FP4 5X7

[ping7a]

Recently acquired a 5X7 camera. The folks on the LF site suggest I post here to see if anyone had an explanation.

My first box of FP$ I bought from B&H two weeks ago had the following contents:

22 sheets FP4
2 sheets of what seems to be Fomapan 200 (based on old weblink saying it is Fomapan-one triangle notch)
1 sheet without notch

Anyone have any idea?

 

[vpwphoto]

That seems very screwed up. Was the box sealed with factory seal? I'd just call the USA Ilford rep.

 

[tocalosh]

Send a PM to Simon Galley, he's one of the directors at Ilford.

 

[c6h6o3]

If it were me I'd just have B&H send me another one. They're pretty good to deal with. If you paid for 25 sheets of FP4 you should get 25 sheets of FP4.

 

[Luseboy]

Sounds to me like they just screwed up their notching for 3 of the sheets. maybe they had a malfunction with the notching machine, and it just screwed up a little bit. I'm sure it's fine, and i'd highly doubt it would be mixed film if you bought it new. Unless it was already opened. Was it in a sealed baggie (or does fp4 come in foil, i can't remember)? and it was in a sealed box? I'd just use it, i'd be very surprised to hear if it were anything but fp4...
Btw- if you haven't used it before, fp4 is a very beautiful film. It looks great, especially with a big negative. fp4 is one of my favorite films. I prefer it to any other medium speed film for most stuff.