fomapan 100 xtol 1+1 time...

[danzyc]

hello could you suggest me the best combination for fomapan in xtol??

1+2? 1+1? stock? ...it s for portraiture shoot....

i m unable to try the processing time at 1+1....

thanks

 

[malcao]

I'm using Fomapan 100 8x10" xtol 1+1 8,5min 20C.
It's very much trial and error to find out what is working for you. To many factors, what is perfect for A isn't working for B.
Water, temp, agitation, exposure, enlarger, papper and developer and development.

Good Luck!

 

[jmcd]

Here are some of my successful times with this film and developer. Agitation for first 30 seconds (tank), with two inversions every minute thereafter.

My 35mm negs are developed to proof on grade 2-1/2 paper.

In contrasty light, ei 50, Xtol 1:1 6-3/4 minute 68°

Normal contrast, ei 80, Xtol 1:2 9 minutes

 

[Thomas Bertilsson]

I use replenished Xtol, which has about the same activity as 1:2.

I process Foma 100, after exposing it at EI 80, for 10 minutes. Agitate continuously for the first 30 seconds, then three total inversions every two minutes (at 70 degrees Fahrenheit / 21 degrees Celsius).

The film has a fair bit of contrast built into it, so slowing down agitation helps to keep that in check.

If the lighting is really flat, I might agitate every minute, which adds contrast.

My negatives print well on Grade 2 paper.

May I offer advice to use the film that you are used to instead? If you don't know how the film you are using is going to look after processing, it sounds like too much risk to use an unknown emulsion.
Go with what you know, and experiment with the Foma a little bit before you do any important work.

- Thomas

 

[ntenny]

Just to echo what others have said, you *really* need to experiment before using it for anything critical. Fomapan 100 seems to be a film that brings out strong preferences in a lot of people and that responds fairly strongly to processing changes.

For what my experience is worth, I've shot it at 50 and 100, developing in PC-TEA 1+50 (fairly similar to Xtol 1+2) for 8:30 and 10:00, respectively (at ~20 C with a fairly ordinary agitation regime). That one stop makes a lot of difference in the level of contrast and the general look of the negative; at 50 the tonal scale is long, beautiful, and often a real bearcat to capture nicely in a print!

-NT

 

[Tom Stanworth]

I'd go 1+2 or so because this film shows low acutance in Xtol and needs all the help it can get for more bite, if you so wish. I no longer use Xtol alone but add rodinal and get much nicer negs for 35mm printing; however, if I were to shoot female portraits, Xtol 1+1 would be wonderful. So, so smooooooth and creamy. Not what I want for reportage tho!

 

[Thomas Bertilsson]

It's interesting you mention acutance here, Tom. My experience with replenished Xtol and Foma 100 is quite the opposite; some of the sharpest negs I have.

Perhaps it's because I use the developer as replenished, which seems to give sharper negs than straight Xtol (or diluted). Who knows?!

I'd go 1+2 or so because this film shows low acutance in Xtol and needs all the help it can get for more bite, if you so wish. I no longer use Xtol alone but add rodinal and get much nicer negs for 35mm printing; however, if I were to shoot female portraits, Xtol 1+1 would be wonderful. So, so smooooooth and creamy. Not what I want for reportage tho!

 

[jp498]

http://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.php?Film=Fomapan+100&Developer=Xtol&mdc=Search

I've processed it in 1+2 and 1+1 just fine.