Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/07

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Fomapan
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@markrabiner.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 18:38:14 -0700
References: <B091F22120504B47B062C7C0D9E6FED91F79B1@EMS3.umassb.net> <3D51C9EC.8030809@widomaker.com>

Mike Durling wrote:
> 
> Foma's home page is at http://www.foma.cz/  I buy mine from
> www.fotoimpex.de  They also sell Efke and a couple of interesting
> papers.  Some of the website is in English but the PDF catalog is in
> German.  Its pretty easy to figure out.  They readily answer questions
> by email.
> 
> I have shot a lot of the Foma 400.  Its an old technology film, some say
> like Super-XX.  Its a little grainier than other 400 films.  I just shot
> some of the 200.  That is the T-grain stuff that got Kodak's goat.  I
> was really impressed with the quality.  Really nice tones and moderately
> fine grain.  I shot a little of the 100 when I was in Europe, but I have
> a lot to print from that trip and have only printed one or two from that
> roll.
><Snip> 

Isn't Foma what everybody was on in Brave New World? Or was that 1984?


Mark Rabiner
Portland, Oregon USA
http://www.markrabiner.com
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