yes, I was referring to Classic Pan 400 in 35mm. I remember that, at the time, it was widely believed to be Forte pan 400. I also remember that it was comparatively inexpensive.
Fortepan films were descendants of pre-WWII Plus-X, Tri-X etc which were made and coated at the Kodak Ltd (UK) factory in Hungary in 1939,
Its definately got its own look. I wouldn't use it for everything, but when you want that grainy high contrast old look, I would use it then.I've got a boat load of Classic Pan 400. Worst film I have ever used.
That explains the old look and grain size for these films. I'd love to get some more of this film, but unfortunately the well seems to have dried up on Ebay for it.
Is FotoImpex selling any film like it today? Or are the old Forte formulas long gone now?
Fortepan films were descendants of pre-WWII Plus-X, Tri-X etc which were made and coated at the Kodak Ltd (UK) factory in Hungary in 1939, the factory was under Agfa control during the war and nationalised after the war.
This gives the impression as if in eastern Europe people were only able to live on with old, foreign formulae. Typically eastern research was/is neglected in the West. Partiallly as it not always ended in commercial products. But this again often was not to blame on research.
I doubt that the Kodak formulas survived decades of intermittent shortages, supply chain issues, and economic isolation that were characteristic of the economies of Soviet Bloc countries. Was Forte making silver-rich film at the height of the Hunt Brothers era, when an ounce of silver cost more in hard currency than a month’s salary for an average worker? Surely they would have been looking for ways to economize.
Yep. Last time I saw it was 2005. I shot several rolls of the 100 speed in 120, and liked it a lot. There was considerable speculation at the time about what Chinese source J&C Photo had purchased from -- pretty well had to be Lucky or Shanghai, I'd have thought.
I bought a bunch of rolls from them, I still use the 120roll tubes that J&C pro used to come in.
JC Pro 100 was a cheap film that gave good results in Rodinal 1+50+Vita C and Ilford DDX.
I went through my notes and found I had a printed copy of the dev times for most JandC films,The two rolls I have are of the Pro variety, so it must be Chinese. Thanks again!
they seem to be trying to emulate the old EFKE formulas, (which go back to Dupont-ADOX )at the moment. they also are apparently working on a paper similar to the Forte "Poly Warm Tone"With Forte gone long ago, did FotoImpex ever make the same film under a new name today? Im just wondering if any new current film is the same old Forte emulsion?
Thanks! looking for affordable films for large format - anything?It hasn’t been available for about 14-years.
Thanks! looking for affordable films for large format - anything?
Ho Brad, just the opposite. LF photographers take fewer photos and typically each frame was carefully composed. Compare to smaller formats, where photographers are often more cavalier about taking multiple frames. And especially compare with the D crowd, some of whom endlessly upgrade equipment in the search for perfect pixels, non-cheating ISO, equivalence, card slots, "sharpness," megapixels, bokeh, whatever.affordable large format....oxymoron?
thanks!X-ray. Single sided, "green" (orthochromatic), 8x10 and larger for less than Fomapan 100 4x5. Can be recut under red safelight (test your light first). Very soft emulsion, but very high resolution available depending on specific product.
For 4x5, Fomapan and .EDU Ultra (same film, different label) runs around $1/sheet if you buy the bigger boxes. Standard panchromatic, no special handling needed (other than care for the relatively soft emulsion). It's my standard.
Yeah. I thought so too. For some fog on the negative itself, the images scanned really well considering. My flatbed scans vs the film scanner, was a contrast difference. I got more contrast on my flatbed. The film scanner was more neutral in tones. I still think shooting it at 200 would improve things. I will try that on my next roll.Hey it turned out really good!
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