Fomapan T800

[larrydressler]

<p>Why did it fail? What ever happened to it? I had a roll 1 time and I thought it was pretty good.</p>

[leicaglow]

<p>Larry, I don't think it was on the market long. I didn't like the way it curled when it dried. It was a bear to flatten out for scanning or enlarging.</p>

[larrydressler]

<p>I also think it was made by MACO and had the Foma name it acted just like the old Cube film.. the backing sucked but it had a real nice tone and grain.</p>

[Mike Gammill]

<p>I was curious about this film, but never could find it here in the USA. I remember reading some data on its RMS granularity: IIRC it was grainier than Tri-X, but finer grained than TMAX 3200. I saw a few photos posted from it in Popular Photography back in the 1990's and I thought the tones looked good (within limitations of magazine printing).<br>

Did this film have a different base from the Fomapan 200? I used the 200 and never had any problems with it.</p>

[Fotohuis RoVo]

<p>Fomapan T800 was discontinued in 2001. The effective film speed was iso 640 and pretty grainy. In production it looked like the T200 film from Foma.<br>

I have some photos left on this film. The film was discontinued because the amount of sales was pretty bad in those time.</p>

 

[rustys pics]

<p>Back in the old days of the internet <em>before</em> there was a Web I used to hang out on the Infrared Photography Mailing List. I recall hearing about wonderous Infrared films from Russia that were ISO 2000. It was supposed to be introduced in North America, but never saw any examples of it.</p>

 

[User_502260]

<p>Wasn't this film also sold under the Paterson name? </p>

[Fotohuis RoVo]

<p>Yes, both T200 and T800 were sold under Paterson name.</p>

[Mike Gammill]

<p>Somewhere I think I saw some photos done on the 120 version of the T800. I guess with medium format the grain wasn't too bad. Some of the T200 I tried was in Paterson box. I think the T200 may have also been sold as one of the Arista films at Freestyle. <br>

BTW, are Paterson products no longer imported to the USA? I've been trying to find some Paterson FX-39 developer without success.</p>

[Fotohuis RoVo]

<p>Yes, Fomapan films are also sold under Arista especially for the USA. At this moment there are production problems with the Fomapan Creative 200 film due to some essential materials who are not available anymore. Foma is searching for a replacement and expects that in January 2010 they can produce the film again. Fomapan T200 is a mixture of classical cubical and hexagonal halogenide crystals.<br>

A lot of Paterson products are discontinued. Only a few developers are still available.</p>

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