Fomapan 200 - Pyrocat HD Base Colour

Ian Grant

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I've just processed my first 2 120 rolls of Foma's 200 ISO film in Pyrocat but the film base is quite a noticeable blue, is this normal ?

Never seen anything similar before with conventional film, its more like the base of Xray film.

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Ian Grant said:
I've just processed my first 2 rolls of Foma's 200 ISO film in Pyrocat but the film base is quite a noticeable blue, is this normal ?

Never seen anything similar before with conventional film, its more like the base of Xray film.

Ian
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Hi Ian

The data sheet for Fomapan 200 says that the base color is bluish http://www.foma.cz/Upload/foma/prilohy/F_pan_200_en.pdf. I have just developed 2 rolls of Fomapan 100 in R09, the Fomapan 100 is also quite blue, more than just bluish So it is normal.

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I was very suprised too, wenn I developed the first Fomapan. Had expected something like a light blue not sky-blue!

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Perhaps it is just the roll film version of Fomapan 200 that is blue? I shoot a lot of the cut-film in 5x7, which I process in HC-110d, and it is very neutral base, but it does give off quite a bit of anti-haliation dye in the presoak water.
 

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Yeah, that's the rollfilm base.
 

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I bought some Arista.EDU Ultra 400, which is Foma film, and I was very surprised too at the blue base. I found that it prints very well, though. But the curl of the base is a curse and a PITA to deal with, which is a shame since I really like how it prints.
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35mm and 4x5 Fomapan 200 in Pyrocat HD isn't very blue when I process it. Is your fixer okay?

Kevin
 

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Only the 120 is blue. 35mm and sheet film have a different film base.
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KOG said:
35mm and 4x5 Fomapan 200 in Pyrocat HD isn't very blue when I process it. Is your fixer okay?

Kevin
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All Rollei films, except the Retro films (these are on tri-acetate, APX emulsions), are on PET clear base with a nice non-curling layer.
Fomapan 200 120 roll film is on polyester base and blue. But all details are already mentioned and available in the Fomapan creative 200 data sheet.

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Robert
 
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