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Fomapan 100 developer dilemma

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iga - 08 May 2005 15:33 GMT
Hi all !
It's a first time I will develope Fomapan 100 35mm film.
I have D76 and Rodinal which I normally use with Ilford
and Agfa films, so the dilemma is - which one with Foma ?
Anybody with personal experience - please, let me know
your impressions.
Thanks,

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Rod Smith - 08 May 2005 17:49 GMT
> It's a first time I will develope Fomapan 100 35mm film.
> I have D76 and Rodinal which I normally use with Ilford
> and Agfa films, so the dilemma is - which one with Foma ?
> Anybody with personal experience - please, let me know
> your impressions.

I've developed a roll of Fomapan 400 and a couple of rolls of Fomapan 200
(sold as Paterson Acupan), all 35mm, all in D-76. Overall, I liked the
results. The film was about average in grain for the speed -- less grainy
than some, but grainier than T-grain films. I'd expect grain to be more
pronounced with Rodinal. There was something about the grain structure
that appealed to me, but I'm afraid I can't describe it -- just one of
those subjective things. Most of my subjects were old buildings and
objects; I don't know if the grain structure and tonality would work as
well for people.

Anyhow, the D-76 worked well for me, but I can't compare it to Rodinal,
which I've never used. Also, this was with the 200 and 400 films, not the
100. (As a side note, I gather the Fomapan T200 film sold in Europe is a
T-grain film, but the Fomapan 200 that's available in the US as Paterson
Acupan isn't. This is nth-hand information, though, so treat it with some
skepticism.)

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Andrew Price - 08 May 2005 20:06 GMT
>t's a first time I will develope Fomapan 100 35mm film.
>I have D76 and Rodinal which I normally use with Ilford
>and Agfa films, so the dilemma is - which one with Foma ?

Both work, although personally I prefered the results with D-76.  I
also found that Ilford's DD-X gave very good results with Fomapan 100.
iga - 08 May 2005 20:32 GMT
Thanks both, Andrew and Rod !
What dilution of D76 is the best in your opinion - stock, 1 + 1 ... ?
Thanks,

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> >t's a first time I will develope Fomapan 100 35mm film.
> >I have D76 and Rodinal which I normally use with Ilford
> >and Agfa films, so the dilemma is - which one with Foma ?
>
> Both work, although personally I prefered the results with D-76.  I
> also found that Ilford's DD-X gave very good results with Fomapan 100.
Rod Smith - 08 May 2005 21:24 GMT
> Thanks both, Andrew and Rod !
> What dilution of D76 is the best in your opinion - stock, 1 + 1 ... ?

I used 1:1 for the three rolls I processed, so I can't comment on whether
that or something else would work best.

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Andrew Price - 09 May 2005 19:43 GMT
>> Thanks both, Andrew and Rod !
>> What dilution of D76 is the best in your opinion - stock, 1 + 1 ... ?
>
>I used 1:1 for the three rolls I processed, so I can't comment on whether
>that or something else would work best.

I also used 1+1, and was satisfied with the results (although I
preferred using DD-X with Fomapan).

Apart from the longer developing times and the savings in developer, I
really don't think there's much difference between D-76 stock and
diluted 1:1.
iga - 09 May 2005 22:42 GMT
Done !
D76 1 + 1, 9,5 min at 21ºC. Film is still a little bit wet,
but looks fine. BTW, film does not curl as I read somewhere
in Internet. But it's a bit harder than, say, Ilford..
Thanks to all,

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> >> Thanks both, Andrew and Rod !
> >> What dilution of D76 is the best in your opinion - stock, 1 + 1 ... ?
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> really don't think there's much difference between D-76 stock and
> diluted 1:1.
iga - 10 May 2005 14:42 GMT
Bad news : there are two very thin, razor sharp scratched
lines from the beginning till the end of the film. I cut about
10cm fom another roll and put it in fixer. At totally clean
film ( no emulsion ) both lines are there.
Pity, but there is no way to get something good for 1 Euro..

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> Done !
> D76 1 + 1, 9,5 min at 21ºC. Film is still a little bit wet,
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
> > really don't think there's much difference between D-76 stock and
> > diluted 1:1.
Andrew Price - 10 May 2005 19:33 GMT
>BTW, film does not curl as I read somewhere
>in Internet.

I've read that too, but Foma never did that; at least that isn't the
word I'd have used to describe what it does do - it has a tendency to
"roll back up" again, which some people defined as "curl".

It was the old Croatian Efke which had the atrocious tendency of
curling about its longitudinal axis.
 
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