I have been using Kentmere 400 for years now, primarily because its comes in at the cheaper (cheapest?) It renders images with a decent level of But honestly, Fomapan 400 Action is nearly indistinguishable from the two slower speeds in terms of grain, contrast, and image quality. Lens: Mamiya-Sekor 65mm F3.5. Lastly, I converted the file to 16-bit Grayscale and added a curves layer to set the white/black points in Photoshop. 35mmc is a blog authored, edited and published by Hamish Gill featuring daily articles submitted by readers. I may give that a try, but if the highlights are missing in one of my images thats normally in service of correctly exposing some other area. I still prefer Tri-X but its a These days, I primarily shoot 100 Classic, in large part because I use Fomapan a great deal in the testing of vintage cameras Ive repaired or restored, and their limited shutter speeds and apertures make it difficult to properly expose on a bright, sunny day with fast ISO 400 film. Glad you enjoyed this piece. Maybe it likes really high contrast scenes to begin with.though in 120 it is a nice film as the grain just isn't so noticeable. Re: Fomapan 100, 200 and 400. Can you talk about what developers you used? Fibonawak 8 mo. Deine Erfahrungen beziehen sich vermutlich auf den neuen APX 400. Ive shot Tri-X before, but my preference is HP5+! I thankfully finally ran out of the 100ft. Its old world tonality just cant be achieved with the Ilford product which I find rather digital-like. Grain is just acceptable on 35 mm film and no problem if you are working on medium format. Fantastic review!Thank you for sharing these shots and your thoughts and observations. There is no longer that very obvious and annoying halation or muddiness in the prints. Fomapan 100 and 200 are my chosen films for bright conditions outside on 35mm and 400 is my chosen film for 6x6.It's just not great for 35mm nor is it very adaptable to different light conditions.in my experience. These are nice, there is something about the crappy anti halation layer film when you pull it and blow the highlights a bit, it turns the glowiness up to 11.How do you prevent scratches, Simon? Especially if Im working at a reenacting event. roll of Fomapan 400 and bought a 100ft. I'm open to any dispute. They werent having any of that artsy stuff. I absolutely understand that for someone looking for a lower grain and more of a modern look the Fomapan emulsion isnt going to work, but then, I am not really sure that the Kentmere 400 would meet this requirement either neither of these films wins in that department. Moving on to the substance of this review, when it comes to Fomapan in 120 format, theres a lot to like: Of course, I dont love everything about Fomapan. You cant throw any developer at Fomapan 400 and expect pleasing results. To me, the film seems muddy. You write from your shoes on the groundand no tree shots. I tried Foma 400 and to be honest, I am not happy with it. Some people maintain that it has that vintage TriX feel from the 60s. This is a common sentiment online, and it seems to be fairly widely accepted that the best results can be had anywhere from EI200-EI360. Der 100/21 Silvermax in Silvermax Entwickler entspricht genau dem was ich suchte. The high contrast results really lent a wonderful aesthetic to those images, and Im glad I didnt choose to take Kentmere. Ill meter Fomapan 400 for the shadows when I think theres maybe a three-four stop difference between shadow and highlight, any higher and Ill expose slightly further up. As a winter/autumn all rounder the Kentmere is serving me well, and Fomapan as a high-light film makes a lot of sense. Now that Im retired, I like instant gratification slip into the darkroom whenever I need to process filmpour, dilute, temp check, time/temp compensate and process. May not be true full blown infrared like Kodak hie but is good enough for me, considering there isn't a whole lot of choice. Thanks to the compensating nature of TMax and Acufine and using a highly dilute (1+63) mix of Ilfotec HC. And I thought taping over the red dot was silly. TLDR: Differences are minimal, both are cheap, Kentmere very very slightly better. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. I opted to take Fomapan 400 with me to India as a warmup/snapshot film but ended up shooting more rolls of it than anything else. I highly recommend you check it out here. Contribute to 35mmc for an Ad-Free Experience-, Fuji C200 Review A short note on my Enduring Love for this film By Phil Stefans, Kodak Portra 400 My First Roll by Simon King, Fuji Pro 400H & Kodak Portra 400 Quest For Colour By Aukje, NOSSAFLEX - An organising tool for film photography - Launches on Kickstarter, The Beauty of Basic: Life with One Lens - By Will Mordell, Camera, Lens, Film and Peripheral Kit Reviews. ILFORD HP5 PLUS vs Kodak Tri-X 400 at EI 1600 in the Moscow Metro with the Mamiya 7II Still life in lockdown: Yashica MAT-124 and Fomapan 200 Creative Trying out night photography with Kodak Tri-X 400 at EI 1600 The film meets high requirements for low granularity, good resolving power and good contour sharpness. While the pricing advantage of Fomapan has eroded recently due to inflation and other factors, its still usually my go-to when film-testing recently repaired cameras, and even the modest price savings from using it might help encourage experimentation and creative exploration that higher-priced films inherently rather discourage. notfalls kann man es in 1+100 mit einer Standentwicklung versuchen. Display as a link instead, I think both films perform fantastically at rendering sharpness into their frames. I think that overexposed by a stop it definitely shares characteristics, there is some equivalency between the rendering of the grain, and the achievable contrast in flat light. Really glad you found it useful! Why experiment with something new when I am comfortable with Kentmere? Thanks again for another informative article. 