Fomapan 200 Archives

17 September, 2025

Battle of the Budgets Continued… Fomapan 200 & Kentmere 200 (35mm)

By Simon King

In a market where 200-speed black-and-white films are rare (SFX 200 and Rollei options aside), Fomapan 200, and now Kentmere 200 stand out as both affordable and versatile. Over...

11 February, 2025

5 Frames from a Braun Paxina 29 – a mid 1950s “compact” camera.

By Alan Gauld

I acquired this Braun Paxina 29 camera as part of my late father-in-law’s estate and was curious to see how it performed. A little bit of research revealed it to be German...

10 November, 2024

5 Frames with Contax T and Fomapan 200

By Matt Benton

It’s been years since I shot 35mm film. With costs rising, and mediocre flatbed scans as my output, I was easily convinced that the format was not worth the effort. I had ...

16 May, 2024

Park Life with a Ihagee Exa 1A

By Paul Quellin

At a brisk walk, the local park is about 4 minutes from the front door of the house. That helps with the need to escape. A job once enjoyable, has become so entangled in a growi...

14 November, 2023

5 Frames with Foma Fomapan Retro 200 Black and White, Pentax 645N and FA 75mm f/2.8

By Eric

I will start with something about Foma Fomapan Retro 200 Black & White that I said in a blog post about another film. What is that you say? Lower price and acceptable result...

18 September, 2022

5 Frames with a (possibly broken) Hasselblad 500cm – By Philip Ahlquist

By Philip Ahlquist

The email from the lab came in two days before my long-planned holiday: “We are contacting you to let you know that your film has been processed, but unfortunately it has come ...

10 September, 2022

5 frames with the Pentax Spotmatic and developed as Stand development – By Nick Ambrose

By Nick Ambrose

One of my more recent projects in the darkroom has been to explore further options on how to process my black and white film. I would in the past just follow the normal method o...

20 August, 2022

5 Frames with a freshly serviced Yashicamat and Fomapan – by Phil Harrison

By Phil Harrison

A couple of years ago I treated myself to a very tidy Yashicamat that was made in May 1965. I wrote about the camera here. I discovered recently that the shutter speeds had beco...

Thomas Wolstenholme on Pushing Color – A Survey of Popular Color Films Pushed By Two Stops
I took a different view of your experiment: something I've done for years is to try to match the film…
David Hume on Pushing Color – A Survey of Popular Color Films Pushed By Two Stops
Ha - it looks like Reiner asked the same question that I did and pressed send while I was still…
David Hume on Pushing Color – A Survey of Popular Color Films Pushed By Two Stops
Hey Scott, thanks for this, and very interesting to read. Can I ask for some clarification that perhaps I’ve missed…

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