Niall
Who makes Fomopan papers!!! Are they made by FOTOIMPEX!!
And which developers are suitable for these papers!!!
Niall
Gast
Gast
Perhaps the question I should have asked is: have you used this paper, and which developers have you used and liked?
And which developers have you not liked!!!
What about you, Mr Boedekker? Have you used it, and
which developers did you like with it!!
Niall
Niall
Perhaps the question I should have asked is: have you used this paper, and which developers have you used and liked?
And which developers have you not liked!!!
What about you, Mr Boedekker? Have you used it, and
which developers did you like with it!!
Niall
Gast
Hi Niall,
I’ve used Foma papers a lot – here’s what I’ve found:
Fomaspeed Variant RC paper: great for previews, quick to process when you’ve got a lot to do; neutral blacks with Tetenal Eukobrom, slightly warm, olive-green with Agfa Neutol WA; good solid blacks (not quite as good as Agfa MCP – but no paper is as good as that one), bright highlights (better than Ilford Multigrade); no problems with blooming (unlike Kodak Polymax); faster than ClassicArts/Forte Polywarmtone (requires less exposure); reacts well to toners (better than Multigrade and Polymax, though not as enthusiastically as Polywarmtone). Very thin paper back – not ideal for passing pictures around, but good for sticking them into albums.
Fomatone MG (both FB and RC): simply marvellous; almost neutral in Eukobrom (a bit like Agfa MCC/MCP), definitely warm with an olive-green cast in Neutol WA; most of what’s said about the Variant also applies to the Fomatone MG, except that it’s even warmer (though not as warm as Polywarmtone). I also prefer the FB version to that from ClassicArts/Forte – the latter has a much thicker paper base, which is sometimes already warped out of the packet, and is a right pain to dry flat – the Fomatone is much more forgiving when it comes to flatness.
I particularly love this paper for lith printing – it is very easy to achieve GREAT, colourful results with this paper – from orange tones in the highlights through to a greenish mid-range and solid blacks in the shadows – my favourite lith paper.
Roman
Gast
Dear Niall,
I have used Foma papers with A49, Bromophen and Neutol; they give good results. I particularly like Fomabrom; it is a neutral-tone graded fibre-based paper, similar to the former ORWO UNIVERSAL B or Kentmere Bromide. I don’t rate the other papers very highly because I don’t use much plastic-coated paper and almost never use multigrade paper, as the highlights are better with graded papers.
Unfortunately, Fomabrom no longer offers a soft-gradation version, so I often use Kentmere Bromide or Wephota Universal B instead.
Werner
