Fomapan 100Foma Fomapan 100 Film is a medium speed B&W film that comes in 35mm roll, 120 roll, and various sheet sizes. This film is a panchromatically sensitized, black-and-white nega-tive film designed for low granularity, high resolving power and contour sharpness & a wide range of halftones. With a choice of excellent films from other sources, including Ilford FP4 & Kodak TMax, where does Fomapan 100 sit? Still made in the same Croatian factory in Hradec Kralove where Foma have operated since their inception in 1921.Fomapan 100 could be

Classic - medium speed

35 mm filmsFomapan 100 135-24Fomapan 100 135-36Fomapan 100 17 metre bulk lengthFomapan 100 30 metre bulk length

Roll filmFomapan 100 120 roll film

Sheet filmsFomapan 100 5 x 4” 50 sheetsFomapan 100 4.5 x 6.75” 50 sheetsFomapan 100 5 x 7” 50 sheetsFomapan 100 10 x 8” 50 sheets

Fomapan sheet film in all speeds is incredibly good value for money, & supplied in boxes of 50 sheets at around other manufacturers price for a pack of 25.

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Fomapan 100 35mmTop - full frameLeft - negative + rebateAbove - negative detail

Film processed in Rodinal R09 at 1+25

considered to be ‘old school’ technologically, there are more modern emulsions for highest fine grain & resolution, but Foma-pan 100 scores well on the emotional level, & is rated highly for people, portraits, and skin.“The mixture of the tonality of the midtones and the texture of the grain turn skin, eyes, and hair gorgeous and organic. With window light skin tones turn almost metallic, and with a touch of sepia tone create photographs that are uniquely familiar and comfortable” - Adrian Bacon, Simple Film Lab

Another aspect of the film that could be seen as a drawback is the steep reciprocity curve of the emulsion. Exposures longer than 1/2 a second require increasing correction to combat the loss of sensitivity. At 10 seconds 2 stops correction will be required, at 30 seconds +3 stops and so on. This is not neces-sarily a drawback, the longer exposures can assist in getting a timelapse look.

Fomapan 100 spectral sensitivity example using Kodak chart