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Bill_1856
25-Aug-2014, 07:05
It seems to be the only film in 9x12 cm size available these days.

Jmarmck
25-Aug-2014, 09:39
Check the "Landscapes" thread and Nana's photos. That ought to tell you something.
http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?44249-Large-Format-Landscapes
Go to the end of the tread and work backward a page or two.

Regular Rod
25-Aug-2014, 10:31
It seems to be the only film in 9x12 cm size available these days.

Very nice film. You are not being subjected to hardship by choosing it, although you can still get ILFORD FP4 Plus, HP5 Plus and Delta 100 in 9x12cm...

http://www.macodirect.de/9-x-12-cm-c-746_750_763_470.html

RR

towolf
25-Aug-2014, 12:10
Shot this on Foma 100 and scanned it yesterday.

http://i.imgur.com/MyO8Rg3l.jpg (http://imgur.com/MyO8Rg3.jpg)

Seems to go well with Rodinal 1+100 for one hour.

Otherwise, I was given 138 envelopes of 18x24 x-ray film, which can be cut into four 9x12 sheets. For that reason only I’ve dusted off the 9x12 holders and this cage

http://i.imgur.com/Fi4579sl.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/Fi4579s.jpg)
http://i.imgur.com/uM1br4yl.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/uM1br4y.jpg)

polyglot
25-Aug-2014, 20:39
It's not bad - not as good as FP4, but very good value especially if bought rebranded as "Arista EDU" from freestyle. It's a bit grainy and has terrible reciprocity failure (don't bother to use it at dusk) but is otherwise a perfectly good daylight film; I particularly like it with strobes. Some examples (https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=foma100&user_id=24125157%40N00&sort=interestingness-desc).

Bill_1856
25-Aug-2014, 21:17
Thanks, guys.
W.

koraks
25-Aug-2014, 23:44
It's a bit grainy and has terrible reciprocity failure (don't bother to use it at dusk) but is otherwise a perfectly good daylight film
I can attest to this. Reciprocity makes it just about completely useless in low-light situations. The grain is quite obtrusive for a 100ASA B&W film, but on larger formats, this isn't necessarily an issue. In smaller formats, it can be a consideration though. I've used it with Rodinal in several dilutions and get good results with 1+100 for 10 minutes at 20C. I tried stand development but I got horrible bromide drag and no advantages compared to 1+100 with agitation every minute. I tried some 135 foma 100 in both Rodinal and Moersch Finol (1+1+100, 11 minutes, 20C, agitation every 30 sec.; 11m seems on the long side); the latter seems a more interesting choice (if you like staining developers that is) and the grain comes out as decidedly less obtrusive. In tiny format, this is a considerable plus. I don't do darkroom printing btw, so I can't comment on printability. It scans fine in either developer I have tried; with Finol, the general advice for staining developers applies: scan as positive and convert to B&W in digital post processing.

analoguey
25-Aug-2014, 23:56
Pretty easy to use. I did get it a bit scratched first time around, but nice film to use.
Here (http://www.apug.org/forums/viewpost.php?p=1639991)'s a couple of contact prints (both tests, w dodging/burning).

This was a ~20s exposure around 11pm.
Developed and printed in kodak chems (xtol/dektol) on ilford RC paper.

I have also shot with flash/indoors and it printed out quite nicely(contact prints). I cant compare it to others (in 4x5), but on its own, its good!

Regular Rod
26-Aug-2014, 02:47
They both look greatly underexposed in the scans of your contact prints...

RR

analoguey
26-Aug-2014, 04:23
Thanks RR,
You're right - the negative is quite thin.
I have noticed that I do prefer slightly underexposed photos - in this case, on the right, I wanted to burn out quite a bit of the street - make it gloomy/ stark, I do have a better print - not sure where it is - I didnt put too much care into taking snaps
of the prints, so there's some loss there too.
(Also, Re the Film's capability, this was the first 4x5 I processed - first time with tray processing and my 1st couple of prints.)

towolf
26-Aug-2014, 06:12
Reciprocity makes it just about completely useless in low-light situations.

Well, it's significant, but not useless. My sarcophagus above was exposed for 1:30 while it was metered for 0:11. The available tables work.

cbk
26-Aug-2014, 07:02
Nice film,
In D76 developer it was imposible to calibrate it below N. but it reached N+3 with no problems.
The full scope (N-2 to N+2) I achived in R09 fomadon (rodinal like dev).

koraks
26-Aug-2014, 11:32
Well, it's significant, but not useless. My sarcophagus above was exposed for 1:30 while it was metered for 0:11. The available tables work.
It depends a bit on how far you want to push the envelope, I suppose. In your example, obviously, it's still usable. I tried to shoot a still life with it the other day and metered 1 minute, which translates into roughly 12 minutes actual exposure. I shot it anyway to see if it would hold up, but predictably, by the time the exposure was done, the light had dropped by more than a stop (this was available light and in the spur of the moment). I developed N-1.5 in Rodinal 1+100 and got a negative with an unusable high contrast. Apart from my technique, which is undoubtedly shoddy and uneducated, when shooting in available light at dusk, there just comes a point where reciprocity failure is so large that you can't outpace the dimming of the evening light.

So 'useless' may be too strong a qualification, but if you just look at the reciprocity tables of this film, it's clear that the effect is quite...pronounced. Apart from that, I find it's great value for money particularly in 4x5 and I'm pretty pleased with the results in decent light.

Rayt
27-Aug-2014, 06:45
I just developed 8 sheets of Fomapan 100 in Xtol 1:1 with the Mod54. Two of the sheets had emulsion defects that look like little cracks that cover the entire negative. I have seen this before. I know it wasn't the processing because I processed 4 sheet at a time and the other 6 negs were fine. The film was only 6 months beyond expiration. I like Fomapan films but would not use it on anything important. I only use it for subjects I can reshoot anytime.