Fomapan 400 Sheet Film

[Andrew O'Neill]

Has anyone used this film? To me it looks like an old school film and if so, I'd like to give it a try. Also, it appears to have extended red sensitivity...

[Ron Marshall]

I've only tried the 200, which is actually about EI 125. Wonderful film.

[jmcd]

I didn't know Foma made the 400 in sheet film. Their tip sheet for this speed just lists 120, 35mm, and other sizes subject of an agreement with the manufacturer. I have shot the 400 in medium format, and it is lovely, definitely with an older style look.

[Petr Hartvich]

Hi Andrew,

jmcd is right, Foma doesn't make any 400 ISO sheet film. You can check it on Foma's website http://www.foma.cz/

Petr

[MIke Sherck]

I would be interested in the film's performance, particularly regarding reciprocity corrections. Where did you find it?

Mike

[sparq]

I quite like Fomapan 400 in 120 rolls.

(Taken with Rollei SL66 & 4/50.)

[Gene McCluney]

Isn't Fomapan 400 actually the ONE film that Foma sells that they actually don't make? I guessed it might have come from England.

[Charles Hohenstein]

Has anyone used this film? To me it looks like an old school film and if so, I'd like to give it a try. Also, it appears to have extended red sensitivity...

Where are you getting Foma 400 sheet film? Freestyle has it in 120, but not 4x5.

[Jiri Vasina]

Hi Andrew,

jmcd is right, Foma doesn't make any 400 ISO sheet film. You can check it on Foma's website http://www.foma.cz/

Petr

Actually, from what I get, they DO produce Fomapan 400 in sheet sizes. But they do not advertise it, they do not sell it in the Czech Republic, any hardly in Europe. From my research I think, they only sell it in USA, rebadged under the Arista.Edu Ultra.

I also didn't find a way to get a Fomapan 200 in any sheet sizes here in the Czech Republic (although they sell it abroad), and it's impossible to get inch-sized sheets of ISO 100 film - they only sell the metric sizes. On the other hand, they even have a 12x16.5cm Fomapan 100 on stock (for those interested)...

I have queried them by email twice for those other sheet films, and did not get any reply (but my orders from their web-shop were delivered always within a week).

[Jiri Vasina]

Isn't Fomapan 400 actually the ONE film that Foma sells that they actually don't make? I guessed it might have come from England.

Gene, I don't think they sell anything under the Foma label, that they do not produce. It might be a confusion with the Arista family of films, the Arista.Edu were from Forte, Arista.Edu Ultra from Foma (and there was also some Arista.something from Agfa some years ago)...