{"id":37401,"title":"In praise of Fomapan 400, the film people love to hate.","author":"bjohnh","permalink":"https://www.reddit.com/r/analog/comments/1rjqpar/in_praise_of_fomapan_400_the_film_people_love_to/","description":"Like a lot of people, I was first attracted to the Fomapan films because of their price. But unlike many I didn't stop after the first few rolls, and I ignored the influencers who love to say how bad Fomapan 400 is, especially in medium format. I've shot most of the B&W films available today but keep coming back to Fomapan 400; it always has a mood and I love its grain. At this point I think I've shot more of it than all other films combined, which is saying something because I shot my first roll of film (Tri-X, which I still love) in the late 1960s.\n\nThe photos here are 35mm (full-frame and half-frame) and 120, on a variety of cameras and lenses. I've used it a lot for pinhole photography and it pairs well with a Holga and other toy cameras.  \n  \nI prefer to expose it at EI 200, or occasionally at 320 when I want more drama and crushed shadows. In medium format (120) it's very different from 35mm and I've certainly encountered the oft-cited quality control issues but for my kind of photography I don't usually mind. When I need a true ISO 400 B&W film I go for Tri-X, HP5+, Foma Ortho 400 and occasionally others, but I always have a roll of Fomapan 400 in one of my cameras.","score":685,"nsfw":false,"grayscale":true,"timestamp":1772548000,"sprocket":false,"images":[{"resolution":"low","url":"https://d3i73ktnzbi69i.cloudfront.net/c0c31653-a6bd-4ee1-b10a-1839eb42b60b.jpeg","width":720,"height":476},{"resolution":"medium","url":"https://d3i73ktnzbi69i.cloudfront.net/44ad5ec1-6a8f-4566-8286-40b3e6cecc80.jpeg","width":1080,"height":715},{"resolution":"high","url":"https://d3i73ktnzbi69i.cloudfront.net/70a7c76b-e137-4fa7-b540-8256a9d29f79.jpeg","width":1440,"height":953},{"resolution":"raw","url":"https://d3i73ktnzbi69i.cloudfront.net/1d44ef2b-6d20-43ef-94e4-d91ad9bad230.jpeg","width":2048,"height":1355}],"colors":[{"hex":"#b4b4b4","css":"darkgrey","html":"gray","percent":0.69055789},{"hex":"#7f7f7f","css":"grey","html":"gray","percent":0.19136029},{"hex":"#4c4c4c","css":"darkslategray","html":"gray","percent":0.077699},{"hex":"#ececec","css":"whitesmoke","html":"white","percent":0.02808123},{"hex":"#202020","css":"black","html":"black","percent":0.01230159}],"keywords":[{"word":"fomapan","weight":0.5},{"word":"praise","weight":0.5}]}