Bill Smith's Photography

 I shot aother roll of Fomapan 200 Creative, this time through my F3/T on a bright Sunday afternoon. It re-enforced the results from roll #1, only this time it was a sunny Sunday afternoon in late April. I used the same developer but switched up the camera from my Nikon FE to the F3/T, the centre weighted metering is slightly different in the pro body 70/30 F3 vs 60/40 for the prosumer FE.  There's something magical happening here. I bought more Fomaapan Creative 200 and I plan to shoot it through different cameras over the next little while.  Camera: Nikon F3/T, Voigtlander 40 F2 Ultron SL II Lens.  Film: Fomapan 200, Rollei Supergrain 1+15. 

  I haven't shot Fomapan 200 in years, it's one of those films that you're either going to bond with, or not. I'll go deeper on a Substack post. I want to some more resarch on Fomapan 200 first. One thing is certain, this is a T-grained film hy, Fomapan 200's emulsion  can be delicate in 120 so I'm going to stick to 35mm with this film. In the past I have delibrately over expose down to 125 ISO and process with the 200 ISO time, and wow, shadow detail out the wazoo, and the negs dry flat. I used Rollei Supergrain developer because Foma's developers don't have wide distribution in Canada and this particular developer performs really well with a variety of films I use on a regular basis.  Camera: Nikon FE, Nikkor Ai 35 F2 lens.  Film: Fomapan 200 rated at 125 ISO, processed in Rollei Supergrain 1+15 for the box speed time.