larrydressler Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 <p>http://www.foma.cz/ew/ec816f17-da8b-49ce-bd89-1d75aa19fee6-en<br> 35mm and LF no 120 odd. It is supposed to be a film with a larger than normal tonal latitude.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johncox Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 <p>Looks a bit like TXP.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrydressler Posted May 7, 2015 Author Share Posted May 7, 2015 <p>I would rather have Plus-X back. I will try to snag a roll if not here in the U.S. I will get one of my friends to send me a few. As for TXP it went the way of the dodo because it was pretty specialised with it's spotting friendly backing and film portrait work going mostly digital. seeing there is no 120 being made is making me wonder if Foma is even making this or if it is made by someone else and rebadged.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jose_angel Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 <p>Of course new films are always welcomed, but it is telling that they suggest developers like HC110 or Microphen... <em>"retro", "soft"</em>, don`t know what to think.<br /> This things remind me that noisier, overheating "retro looking" blenders... like my "classic", vintage looking, new Osterizer... :I</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_shriver Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 <p>Roll-film, 35mm film, and sheet film all have different base thicknesses. So you can't divide a master roll across multiple formats. (Although there have been "cheater" cases of making sheet film on 35mm base, but it would be somewhat thin and floppy.)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 <p>Thin sheet film can work but it could be tricky to load into holders. A thrifty uncle of mine used to buy surplus 5" aerial roll film and cut it into 4x5 sheets. I don't recall him ever having trouble with it.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 <p>Any word on when this film would be available in the USA? I normally use HC110 developer so I would run tests with that developer. I've found that the other Foma films do require some fine tuning for best results in HC110, but once you dial in the right time and dilution it looks quite nice.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murray_kelly Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 <p>The data sheet states that the base is different for the two formats.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 <p>From my google searching I believe this film might still be in pre-production. Freestyle sells a lot of Foma products so maybe they will eventually sell it. I agree that lack of a 120 size is unusual. If it is indeed similar to Kodak's TXP ISO 320 it would be welcome in 120 since Kodak only offers TX 400 in 120. However, Kodak still offers TXP 320 in sheet film sizes so a direct comparison of products is possible. I don't shoot much sheet film these days, but I would try the film in 35mm.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fotohuis RoVo Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 <p><em>Retropan 320 soft</em> is a low contrast type film especially when combined with the Foma Retro special developer. When pushing you will get normal contrast so this film can be used from iso 640-1000 and will fill up the gap for Neopan 1600. The film is in pre-production now. As already said the film has been made on 125um for 35mm, available first in 17m and 30,5m/100ft and on 175um sheet film format.<br> Take notice that Neopan 1600 was available on 35mm only.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 <p>Okay, heard back from Freestyle earlier today. They're hoping to have it in stock by this fall. And they confirmed the film is still in pre-production. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fotohuis RoVo Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 <p><img src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/535/20215776072_915d539185_z.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="491" /></p> <p>A first result. Retropan 320 Soft E.I. 320 in Rollei Supergrain 1+9. A scan from a split grade print.<br /> First impression:<br /><br /> 1. This is a real grainy film, even a bit more then Foma Fomapan 400 film.<br /> 2. The film is drying absolute flat.<br /> 3. Effective film speed around iso 320-400, a push development is possible but not much higher then iso 640-800.<br /> 4. There are no markers or index on the film strip. It is completely blanc. This is from a bulk 30,5m/100ft film.<br /> 5. This emulsion looks like the in 2001 discontinued <em>Fomapan T800 film</em>. I have to dig up that data from 1997-2001 but at that time I had no densitometer.</p> <p> </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrydressler Posted August 4, 2015 Author Share Posted August 4, 2015 <p>Grain can be controlled with development. Is it available in 120?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fotohuis RoVo Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 <p>No, in 35mm and sheet film only.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lex_jenkins Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Could be interesting for certain effects. I occasionally used normally exposed TMY in Rodinal for bright daylight situations. Good tonal range, unusually grainy for a T-Max film. Very tight but pronounced salt and pepper grain. Might have been influenced by the rural well water I had back then - high lime and mineral content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fotohuis RoVo Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 <p><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3910/19124407526_251a092cfa_z.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="478" /> <br> <img src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/274/19777793923_1def03cbab_z.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="503" /></p> <p><em>Retropan 320 Soft</em> E.I. 320 in HC-110 (B) for 8:30 minutes (20C). Split Grade print. Zorki-6 + Industar-50 F/3,5-50mm. Like most my F.S.U. gear, from Ukraine. Refurbished and C.L.A. maybe again for another 50 years .......<br> My wife Nataliya (also from Ukraine). :)</p> <p> </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fotohuis RoVo Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 <p><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5727/20573520811_ff8352cfbf_z.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="508" /></p> <p><em>Retropan 320 Soft</em> E.I. 640 in Microphen 1+0 12:00 minutes (20C).<br> In contrast even still pretty low but now you have really grain.</p> <p>My attempt in Diafine 3+3 E.I. 640 was not successful. With this developer sometimes you can get 2/3F stop extra speed but not with this <em>Retropan 320 Soft</em> film. It stays approxemately on box speed so you will end with an underexposed negative and a loss of 3 zones in the high lights.</p> <p> </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tih Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 <p>I found time to play with RetroPAN 320 in 4x5" over the weekend - not in a camera, but using a sensitometer to expose it. I found that Foma's recommended time of 7-8 minutes in HC-110 dilution B (1:31) at 20 deg C seemed spot on for a diffusion enlarger. Since I use a condenser enlarger, I ran a set of tests as described by Ralph Lambrecht in "Way Beyond Monochrome" using dilution E (1:47) (except I mixed it 1:49 because that's so quick and easy to do using a 20ml syringe and a 1l mug).<br> The results show the required average gradient is reached at 4, 6, 8, 12, and 18 minutes in HC-110 dilution E at 20 deg C for N-2, N-1, N, N+1, and N+2, with an extra 1/3 stop exposure at N-1, and 2/3 stop at N-2.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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