East european photo film
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Topic author: seany65
Posted on: 20161003145149
I've read somewhere that photo film is still made in eastern europe, and that it's "colour pallette" is different to kodak and fuji films.
Do they still make films in eastern europe, are they any good and how do the "colour pallettes" differ from kodak and fuji?
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Reply author: Alfa2
Replied on: 20161004085307
I remember films were produced in USSR, Poland, DDR and Czechoslovakia in Easter or Mid Europa. Maybe somewhere else ?
Now film are produced by Foma in Czech:
http://www.foma.cz/en/photomaterialsReply author: Fotohuis
Replied on: 20161004092150
I am the Dutch Foma distributor for the Netherlands (and Belgium). The classical Czech emulsions are the Fomapan 100/400. A mixture between hexagonal en classical cubical type Silver crystals is the Fomapan 200 film. Before 2001 there was also a Fompan 800 version of it. New is the Foma Retropan 320 Soft, a vintage film emulsion, low in contrast with a lot of grain.
In former DDR there was OrWo, continued in cine under OrWo Filmotec (up from 1997). You can order in bulk UN54 and N74+ resp. iso 100/400 from them in 122m/400ft. In the past you had Svema (Ukraine) and Tasma (Russia). Svema has been closed, Tasma is still operational on special films only and other things.
In Hungary you had Forte, also closed in 2007. In Croatia you had Efke-Fotokemika closed in 2012.
Greetz, Fotohuis RoVo the Netherlands.
Robert
"De enige beperking in je fotografie ben je zelf"
http://gallery.fotohuisrovo.nl/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotohuisrovo/Reply author: seany65
Replied on: 20161004111036
Thanks for replies and info Alfa2 and fotohuis.
Does anyone in the ast still make colour film?
Reply author: Fotohuis
Replied on: 20161004112803
Reply author: seany65
Replied on: 20161004125059
Thanks for the info Fotohuis.
I seem to be keeping you quite busy today, eh?
Reply author: Fotohuis
Replied on: 20161004132534
Reply author: Alfa2
Replied on: 20161005011457
As I remember in communistic countries only DDR produced colour films. Now it is discontuned. So your problem sees to be solved.
But I'm not sure in 100 %.
Reply author: seany65
Replied on: 20161005165521
Thanks Alfa2. The aerticle I read must've been from some time ago then.
Reply author: AlexanderK
Replied on: 20161008011543
Reply author: seany65
Replied on: 20161008105017
Thanks for the link AlexanderK.
Sakura and Dufay have names that seem to be vaguely familiar. I have, of course, heard if Ilford anfd Fuji, but the other names are new to me. Wish I could read German.
Reply author: europanorama
Replied on: 20161009195537
Reply author: seany65
Replied on: 20161010153958
Thanks for the links Michael. :-)
Unfortunately I can't read German and I don't know how to use google translate to translate an entire webpage.
Reply author: gb hill
Replied on: 20161210110553
Reply author: seany65
Replied on: 20161210112045
Thanks for the link Greg. I'll keep it in mind for after xmas when I'll have some money.
I can't say I can see any difference in the colour pallette though. Does anyone else know?
I've read that Fomapan is slightly less contrasty than most film. Is this true?
Reply author: Fotohuis
Replied on: 20161210123938
Reply author: xya
Replied on: 20161210140945
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<br />Thanks for the links Michael. :-)
Unfortunately I can't read German and I don't know how to use google translate to translate an entire webpage.
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it's very easy. copy the link, go to google translate and paste the link into the text field. click on translate. in the translation window there will be a highlighted link. if you click on it you will have your page translated.
www.a7camera.com www.120folder.com www.instantphoto.eu
Reply author: seany65
Replied on: 20161210142516
@xya, Thanks for the info on how to use google translate for whole pages. :-)
@Fotohuis, Thanks for the info about fomapan. I was sort of hoping that it would be a little less contrasty so that it would give more options for using filters. I haven't got a darkroom so the only contrast control I have is 'in camera', so if I take a photo using a lower contrast film in a 'normal' or lower contrast scene I'd be able to boost it using a filter, or I'd be able to use that film in a higher contrast scene then maybe I wouldn't lose too much detail. At least that's the thinking behind it.
Reply author: Fotohuis
Replied on: 20161210145340
Reply author: seany65
Replied on: 20161211173606
Thanks for the info Fotohuis. I don't mind a bit of grain. I'll try and remember about Retropan 320 soft.