chris_rini1 Posted July 4, 2004 Share Posted July 4, 2004 Hi, I'm curious about Fomapan 100 in 120 size. I loved Verichrome Pan when it was available, and my current favorite is APX 100. What are user opinions of how Foma compares to these two? Thanks. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin_jangowski Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 I have tested Fomapan 100 with a few developers and saw no real big differences between it and APX100. At least with 6x6 and 6x7, it looks more or less the same. However, the price differs only about 5 Cent per roll, so I stay with the tried and true APX. I have no experience with Verichrome Pan. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel_janssen Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 martin, How 'the same' is Foma compared to APX? Now that APX in 120 will be gone soon, I am looking for an alternative... Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin_jangowski Posted July 5, 2004 Share Posted July 5, 2004 The same as in "after finding the development times for the same CI for both films, I made test shots with both (using two magazines of my SL66), comparing the results and had problems to see any difference at 5x enlargements (30x30cm)". I used R. Suzuki's DS-12, a high acutance developer (look <a href="http://silvergrain.org/Photo-Tech/film-dev-recommend.html">here</a>). <p> Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin_mcgovern Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 FWIW, after studying thousands of images on Flickr, I have to give the nod to Rollie Superpan 200 as being the closest contemporary film to our beloved and mourned Verichrome. Everything else is just too “snappy”, and generally lacks that long tonal range VP had. The next closest might be Tri-X in Pyro, but I know staining developers aren’t to everyone’s taste. On the other hand, an un-Godly number of b/w images on Flickr are developed with Rodinol (aka R09), the reason for which is beyond my ken. It has nice tonality, but an overwhelming acutance that makes RPX 25 look like Tri-X in D-76! Gah. Seems if one wanted the convenience of a liquid, HC-110 can easily be had, or F-76, with only a little trouble. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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