Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]One of my favorite B&W films is Paterson Acupan 200 which is supposedly made by Foma. Finest grain I've found other than Fuji Acros 100. Regards, Greg Dizel wrote: >>Stan, what are you developing your Foma in? I have only shot two rolls >>of the 100 film but they were nowhere near that grainy. >> > >Rodinal 1+150, of course :) >Seems that FOMA sold here is worse a lot or something.. Mine has differences >in thickness and sensivity, sometimes is scratched.. And I had a lot of them from >many batches. >A lot better cheap emulsion is Ilford PAN 100 and PAN 400. Second of them is >AFAIK based on HP4 - costs some 1.7 $ here (HP5 costs twice as much) and works >very well both in Rodinal and HC-110. > >As fro grain - please note thas this white house on enlargement is 3mm wide and 2mm >high on a 11x14 enlargement I scanned it from. So Foma 100 resolution is very good, indeed :) >-- > St. > (XS360 Diesel - Sampo Lappelil, ¬liMC) > http://www.familyofman2.com > GH !d a- C--- E---- W+++ N+++ PS+++ !tv b+++ D++ e++ h* r% > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html