FOMA AIR 100 and 200

[alanrockwood]

I was just looking at the Foma website

http://www.foma.cz/en/catalogue-aerial-photography-film-167

and I noticed they list films for aerial photography, iso 100 and 200. They have extended red sensitivity compared to their regular iso 100 and 200 films.

Has anyone used these films, and what is their availability?

Thanks.

 

[Arctic amateur]

The spectral sensitivity graphs in the data sheets look very similar to the same graph in the data sheets for Fomapan 200 and 400.

 

[Dr Croubie]

Haven't used it, but just looked at the datasheet. It's got a bit of a weird spectral curve, just keeps going up and up until it hits 690nm, then drops off.
A normal film is a lot flatter but only gets up to 630nm, but it's not even near a 'near IR' film like SFX200 that gets up to 720nm.
edit: yeah, it does look a lot like Fomapan200 actually...

So it looks like it could be a decent film for use with a red or even orange filter, less filter factor compensation because there's not much blue speed to lose in the first place, but it won't get you IR shots unfortunately.

 

[scheimfluger_77]

Wellllll... the data sheet for Foma 400 at Freestyle gives that same spectral sensitivity curve. Although the Foma datasheets for 100 and 200 you point to aren't there at Freestyle. So in answer to your question, don't know.

 

[Ricardo Miranda]

Wellllll... the data sheet for Foma 400 at Freestyle gives that same spectral sensitivity curve. Although the Foma datasheets for 100 and 200 you point to aren't there at Freestyle. So in answer to your question, don't know.

Steve,
Why look at "second-hand" datasheets, while the manufacturer has all you need?

http://foma-cz.cs4.cstech.cz/en/fomapan-100
http://foma-cz.cs4.cstech.cz/en/fomapan-200
http://foma-cz.cs4.cstech.cz/en/fomapan-400

 

[scheimfluger_77]

I knew I'd seen those before.

 

[Animalcito]

The Foma 400 has some IR capabilities, look here: https://www.flickr.com/groups/foma/discuss/72157645492731603/

The actual data sheet of Foma 200 shows the same sensitivity curve like Foma 400, but in older publication this was different. As far as I remember the extended curve was only for their sheet-film, while the 135 & 120 formats had a curve comparable to the Foma 100.

I was curious, so I bought some Foma 200 in December (Foma 400 I always have) and tried both with an infrared filter. The result was that Foma 400 can "see" through the IR filter, while the frames on Foma 200 with filter were blank (I also shot some frames without filter and they we ok). So I think that Foma has an error on their actual publication.

Anyhow would be nice trying Foma 100 Air.