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Mark Fohl - 09 Nov 2004 17:26 GMT

Hello Folks, I bought a roll of Fomapan 100 from J and C Photo a week or two
ago, and processed it over the weekend. I saw some things I didn't expect,
and I was wondering if someone could comment.

I exposed at 125 and developed in Rodinal 1:50 for 10 minutes, as
recommended by the Massive Dev Chart. The first surprise was that when I
dumped the developer, it was clear; not the same as the inky dark purple
that I get when I develop Agfa APX100 in Rodinal. Second, the developed
film has a distinct blue tint to it. I guess I'll find out how this affects
VC paper. And finally, the dried film has incredible curl. I could barely
hold it straight to get it into the negative page.

Are these experiences similar to yours?

Thanks in advance,

-- Mark

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Mike King - 09 Nov 2004 19:07 GMT

Different films will yield different developer colors, means nothing, it is
an interaction between the developer and the dyes in the film.

The blue color is probably residual dye. Try refixing and rewashing in
fresh fixer and use a wash aid. Snip the trailer from the film and use it
to compare before and after colors after rewashing the rest of the film .

Curl, some films are very curly, especially old technology films. I have a
similar problem with Maco Aura. Not bad, just more than the films from the
Big Four.

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> Hello Folks, I bought a roll of Fomapan 100 from J and C Photo a week or two
> ago, and processed it over the weekend. I saw some things I didn't expect,
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>
> -- Mark

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marcin - 10 Nov 2004 11:29 GMT

> Hello Folks, I bought a roll of Fomapan 100 from J and C Photo a week or two

hi there, it was fomapan or fomapan-R ;-) ??
Foma, I think
http://www.foma.cz/Upload/foma/prilohy/F_pan_100_en.pdf
tech-sheet in english. Old kind of film, Koudelka has worked on it.
In my part of europe has an opinion of unstable (i don't know why); it
means
that two rools may vary. Never happened to me.
But i suggest to use it in 120 format, not to good as 35mm (for this
price,
similar here to PAN 100)

> I exposed at 125 and developed in Rodinal 1:50 for 10 minutes, as
> recommended by the Massive Dev Chart.

Foma is generally soft, imho especially with rodinal.

> The first surprise was that when I
> dumped the developer, it was clear;

not a little bit blue ? ;)

> not the same as the inky dark purple
> that I get when I develop Agfa APX100 in Rodinal. Second, the developed
> film has a distinct blue tint to it. I guess I'll find out how this affects
> VC paper.

its film's mask, it's blue and it's normal

>And finally, the dried film has incredible curl. I could barely
> hold it straight to get it into the negative page.

one of the reason to not to be a 35-mm-foma-fan

> Are these experiences similar to yours?

exactly.

Best regards
marcin

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