35mmc is a blog authored, edited and published by Hamish Gill featuring daily articles submitted by readers. Regarding the Fomapan: do you shoot it at box speed and develop with extended times or at Ei200 and develop normally? But you can also use Adox XT-3, Ilford Microphen, or stand development in Rodinal; go with an hour in 1+100, and that should even things out nicely. Thanks for visitingBeyond the Aperture. The FomaPan scratches real easily. Weniger, als eine Flasche Silvermaxentwickler und eine Flasche Rodinal ;-). Is that the new Jane Bond? Its cheapReally cheap!! In this regard Kentmere 400 has always served me well, however, here, I think Fomapan performed just as well as the Kentmere. Most of my serious stuff I would not use 35mm for. Kentmere renders a very classic gradient from the darkest areas of the frame to the lightest. Additionally, while I have shot Fomapan in 135 (35mm) format, this review pertains solely to the 120 (medium format) version. Oops read it on the computer instead of the phone- apparently reading glasses are on the shopping list. Hi Simon,thanks for the comparison. August 27, 2018. by twhittlesea. Kentmere is the easier and faster film, i have been able to get as good results as HP5+, and i somehow have this feel that the grain is smaller or less visible, may be completely objectively wrong. Was ich nun suche ist ein Film der bei 400/24 oder etwas weniger gut mit Rodinal harmorniert. Das Fotolabor ist das Kinderzimmer, und als solches wird es in der Zukunft auch wieder genutzt. HP5+ is an exemplary film, and definitely worth the extra cost. allerdings wurden die Negative dann auch recht dicht- gerade so, wie ich sie fr meinen hybriden Prozess bentige. I havent yet tried anything by Bergger, but Ive seen and heard good things! If Fomas QC were that good, then Id rather have the Foma. B&H for B2B, Gov, Students & More. I buy all of my film from Analogue Wonderland. First, a quick bit about the technical specs behind this comparison. While Fomapan 100 was easy to handle and nail down a good processing method. Ive shot numerous rolls of this film to test repairs Ive made to my cameras, but not very many on what Id consider serious work. Enter ? I bought some and tried it and it worked. I started shooting with Kentmere a few months ago, in the hopes that it would provide a cheap, versatile walk-around film for general purpose street photography. Too many reviewers shoot their backyard trees. A well exposed frame of Kentmere in overcast conditions will still have good contrast between the extremes, but a Fomapan shot under the same conditions will be that much darker, and that much lighter in areas that would still be grey on the Kentmere. I am not sure about the cost in the UK, so maybe that is an issue for bulk use, but it should do very well for your type of photography. https://emulsive.org/reviews/film-review-fomapan-400-arista-edu-ultra-400, https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/7822-REG/B_W_65072240_39mm_Infrared_Dark_Red.html, https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/23077-REG/Hoya_B55RM72_55mm_R72_Infrared_Glass.html. My negatives always look really dull. Just out of curiosity, which developer/dilution did you use to process the film? By Fomapan on the other hand seems underexposed when shot at box speed. Thanks Peter!I deliberately chose frames with similar tones so it would be a bit trickier.The one of the left is the Fomapan. I je nach Charge musste mal um ne Minute variiert werden, das wars dann aber auch. Fomapan 400, metered for the batons. I personally enjoy pushing Kentmere and think its forgiving tonal range leads to better images when pushed. [], [] of a film camera as well as film itself, and this meant that my results were not ideal. A lovely aesthetic, but definitely one to be controlled rather than allowed to get out of hand. I dont think I have as direct an analogy with Fomapan 400, its more of its own thing. Get a free Kentmere 35mm film when you use my invite link!http://i.refs.cc/r7yZ7EEe In this video I shoot my first roll of Fomapan 400 Black and White That stuff came in handy as I dabbled in that artsy stuff. . This article started as a write up about my time shooting these two emulsions over a long bank holiday weekend, where I had similar lighting conditions and was able to shoot similar exposures across both Fomapan and Kentmere rolls. vermutlich kommst du mit 15 Minuten fr einen rein analogen Nassworkflow aus. Again, it is actually a 100 film and not a 200, but I like it better but it is not close to being in the same league