Fomapan 400 Action
Specification
Table 1- Nominal ISO
- 400
- Process
- B&W
- Status
- In production
- First released
- 1994
- Available formats
- not given
- BaseFilm base The clear, flexible support that carries the emulsion. Read more in the glossary ›
- Acetate
- EmulsionEmulsion The light-sensitive layer of a film: tiny crystals of silver halide held in gelatin. Read more in the glossary ›
- Cubic
- Spectral sensitivitySpectral sensitivity Which colours of light a film responds to, and how strongly. Read more in the glossary ›
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Panchromatic — what this means
Sensitive to the whole visible spectrum, so colours turn into greys roughly the way the eye weighs them. This is what almost every general-purpose black and white film is. It has to be loaded and developed in complete darkness — no safelight is safe for it.
- Grain (RMS)Grain The visible, sand-like texture in a photograph that comes from the clumps of silver or dye that form the image. Read more in the glossary ›
- 17.5
- Resolving power, line pairs / mm
- 90
- Maximum densityDensity How much light a negative, transparency or print blocks. Read more in the glossary ›
- not given
- Latitude overExposure latitude How far a film can be over- or underexposed and still give a usable result. Read more in the glossary ›
- +1.0 stops
- Latitude under
- −2.0 stops
A dash means the figure has not been read off a datasheet. Nothing here is estimated.
Development times
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Development times by developer
20 developers- D-76 — Fomapan 400 Action in D-76 3
- FX-39 Type II — Fomapan 400 Action in FX-39 Type II 1
- Fomadon Excel W27 — Fomapan 400 Action in Fomadon Excel W27 2
- Fomadon LQN — Fomapan 400 Action in Fomadon LQN 4
- Fomadon LQR — Fomapan 400 Action in Fomadon LQR 2
- Fomadon P — Fomapan 400 Action in Fomadon P 3
- Fomadon R09 — Fomapan 400 Action in Fomadon R09 4
- HC-110 — Fomapan 400 Action in HC-110 1
- ID-11 — Fomapan 400 Action in ID-11 5
- Ilfosol S — Fomapan 400 Action in Ilfosol S 2
- Microphen — Fomapan 400 Action in Microphen 4
- Perceptol — Fomapan 400 Action in Perceptol 2
- Retro Special Developer — Fomapan 400 Action in Retro Special Developer 1
- Rodinal — Fomapan 400 Action in Rodinal 2
- T-Max Developer — Fomapan 400 Action in T-Max Developer 1
- Ultrafin — Fomapan 400 Action in Ultrafin 1
- Ultrafin Plus — Fomapan 400 Action in Ultrafin Plus 2
- Ultrafin T-Plus — Fomapan 400 Action in Ultrafin T-Plus 1
- Universal Developer — Fomapan 400 Action in Universal Developer 1
- XTOL — Fomapan 400 Action in XTOL 1
Long exposures
Reciprocity
| Metered | Expose |
|---|---|
| 1 s | 1 s |
| 2 s | 3.4 s |
| 5 s | 17 s |
| 10 s | 1 min 00 s |
| 30 s | 3 min 26 s |
| 1 min 00 s | 7 min 30 s |
Foma’s table: exposure lengthened 6× at 10 s, 8× at 100 s (1.5× at 1 s, not a whole second, so not in this table)
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