid Loubser" <dawidl@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yo fellow Zuikoholics,
>
> As promised, I printed some of the images I shot and developed on my
> Friday morning
> pre-work outing with my first roll of Fomapan 100 Classic film. I
> loaded up an
> OM-1, took my three favourite f/2 Zuikos (slow film, early morning..),
> and went for
> a walk next to the lake on the way to work.
>
> My first reaction is "Not bad. Not bad at all...". In summary, it's
> very old-school,
> punchy, with slightly less grain, as well as less highlight range,
> than FP4. Mid-tones
> seem very well separated though, and the prints look great, without a
> lot of darkroom
> effort required. The negatives were very "dense" though, and required
> about 2x longer
> enlarging times than what I'm used to with FP4. But this was my first
> roll, so
> developing times can be adjusted in fitire.
>
> I exposed it at ISO64, and developed it in D76 1+1 (9min30s @ 20ºC).
> This was all-in-all
> one of my better rolls in a while, many what I would call "keepers". I
> only
> had time to print 4 so far, and this chronologically, so it's not the
> best ones on the
> roll, but it might be enough to inspire somebody looking for a really
> cheap, pleasant
> B&W film? (Fomapan costs almost half of what the better Ilford films
> cost).
>
> Opening Magnolia
> http://snipurl.com/w3six
> (90mm at f/2.0, hand-held)
>
> Step-by-step flying instructions
> http://snipurl.com/w3sjm
> (250mm at f/2.0, hand-held)
>
> Opposing Elements
> http://snipurl.com/w3sjx
> (250mm at f/2.0, hand-held)
> [What better way to test mid-tone rendering than a grey
> feather on a grey lake? I love how Fomapan handled it]
>
> Caught in a chain-link fence
> http://snipurl.com/w3sky
> (90mm at f/2.0, hand-held)
>
> All of these were printed on 8x10in Ilford MG IV paper via a
> diffusion-light-source enlarger (so a condenser would have even
> stronger grain) with a Schneider W.A. Componon 80mm f/5.6, all
> at f/8.
>
> Bottom-line? It ain't no Pan F, and FP4 only has a tad more grain, but
> I do prefer other aspects of FP4 (like the softer highlight rendering)
> more.
> So I don't think I'll become an enthusiastic Fomapan shooter, unless
> I'm on a
> tight budget.
>
> Fomapan has absolutely no curl after drying, though, and was a
> pleasure to
> work with. I have read on online forums complaints, but those same
> people
> also noted that the film had turned their developer blue, so it must
> have been
> an earlier generation of this film.
>
> Next up? A serious re-look at Delta 100...
>
> regards,
> Dawid
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