Question on Fomadon LQN

[traveler_101]

I am working with Fomapan products at the moment. Anyone have any experience with LQN developer? I was thinking of using this with Fomapan 400 to improve the film speed.

 

[DeletedAcct1]

I am working with Fomapan products at the moment. Anyone have any experience with LQN developer? I was thinking of using this with Fomapan 400 to improve the film speed.

By any means do that!
Foma products are fantastic: cheap, fresh, they are the only that makes a true reversal film and its kit, they deserve to be supported.

 

[traveler_101]

Right - I think the Fomapan films are pretty good and I like the price, but working with them is pretty tricky in comparison to Tri-X. I've had washed out images with Fomapan 400 in sunny conditions, for example. I've tried R09 / Rodinal and XTOL, but D-76 has actually produced the best results for me. I didn't like / couldn't handle Rodinal with the Fomapan 100 and 200 films (especially the latter) - and the 400 film is too grainy for Rodinal. D-76 and XTOL worked well with Fomapan 200 and I like D-76 with Fomapan 400 but only of I rate it @ 200. I bought this LQN developer with the hope of getting some more speed out of the 400. No one has any experience with it? I can experiment this weekend.

 

[radiant]

With Xtol the true speed is 225 and with LQN it is 275. The difference is 0.28 stops.

I have shot Foma 400 at 160 so that is same as giving half stop more exposure than real speed at Xtol. On the other hand I develop Xtol 1+1 so 160 might be more close than 225.