Fomapan 16mm Bizarre Processing

[thebigidea]

So does any lab in America routinely do it with no problems? FVS returned my batch of Fomapan.

[aj]

All interesting information...

Does anyone believe there is any way to treat the damaged film to improve the condition? I've got a lomo tank, access to chemicals, and nothing to lose! ;)

I think Fixing conserved all as it is...
But maybe contacting Foma will help? Weekend has started but check the website http://www.foma.cz/. English and Spanish!
I have communicated with the sales department in english. I assume engineering can use english too?

Good luck!

[richard p. t.]

I think Fixing conserved all as it is...

Good luck!

I agree with aj I am affraid. If you have a lomo, then at least you can shoot some more. You could even save money and put a roll of standard 8mm through your 16 camera just to check your proceedure re dev of foma.
Sorry about the results.

[fritzcarraldo]

I've been using FOMAPAN for some years now, and i don't use any kit, i make my own chemicals and the results are great,

As a matter of facti, i never achieved such results with Kodak,

FOMAPAN has strong black, strong white and midtones like not many other stocks,

I'll get a frame of a film someday and post it here,

Regards

Yes, but do you use your chemistry as a 'one shot' or do you find you can reuse your chemistry for several batches of films?

I don't believe this is a bleach issue.

I've used the same batch for 2 + 2 (i develop 2 reels of 30meter 16mm each time) with good results,

I never tried to develop more than 4 reels, as the bleach gets too dirty

I think that some people are developing with kodak processing times, a decent FOMAPAN development takes about 10 minutes in 1st and in 2nd developer

To achieve good results, it takes much more time than plus-x tri-x or orwo

[fritzcarraldo]

But if you filter the chemicals and use those black bottles (how do i say it in english) to take the air from the chemicals, you might use it for more than 4 reels of 30m 16mm

[Jim Carlile]

I've been using FOMAPAN for some years now, and i don't use any kit, i make my own chemicals and the results are great,

As a matter of facti, i never achieved such results with Kodak,

FOMAPAN has strong black, strong white and midtones like not many other stocks,

I'll get a frame of a film someday and post it here,

Regards

Yes, but do you use your chemistry as a 'one shot' or do you find you can reuse your chemistry for several batches of films?

I don't believe this is a bleach issue.

I've used the same batch for 2 + 2 (i develop 2 reels of 30meter 16mm each time) with good results,

I never tried to develop more than 4 reels, as the bleach gets too dirty

I think that some people are developing with kodak processing times, a decent FOMAPAN development takes about 10 minutes in 1st and in 2nd developer

To achieve good results, it takes much more time than plus-x tri-x or orwo

Can you give your formulas from scratch, and the processing times? Foma kits are impossible to find in the U.S.