Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Foma" are harmless untruths, intended to comfort simple soul Vonnegut -------------------- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ mark at rabinergroup.com Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > From: Slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov at charter.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 12:05:26 -0700 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Wow! Fomalux III > > I used both RC surfaces. Worked out just fine. Behind glass, you can't > really tell what one used. > I do plan to use their fiber, sometime down the road. > S.d. > > > On Oct 23, 2010, at 5:49 AM, Marty Deveney wrote: > >> 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 >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information