Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Foma papers, and the Foma films, are made in Hradec Kr?lov? in the Czech Republic. I visited last year, as I have each time I've been to the Czech Republic since 1999. It's nice, but it's resin coated, so the surface isn't quite as nice as fibre base papers. The image colour is much more neutral than Azo in anything other than some esoteric developers, which is nice. Purists may also be put off by it not being a pure chloride contact paper, but I don't really care which particular halide my silver salts are. Marty On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 10:29 PM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote: > Rabiner quipped: "I think in about 8 or ten years some people will get > wistful and wonder what its like to shoot one of their film cameras or > backs > again. When that ?happens I'm sure the film will be made in Croatia in a > nice little mini factory and cost 33.3 bucks a roll..." > > How right you are. > > The last great contact paper was Kodak Azo. While Weston and others used > other paper besides it, it had a great reputation because it was, well, the > last one left. > > But then Kodak finally killed it 4-5 years ago. And then there is no more > contact paper left. > > Michael Smith and Paula Chamlee, major proponents of the paper, went as far > as making their own version called Lomida, which gets rave review. > > Except it costs $$: $6 a sheet (16x20) and you have to buy in pack of 50 > sheets. > > Then I noticed Freestyle has "NEW: Fomalux III FB Contact Speed Paper" so I > got a pack of 8x10 and a pack of 16x20 to try out. No doubt it's made in a > Eastern European factory somewhere. Slightly cheaper at $4 a sheet (16x20) > and you can buy pack of 25. > > Compared to Adox 110, I think I am using at least 6 stops more light. > > But WOW..... the Adox is good, but Fomalux III is.. fantastic. > > The only downside is, I need sleep.... but after I make one more print. > This > stuff is good. > -- > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> > // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous > replies in your msgs. ] > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >