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Testing Fomapan 400 with FA-1027 Starting development time?

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I am testing(EI,then N,N+&N- times) Fomapan 400 (120) with the formulary FA-1027. Any suggestions for developer starting time at 68/20C? Tri-X is 7 1/2 minutes and HP 5+ is 6-7 so I am thinking maybe 7 minutes?

Suggestions? Anyone tried this combo?

Thanks

Doug King
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Hi Darko

Yes magic grain but meter at 250ISO per the Fomapan400 datasheet on their site.

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You might wanna cut some stripes from the film and do a test - expose, then develop one stripe @ 7, other @ 8 etc, and see how long to reach density, then take it from there.
 
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thx!

Tried this with some Tri-x 400 tonight. The negatives looked good coming out of the wash. I expose Trix@200 and used 5 1/2 minutes. I'll try the Fomapan on some grey card exposures.

Thanks for the replies!

I'll post some pictures when i have some prints to scan.

Doug
 

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Fomapan 400 is a film I had to expose at EI 160 to get the best out of. It drops shadow detail very quickly if you don't watch your exposures.
Most Fomapan films require less development time than other films. At EI 160 I'd expect you to need about 5 minutes with FA-1027.
 
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