as Kodak films by any stretch of the imagination. Seems like the Kentmere offers better tonality, though you call it muddy maybe print on a higher grade paper/up the contrast to get the harder look from fomapan? TLDR: Differences are minimal, both are cheap, Kentmere very very slightly better. Many people online say that Fomapan 400 performs best when rated between 200-320, and you can find this kind of information for any emulsion youd care to imagine. Great article Simon! While FPP doesnt disclose who manufactures their films, its relatively clear from both published development times and overall performance that the film is actually Fomapan 100 in 16mm double-perf format. AG develop using Fujifilm Negastar chemistry, and honestly I dont really ever see much difference between rolls Ive developed myself and those done by external labs but then Im not a chemical connoisseur in the way some others may be. Film Comparison: Kentmere 400 Vs Fomapan 400. The datasheets say that at 2, you should go with a 6 exposure. The landscape of Dungeness seems to suit that gritty-grainier look well; I like it more than I expected. if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[580,400],'35mmc_com-medrectangle-3','ezslot_10',180,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-35mmc_com-medrectangle-3-0'); I think this experience definitely demonstrated to me the way that box speed is subjective. I do keep a bottle of Rodinal on hand for slower films (Ferrania P30 or Across 100) but DD-X is my go-to for everything else. If youre a fan of a particular era of films and love that high-speed crunch and grain that youd find in a 1970s roll of Kodak Tri-X and are okay with a bit of speed loss or an increase of grain plus a bit of soft mush and a mid-to-low contrast than Fomapan 400 might be a film to try. Character is quite a subjective measurement, and different people will assess different qualities when discussing it. I buy all of my film from Analogue Wonderland.if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'35mmc_com-medrectangle-4','ezslot_11',181,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-35mmc_com-medrectangle-4-0'); For more articles on 35mmc about the subject matter discussed here, please click one of the following tag links: Contribute to 35mmc for an Ad-Free Experience. I think people looking for that aesthetic and willing to be less cavalier with their metering would be happy with the lower cost of Kentmere. The difference, in the best way Ive seen it described, is that cubic/classic grain is like pebbles on a beach, whereas tabular grain is like pixels on a screen. [] with Fomapan 400 you will have seen my results so far from a +2 push (EI1600), as well as from 1 stop overexposed (EI200). Fomapan 400 is one of those polarising films, either you love it or hate it, and even those who love the film have mixed opinions. I actually like to leave this option on when scanning 120, but I think its too aggressive for Kentmere and leaves the grain looking chunky. I mentioned in the Workflow section that the bulk of work shown was in either DDX or Fujifilm chemistry. You cannot paste images directly. (Free 3-day trial)Subscribe here. Ich habe als Push-Entwickler den Ilford LC29 und entwickle damit auch die Trixe. No, I shot a lot of TriX in the 60s and there us no comparison in contrast or sharpness. When shot with different exposures in mind, in different kinds of conditions, these films can produce quite a few looks. I think the character of these films are the elements that remain consistent through most use cases. Push Fomapan 400. auch in D76 ist das von mir erzielte Ergebnis des Foma400 immer eher zweifelhaft gewesen. I thought it would be interesting to discuss the two, and make a few comparisons where appropriate in order to help guide people towards making a choice between perhaps the most popular budget black and white films on the market.if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[728,90],'35mmc_com-box-3','ezslot_1',179,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-35mmc_com-box-3-0'); Ill be talking about the 400 variations of both as 400 speed films offer me the most diverse uses for general purpose, all-light shooting. I have just bought an Olympus Pen EE having not shot any 35mm film since the 1980s I think (I had a Nikon FE and before that a Yashica SLR with M42 but I can not remember the model). However the overall effect is actually quite muddy, and unpleasing to my eye, whereas the Fomapan in the same condition is undeniably less detailed, but results in a nicer image (in my opinion).if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[336,280],'35mmc_com-box-4','ezslot_11',182,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-35mmc_com-box-4-0'); Kentmere 400, exposed for the dappled light. What a difference! (meine Frau sagt ja, das sei alles nur Voodoo und dass man das mit dem Kippen auch getrost bleiben lassen oder komplett bertreiben kann. Whether thats true or not, it is widely known that Arista film (Freestyles house brand) is repackaged Foma; the Holga branded film sold by Freestyle is as well; and, Kosmo Fotos Stephen Dowling has been quite open about his ISO 100 film being Foma too. 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