25% off Foma products at Freestyle until Feb 28th

[Mainecoonmaniac]

Use promo code "FOMA100" at freestylesalesco.com.

I just bought 60 rolls of 120 film.

 

[mgb74]

Also on sale at B&H.

 

[Mainecoonmaniac]

Also on sale at B&H.

Also on sale at B&H.

Free shipping over $50!

 

[NB23]

All foma films have been backordeed for a while now, at BH.

 

[mshchem]

I just went nuts at B&H

 

[markjwyatt]

I bought a few rolls of 120. Thanks.

 

[Danner]

That's a nice price on the 120 format film. I wish I knew more about Foma, I might need to buy a brick of this stuff. Is it comparable to FP4 and HP5?

 

[Wayne]

That's a nice price on the 120 format film. I wish I knew more about Foma, I might need to buy a brick of this stuff. Is it comparable to FP4 and HP5?

No. Its very different. A good review of the 400 https://bluemooncameracodex.com/film-fridays/fffomapan400

 

[NB23]

Foma 400 is different than foma 100.

Great films.

Foma 100 is the most traditional film of all. Very, very fine film.

 

[Mainecoonmaniac]

No. Its very different. A good review of the 400 https://bluemooncameracodex.com/film-fridays/fffomapan400

Yes it is. Not good or bad. They're just different. AllI could say that the film looks old fashioned. I've used it for a very long time rebranded as Arista EDU Ultra. At first there were production problems, now it's pretty consistent. The first version had a super curly film base.

 

[albireo]

No. Its very different. A good review of the 400 https://bluemooncameracodex.com/film-fridays/fffomapan400

Thanks for sharing. Good to read something positive about Foma 400 every now and then. I only shoot it in 120 (it's awesome) but the first couple of pictures in the review you linked make me want to try it in 35mm. Wonder how it'll look in Fomadon Excel or Xtol.

 

[Mainecoonmaniac]

Thanks for sharing. Good to read something positive about Foma 400 every now and then. I only shoot it in 120 (it's awesome) but the first couple of pictures in the review you linked make me want to try it in 35mm. Wonder how it'll look in Fomadon Excel or Xtol.

I like Foma film processed in HC-110 dilution B.

 

[ChristopherCoy]

Use promo code "FOMA100" at freestylesalesco.com.

Also on sale at B&H.

I just went nuts at B&H

This is saddening.

 

[Mainecoonmaniac]

This is saddening.

What makes it so sad? People buying film means there will be a lot of photography. IMHO, nothing wrong with that.

 

[ChristopherCoy]

What makes it so sad? People buying film means there will be a lot of photography. IMHO, nothing wrong with that.

I viewed your original post as "hey support freestyle, they're a small company selling film." And instead everyone went to B&H.

 

[MattKing]

I viewed your original post as "hey support freestyle, they're a small company selling film." And instead everyone went to B&H.

Freestyle are the USA distributors for FOMA. Which means that B&H buys from them.

 

[ChristopherCoy]

Freestyle are the USA distributors for FOMA. Which means that B&H buys from them.

Oh well that makes me feel better. I retract my former statement.

 

[Wayne]

What makes it so sad? People buying film means there will be a lot of photography. IMHO, nothing wrong with that.

who said they were sad?

 

[mshchem]

Freestyle isn't a small struggling company. These guy's make enough chemistry to float a aircraft carrier. They have made Foma a major player in the US especially with education and government accounts. B&H doesn't have stock of half of what I ordered, they will need to order from Freestyle. I buy plenty of stuff from Freestyle and Unique photo. I ordered Fomatone that's going in my freezer. People are always so breathless about Forte Polywarmtone, I've still got Polywarmtone in good shape, I would choose Fomatone over PWT if I could only have one.

 

[ChristopherCoy]

Freestyle isn't a small struggling company. These guy's make enough chemistry to float a aircraft carrier.

Really? That's good to know. I always thought they were something like a mom & pop shop in a CA strip center.

 

[NB23]

I viewed your original post as "hey support freestyle, they're a small company selling film." And instead everyone went to B&H.

B&H ships for free to canada. No brainer for me.

 

[MattKing]

These guy's make enough chemistry to float a aircraft carrier.

Do they have manufacturing capacity?

 

[Wayne]

Do they have manufacturing capacity?

The plant is down by their shipyard.

 

[urnem57]

Freestyle is solid. They have been in LA since the 1940’s. It’s “Kid in the candy store time”

 

[Kodachromeguy]

Foma 400 is different than foma 100.

Great films.

Foma 100 is the most traditional film of all. Very, very fine film.

I agree with NB. I learned about Fomapan Classic 100 when I visited Fotoimpex in Berlin. The sales gent suggested that I try some of the 100. Here are some examples from 120 size rolls:

https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2017/01/vicksburg-decay-with-fomapan-100-film.html

https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2017/01/cement-silos-of-redwood-with-fomapan.html

https://worldofdecay.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-long-view-and-some-gas-250mm-sonnar.html

(P.S., this is off topic: if you have not been to Berlin, after travel restrictions lift, GO! It is a fascinating city steeped in history.)