Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have shot a couple of rolls of the Foma "Creative" 200. The film is still marked on the edges as "T 200". Sorry to hear about Fotopan. We need more film manufacturers, not fewer! Mike D Dizel wrote: > > Foma AFAIK stopped producing Foma T200 and T800 because of patent issues > with Kodak and his T-Max films. I don't know details for sure, I will make > a little research.. :) > Now Foma sells Creative 200 and Creative 800 emulsions - those are similar > to original T***, but indeed require slightly changed development time . > > I personally don't like Foma - as they bought dying Fotopan - polish > photochemical company, which made for some 20 years Fotopan HL - a very > good film on a Ilford license; basically a HP4, slightly modified - and > killed it. Now Fotopan/Foma makes only a small amounts of roentgen > plates and thats all left from once big and proud company. > > But Foma makes good rapid fixer - Fomafix - some 2$ for 500 ml > dilutable 1+5 for making working solution, and some other things :) > -- > 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