Question about the Fomatol Pw powder paper developer

TR · 2013-02-02T07:20:43+00:00

hallo, den Foma WA hatte ich mir in Prag gekauft und auch probiert. Bei 20 Grad ist die Entwicklungszeit mindestens 5 Minuten (mir viel zu lang) Bei Fomabr...

TR

Hello. I need to stock up on fresh developer again and would prefer to do so in powder form.

FOMATOL: PW for 1 litre of warm-tone paper developer

Does this actually refer to the working solution or the quantity of concentrate to be prepared? Because €4.30 for a litre of developer would be rather expensive – especially for a Foma product. Does anyone know more? Regards, Thomas

sputnik

No, not a concentrate. 1 litre of working solution. I really do wonder why people keep asking questions that they could easily Google themselves in 10 seconds? http://www.silverprint.co.uk/pdf/foma_paper_dev.pdf Because they’re too lazy? Because they like to get others to do the work for them? Tell me!

TR

Hello "Sputnik", I'm happy to let others do the work for me.

sputnik

Hmm. So it’s not laziness, then. Incompetence, perhaps? (wink wink)

TR

No, no, of course I’d ‘Googled’ it and had a look through the data sheets on my hard drive. I didn’t find anything useful, though. I’ll probably have to check the international search engine results as well. But the matter’s settled now. Besides, a bit of discussion isn’t such a bad thing! A litre of developer doesn’t last long – simply because of the loss when transferring it to the stop bath. I think 4.30 is quite a lot, especially for Foma. A sachet of N113 costs far less. Perhaps I should just get used to it (with my paper [Fomabrom], the difference between Adotol W and N113 is marginal). Or I could get a few more bottles of Adotol W. I’d much prefer powder, though.

sputnik

I think €4.30 is quite a lot, especially for Foma.

It’s relatively expensive, no question about it. But what I DON’T understand is the “and that from FOMA”. They deliver very good quality. Why on earth would FOMA sell its products cheaper than its competitors?

TR

Well, because I'm used to them offering increasingly competitive prices – especially in the paper segment. Apart from the sheet and roll films, the quality is actually quite good.

bobachter

Hello, I bought the Foma WA in Prague and gave it a go. At 20 degrees, the development time is at least 5 minutes (far too long for my liking). With Fomabrom Variant 111, I couldn’t detect any warmer tones :-( Foma Universal Developer (powder) for 5 litres is fine, and at 20 degrees the development time is 2 minutes.

michael-kielgmxnet

The Fomatol PW should be used with caution. I once tested it with Fomatone MG; the result was acceptable, but not much different from, say, Neutol WA. Apparently, you can still adjust the warm tone by adjusting the dilution, but the development time then becomes quite long. With other papers, the developer was virtually unusable; I couldn’t achieve any decent maximum density.