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Foma have been making photographic products since 1921 in what is now the Czech Republic. As one of 4 brands of B&W 120 medium format film I use, Fomapan 200 is one that always has a place in the arsenal. The images it can produce have a lovely, soft "film-type" quality that is superb for portraits ... BUT... beware that this film prefers to be rated at around 100 for best results. When developed in D-76, you can expect some lovely soft results that make portraits sing, and when souped in a high accutance developer like Rodinal, you get the best of both world's with lovely creamy midtones and the "snap" of the sharpened grain. One issue I have had with some Foma ( and note this problem is not solely the domain of Foma, some Rollei films have also experienced this ) , some negatives come out with a faint print-through from the backing paper. From my experience, films that use a particular type of black backing paper with white, blocked numbers and frame markers are the culprits. Additionally, not all rolls are affected similarly, which makes using this film a bit of a gamble. If you end up with older stock, you may find the print-through issue more prevalent than with fresher stock. It can be possible to still produce great prints even through the print-through on the negative. Overall, I find this film worth taking a gamble on. Exposed with the 100 ISO rating and using the freshest stock you can find, you will end up with some very tasty results indeed.Read full review
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