4x5 100 iso film Adox or Fomapan

[Andrew O'Neill]

thicktheo, I like how the image on ebay shows the film sheets fanned out. Pretty funny.

[Scotty230358]

I have used both Foma and Adox films. I find the contrast of the Foma useful for times when the SBR of my subjects is around 3-4 stops (which is very frequent). I use pyrocat HD almost exclusively and found that I had to mix the working solution with distilled water as when using tap water the film had a tendency to "streak" on areas of even tone. I did not encounter this problem with Ilford films.

[turtle]

I use Foma 100 35mm in Afghanistan and have no trouble with contrast. You just have to establish the right exosure and development, which for me is between 50 and 80 for the 100 film with Xtol 1+2. Once you have this sorted it is no less predictable than any other film in my view. I think it is a great film and prefer it to FP4+ in almost every way.

[SergeiR]

Gerard, buy Ilforf FP4+ and learn with it. You might as well start with it since you say you will use it in the future. My bet would be it will have far fewer defects from the factory than the Chinese stuff

Cant say for Chineese stuff, but i am yet ever get any funky issues with Adox and Foma , and with Ilford (fresh, mostly bought from B&H) every now and then i do get emulsion go "weeeee" (as in - not registering anything at all). Forced me into habit of shooting "duplicate" frames with Ilford 400 and Adox (just in case). Ilford is great when it works, unfortunately for me this was only film both in 4x5 and 120 that gives me unusable roll or sheets every now and then.

[giacomo marchetti]

Please,what is the development time for Foma 100 + Xtol 1+1 ?

[thomas ciulei]

I've been shooting Fomapan 100 & 200 around the Aegean Turkey & Greece (so same conditions) and found it copes very well with the bright harsh lighting, gives me similar contarst to Tmax or Delta 100. However I do need to halve the box speed and cut development to approx 70% compared to other films.

in my case too: 400 is 200/250, 200 is 100/125. havent gotten to reducing developing to 70% yet, im at 85%.
curl in 6x6 is indeed terrible, otherwise a usable film in well lit situations.
as to reciprocity mentioned earlier, i can deffo say this is true.

[renes]

So 100iso is around 50/64?

[tenderobject]

the arista edu looks good and cheap! i might get one soon. if i shoot iso 400 at IE 200 how many percent should i reduce my dev times?