Foma 4x5 film

[MartinP]

It seems strange to me that you can't get Fomapan 400 in 4x5 sheets across the pond. Because Freestyle here in the U.S. stocks it. Unless this is just old stock they are using up, but normally they would say so. I would think that if you could buy a European film in the U.S. then it would certainly be possible to get it over there.

The thread is/was rather old.

In Europe, you can now buy 'off-the-shelf' (ie. not as special order materials, or sizes) Fomapan- 100, 200, 400 and Retropan320 in most sizes from 9x12cm to 8x10". For ULF or weird sizes then IlfordPhoto (Harman) continue to be the main source, with their annual special-order process.

[IanG]

It seems strange to me that you can't get Fomapan 400 in 4x5 sheets across the pond. Because Freestyle here in the U.S. stocks it. Unless this is just old stock they are using up, but normally they would say so. I would think that if you could buy a European film in the U.S. then it would certainly be possible to get it over there.

http://www.freestylephoto.biz/420445...-4x5-50-sheets

You can get Foma 5x4 film in Europe, what you have to remember though is that outside of the UK it wasn't a standard size in Continental Europe where the German 9x12 format was used instead. The same went for 7x5 in the UK and Europe, the UK had Half plate and Europe 13x18.

It's only in recent years that 5x4 has become more common in Europe and 7x5 in the UK.

Ian

[soeren]

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