East european photo film

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?

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/photomaterials

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/

Thanks for replies and info Alfa2 and fotohuis.

Does anyone in the ast still make colour film?

OrWo made in the past color film. For the rest Foma had some OEM business in color film.

Robert
"De enige beperking in je fotografie ben je zelf"
http://gallery.fotohuisrovo.nl/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotohuisrovo/

Thanks for the info Fotohuis.

I seem to be keeping you quite busy today, eh?

It is part of the hobby ........

Robert
"De enige beperking in je fotografie ben je zelf"
http://gallery.fotohuisrovo.nl/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotohuisrovo/

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 %.

Thanks Alfa2. The aerticle I read must've been from some time ago then.

Hello,
I have posted here one interesting article about some unknown photofilms (incl. east european and soviet films).
http://ussrphoto.com/Wiki/default.asp?ContentID=1664&ParentID=49&WikiCatID=50
The article is in German, but nevertheless...

Regards, Alexander

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.

Here are some german articles with download Hausmarkenfilme(OEM-films)
http://www.fotointern.ch/archiv/2016/03/20/wer-hat-fuer-wen-hausmarkenfilme-hergestellt/
http://www.fotointern.ch/archiv/2016/07/17/der-film-lebt-weiter-welche-filme-gibt-es-noch-eine-marktuebersicht/
read also the comments.
and what i have found out by contacting MACO-DIRECT.
What happend to fomos?

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Marspanoramas in 3D
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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.

The Film Photography Project sells Svema color film. Apparently the 125 is all they have left. They say this film is fresh dated & it is different than Kodak or Fuji.
http://filmphotographyproject.com/store/35mm-color-svema-color-125-film-single-roll

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?

FP less in contrast? Not true, it depends on the developer combination and the developing time.

Robert
"De enige beperking in je fotografie ben je zelf"
http://gallery.fotohuisrovo.nl/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotohuisrovo/

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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

@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.

FP films are panchromatic so it reacts in a normal way on a Yellow or Red filter.The only FP film low(er) in contrast is the new Retropan 320 Soft. It is also the Fomapan film with the most grain.

Robert
"De enige beperking in je fotografie ben je zelf"
http://gallery.fotohuisrovo.nl/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotohuisrovo/

Thanks for the info Fotohuis. I don't mind a bit of grain. I'll try and remember about Retropan 320 soft.