Foma Fomapan 200 Creative Black and White Negative Film (120 Roll Film) - Manual

In general
FOMAPAN 200 Creative is a panchromatically sensitized, black-and-white negative
film designed for taking photographs. The film meets high requirements for low
granularity, high resolving power and high contour sharpness. FOMAPAN 200
Creative has a nominal speed rating of ISO 200/24
o , but due to its wide exposure
latitude the film gives good results even when being overexposed by 1 EV (exposure
value) (as ISO 100/21
o ) or underexposed by 2 EV (as ISO 800/30 o ) without any
change in processing, i.e. without lengthening the development time or increasing the
temperature of the developer used.
To make prints or enlargements, Extrabrom- and Fomaspeed-type enlarging papers
are recommended; however, all sorts of black-and-white enlargement papers can be
used.
Speed
ISO 200/24 o , 24 o Č SN
Schwarzschild effect
Exposure (seconds) 1/1000–1/2 1 10 100
Lengthening of exposure 1x 3x 9x 18x
Correction of aperture number 0 -1,5 -3 -4
Processing
Safelighting: Total darkness or infrared light; for a short time an indirect safelighting
can be used (using e.g. an Agfa 108 filter with 15 Watt lamp at a distance of not less
than 75 cm.
Development
FOMAPAN 200 Creative can be processed in all common negative developers.
Recommended development times are shown in the table below (the development
times are related to development in a spiral developing tank - agitation or turning over
continuously during the first 30 seconds, then during the first 10 seconds in every
minute). In this way, medium-contrast negatives can be obtained.
Development time (minutes) Developer
20 o C 30 o C
Fomadon LQN (1+10)
Fomadon R09 (1+40)
Fomadon P
Fomadon Excel
Kodak Xtol
Ilford Microphen
Ilford Perceptol
Ilford ID 11 stock / Kodak D76
Tetenal Emofin Liquid 5 – 6
8 – 9
5 – 6
6
6
5 – 6
5 – 6
5 – 6
4 – 5
3
–
3
1,5
1,5
2
2,5
2
–
When the development time has elapsed, the film is recommended to be shortly
rinsed in distilled water or dipped in a 2 % acetid acid solution for 10 seconds.
Fixing: At a temperature ranging from 18 to 25
o C for 10 minutes in any common type
of an acid fixing bath, or for at least 3 minutes in Fomafix rapid fixer.
Washing: The film should be washed in running water: for 30 minutes and 15 minutes
the temperature of water being below 15
o C and over 15 o C respectively.
It is recommended to finish the processing with the film being rinsed in distilled water,
or dipped in a wetting agent solution.
Storage
Unexposed films should be stored in the original packaging in a cool, dry place
(temperature ranging from 5 to 20
o C, relative humidity from 50 to 60 %), out of reach
of harmful vapours, gases and ionizing radiations. Films stored in a refrigerator and a
freezer should be acclimatized to room temperature for approx. 2 and approx. 6 hours
respectively. Exposed films should be processed as soon as possible.
Packaging
FOMAPAN 200 Creative is available in the following sorts:
- 120 rollfilm 60 mm wide, exlusively on a 120 spool
- double-edge perforated 35 mm film in 135-36, 135-24 and 135-12 cartridges for 36,
24 and 12 exposures 24 x 36 mm; bulk lengths of 17, 30,5 and 50 m in a darkroom
packaging
- sheet film (for large-format cameras) sized: 9 x 12, 10 x 15, 12 x 16,5 13 x 18 and 18
x 24 cm in a box of 50 sheets.
Other sizes are subject of an agreement with the manufacturer.
Relative spectral sensitivity
(wedge spectrogram at 2850 K)
400 500 600 700
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λ
Wavelength [nm] λ
Characteristic curves
Exposure: Daylight (5500 K), 1/20 s
Developer: Microphen at 20
o C
3
2
1
-3
0
1
2
3
-2 -1 0
1–4 min
2 6 min
3 8 min
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Log rel. exposure
Modulation transfer function
Resolving power
110 lines per mm
Granularity
RMS = 14,0 (Microphen at 20 o C, developed to G = 0,6.
Measured at D = 1,0.
Base
The following bases are used for manufacturing the particular sorts of the film:
- 120 rollfilm - a bluish polyester base 0,1 mm thick, furnished with a matted colour
backing which will decolourize during processing. The b acking has anti-halation and
anti-curling properties and prevents the incidence of Newton rings during enlarging.
- 35 mm film - a gray or gray-blue cellulose triacetate base 0,135 mm thick,
- sheet film - a clear polyester base 0,175 mm thick furnished with a matted colour
backing which will decolourize during processing. The backing has anti -halation and
anti-curling properties and prevents the incidence of Newton rings during enlarging.
FOMAPAN 200 Creative
BLACK-AND-WHITE NEGATIVE FILM
The product has been produced and marketed in conformity
with a quality system according to the
international standard
ISO 9001.
Spatial frequency [lines per mm]