Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've only done Foma 200 in pyro, and it it a great combination: http://400tx.blogspot.com/2006/06/fomapan-200-creative-film-in-pmk-pyro.html Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com http://400tx.blogspot.com/ -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Marty Deveney Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 3:52 AM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] Jeffery PAW week 23 - Cleanup Man Mike is absolutely right: various third party sellers definitely change sourceds from time to time. www.fortefilm.com now seems to re-direct to J&C Photo, though they used to have their own website.? Their film and paper is manufactured in Vac, Hungary. Foma www.foma.cz/ is manufactured in Hradec Kr?lov?, Czech Republic. Efke films www.efkefilm.com/ used to be made in Zagreb, Croatia, but the factory moved to Samobor. These films were (are?) made using the same antiquated machinery and the same formulas that the Adox films were made with in the 1950s and 60s. The most confusing thing is that some re-packagers like Adox (trademark owned by Fotoimpex, I think) sell Ekfe as their slow films, but what appeared to be Ilford Pan 100 and Pan 400 (or maybe FP4 and HP5 - NOT the 'plus' versions) as some of their faster films. The best bet with the third party films is to buy up big (they are cheap, after all) and to test the first couple of rolls of a new batch. How do the 35mm Foma and Forte films look in pyro Jeffery? I've used MF and LF films by these manufacturers in pyro developers before, but never in 35mm. As I recall, Fortepan 200 can be amazingly grainy in pyrocatechol developers, but that may be because of the very high pH and sudden associated changes. Let us know, please. Marty Forte is made in Hungary, Foma in the Czech Republic, and Efke in Croatia.? To make things confusing they all sell under various private labels as well as their own.? Some of these private brands have multiple sources too.? I can't keep them straight either ;>) Mike D Jeffery Smith wrote: > Strange that the Arista, Paterson, Forte, Classic, and Bergger are all > the same emulsion but have some very different prices. Is the Foma > also the same emulsion as all of these? -- ___________________________________________________ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information