I use Fomapan 100, Fomapan 400, and ferrania 135 films. I use Bellini Ecofilm (xtol) as developer. I can tell ya that FP100 is absolutely awesome. Sincerely, it provides wonderful contrast, wide tonal range, and a gorgeous grain. I shot this film from 100 to 400 iso, always good results. I use Fomapan since many years, i never encountered any defect at all. And give a try to fomabrom and fomatone baryta papers, absolutely amazing

I am getting fine grain, impressive sharpness and rich tonality using Foma 100 in Rodinal. I call it my 20/20 development. Rodinal 1-100, 20 second agitation up front, 20 more at 10 minutes and dump at 20 minutes. This has become my everyday film. I am trying the new Arista Pan 100 (not EDU) but so far I am not ready to use it on a regular basis.

I used to shoot fomapan for many years. Some negatives I have are more than 60 years old (from my father) and I don't see any significant fading. My negatives are mostly medium format.

Fomapan is becoming my favorite because of the prices. I really like the 400.

Fomapan 100 has always been a fav of mine! For a 100 iso film, and for the price, it’s hard to find a nicer film. And I for one enjoy the vintage feel/halation of it. Contrast is on point for me, and finely grained. Looks really good in Rodinal

I’ve heard that Foma film has extended red sensitivity, similar to tri-x, and that is what gives it that contrast and older look I believe. I’ve shot Foma 200 and enlarged it and was very happy with the sharpness and dynamic range. In fact, I was very surprised by how much dynamic range it had as I had pretty sloppy exposures on the roll. But the negatives were delicate and thin, which is why I usually go Kentmere for a cheaper film just because the film base is easier to work with, though I will say I think the Foma has more dynamic range.

Fomapan 100 is already sitting on my desk. I only need go out and use it. 🙂

I have been a fan for years!!! A lot of Freestyle films are rebranded Foma films and actually less expensive!!!

Great video

I was very critical about fomapan… until I actually tried it. Its frighin great. Still not my favourite (that would be FP4) but way nicer than across 2 or hp5

I've used all speeds, Fomapan and Arista, and my favorite is asa 200. I saw a video from Lina Bessonova where she explains that Foma claims that Fomapan 200 is a traditional grain/T-grain mix. Maybe that's why I perceive more acutance from that specific speed. Great video by the way. =)

I started shooting it (only 120) because of the price, but now it's great to have a brick available for summer shooting. I like it's rendition and oldschool character to boot. So far only processed it in HC110 Dil H, Rodinal and XTOL but liked all the combinations. Foma in general is good to shoot at a lower EI than the ISO rating. There are some manufacturing inconsistencies, such as pinholes or black spots; the batch I have (2020-21 bought) is Foma branded but has "Ultra" rebates, so there we know who makes the Arista film ;) As of the fading, what is the source? B&W should not fade like color films as the final negative is metallic silver and not dye clouds. As an archival counterargument: 120 and sheet are coated on polyester base which is much more stable on the longterm than acetate (no vinegar syndrome).

Forma does VERY well with semi-stand development. I use Hc/110 with a tiny bit of rodinal. Comes out looking very good and takes good advantage of the film latitude.

In canada the flic films rerolls are a very good price for foma locally

I've tried both Fomapan 100 (developed in Rollei Supergrain and Bellini Ecofilm) and Fomapan 200 (in Rodinal, Bellini Ecofilm, and Kodak Xtol) and I gotta say that the "classic" look of these films is indeed true. Some of my technically-best shots were also made on these flms. I'm currently liking Fomapan 100 for the more traditional look that made me love ADOX CHS 100 II. My rule of thumb is to expose Fomapan films lower than their rated ISO values especially with developers like Rodinal which typically pull a 2/3 stop from the nominal ISO. In my tests, Fomapan 100 gets full spectrum response at EI 64 when developed in Rollei Supergrain and EI 80 on Bellini Ecofilm. Funnily enough, though the Fomapan line has "notoriously bad" reciprocity failure values, the longer exposure times were easier for me to time long exposure shots (minutes are easier to count over seconds).

Man I love Foma and Arista but I got a bad bulk roll from B&H and was very disappointed. I would suggest buying single rolls so that you can switch batch numbers quickly if needed. There were little orbs, lines of halides missing in the emulsion, and inconsistent grain. Just my anecdotal experience though

I’ve so far only shot the Foma 400 and have been very disappointed so far. Just can’t get a decent exposure at any speed and the negatives turn out too thin for printing in the darkroom.

How does it compare to the Rollei Retro 8OS?

Here in Brazil film is so expensive (as in the other parts in the world as I see) and Formapan reach us 2x more expensive than in US. I´ve achieved very good results with all the Fomapan familhy specially 100 and 200. I´ve got two prints on my wall made with it and my experience is very good. Arriving now in the channel and I want to congratulate you for the content that I´ve just started to explore.

This looks way better than HP5. But that archival instability sounds concerning. Thank you Aperture Dundee

Foma 100 120 is literal godsend. Fine grain and good contrast for the price.

The poor archival quality is a criticism I haven't heard before. Interesting.

How can you talk about a film stock after having shot only two rolls that you don't even processed by yourself ? This is really the youtube caricature the old dudes are laughing about on forums. At least you did some good research and give goods infos and context... be thanked for that. Fomapan 100 is a good film because it is cheap... For the price it is ok but it is far from (and doesnt try to) competing with more modern and expensive film stocks. I experienced some prety bad defects on 120 (100 or 400) but it is like 1 out of 10 rolls so for the price it is still ok. I am much more pleased by the results and the quality consistency of the sheets films, 4x5 and 13x18cm.

all you picture were developed or scanned.

Why anyone (who isn't new and has actually tried various films) buys HP5 let alone Tri-X boggles my mind. It's the exact same thing as fomapan or kentmere, you're literally just throwing money in a pit because of consumerism conditioning or... something, again it boggles my mind, so I can't describe the reasons.

I have quite liked Fomapan 100 so far with one exception: it is the most infuriating film stock I have ever tried to scan. 35mm is a bit annoying, but the 120 is just about driving me to distraction. It just loves to curl, flop around, and head for the floor. :) That having been said, I can't fault the resulting image, especially for the price.