Unfortunately, in recent times my fomapan 100 has a very serious defect. Some of the frames are marred by fine veins (like those on the texture of a leaf), which are probably the result of an error when spreading the gelatine on the substrate. The film would be very interesting for the richness of grey tones and contrast, but the idea of losing a few shots because of this defect is terrifying. Their price in Italy is now close to that of the excellent Rollei. Their competitive advantage (5.5 euro x film) could vanish if these defects are not removed quickly. MErry Christmas.

@FilmPhotography

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment as yeat I have not had any issues like you have. But will do a video if I find my results have issues. The only film I have had isses with is Ferrania P30 with uneven emulsion. I do love the Rollie films and prices are good. I do like the Retro S 400 but still need to try the 80s. Hope you have a great christmas.

I have used Foma 100, 200 and 400 in 35mm and generally have been quite satisfied, especially with the 100. I used Foma 200 in 120 and there was a fault with the emulsion, giving black dots and little splodges on the image. I subsequently found out that lots of other photographers were experiencing this defect and some had contacted Foma; the general consensus was that they weren't very helpful, though some did get a replacement film. I hope the New Year is a good'n. Keith

@FilmPhotography

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment Keith. Thanks for the info on contacting them and also the issues with the 120.

i use the fomapan 100 in 4x5 sheet box of 50 sheets about £40-44 i use it in my pin hole camera and find it works well for me i have had problems with the 200 and never used the 400 speed one.

@FilmPhotography

6 ай бұрын

HI Thanks for your comment and telling me how you use the film.

Love foma 200 'pushed' ... excellent stuff 👌

@FilmPhotography

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment. I am the same. At the end of the video there is a link to a video of me push processing Fomapan 200.

Used fomapan a lot when i began to get more into film photography a few years ago, always liked the results i got and have recently looked back at a few of the early rolls and i can tell it was a very forgiving film, given my lack of ability. Ive mostly switched to kentmere film now as in the current economic climate i feel i should support our homegrown industry and the cost is very close to fomapan anyway. Keep up the vids and heres to a good photographic year in 24.

@FilmPhotography

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment. Interesting to hear how you started with Fomapan. I did use Kentmere ones or twice but did not get on with it. But it is a great budget film for sure. Lots more videos to come in 24.

Price might be a reason, it is with me.

@FilmPhotography

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for yout comment. I think most of use would be the same. Also quailty for price which I did not put in the video.

The 100 and the 200 in 35mm are fine, although I have had a lot of problems with the 200 in 120 and 4X5 and the 100 in 4X5. Never tried the 400. They used to be cheap, not anymore. If you shop around you could get FP4 Plus at not much more than the price of the 200. Incidentally, the box speed for both the 100 and the 200 are at least a 1/2 stop on the optimistic side.

@FilmPhotography

6 ай бұрын

HI Lens Man Thanks for your comment Also for the information. It is a pity that the price has gone up so much. But I do manage to still get a good price. Looking through my scans and it would seem I have never used the 400iso. I have also not used 120 or large format.

I play around with a variety of B&W films and developers but am seriously considering Making Foma 100 and Rodinal as my go products. The 100 is so sharp in this developer and the tones are amazing. 1-50 for 7.5 minutes.

@FilmPhotography

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment. I will give that combination a go. I need to order some more very soon.

All the pictures in this video was shot by fumapan100?

@FilmPhotography

Ай бұрын

Hi it's a mixture of all of them and some 200iso push processed to 400iso. I hope that helps

@zhongyao-sc1lj

Ай бұрын

​@@FilmPhotography your photograph of the bridge preserves the detail and level of the blue sky and white cloud .did this push from 200iso to 400ios?

As much as I like Fomapan 100 and 400, I don't use it any more. I have had a lot of issues with white spots (on the scanned image) across the whole frame. In 120, some times I can only get 14 shots per roll instead of 15 and on my last roll the tape that sticks the emulsion to the backing paper intruded on to the last frame! Fomapan 200 is a completely different film. I now use Rollei RPX 400. Foma has some real QC issues.

@FilmPhotography

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment. We have had other comments saying both the spots on the film. But have less frames per roll that is new to me.

Fomapan is good, but it has one big problem. It has no DX code.

@FilmPhotography

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment I never thought about it to be honest. I have not used a DX coded camera with Fomapan until the last roll when I used my EOS100.

@sorkarkelly8066

6 ай бұрын

@@FilmPhotography I put Fomapan in the EOS1000F and it read 18 out of 36 shots...

@FilmPhotography

6 ай бұрын

@@sorkarkelly8066 I have a 1000fn will watch out for that

@sorkarkelly8066

6 ай бұрын

@@FilmPhotography And did the EOS 100 load the entire film? Today I shot on my EOS50E with Fujicolor. After frame 21 it jumped straight to frame 32... I do not know what went wrong.

@FilmPhotography

6 ай бұрын

@@sorkarkelly8066 No the EOS 100 goes a shot at a time then when it's finished winds the film back into the canister.