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Fomapan 400 rated at EI 250, Xtol 1+3 plus 1:500 Rodinal. Developed at 23C for 20min. Agitation for the 1st min, then 2 inversions every 5 mins. (Shot on Rollei 35S)
It's a follow-up experiment exploring the grain & tonality of the much debated Fomapan 400 film, as well as the interaction between Xtol & Rodinal when souped together. Grains are much finer than Rodinal alone, and the shadow area & edge effect look somewhat better than diluted Xtol alone, which could only work at EI 160 or so for Foma 400.
An earlier attempt with 1+4 Xtol plus 1:500 Rodinal, 3x10mins agitation had similar results but somewhat better shadow details.
At EI 200/250 with Xtol 1+3, Grains of Foma 400 are approaching that of Tri-X in Xtol and better than HP5. I'd say it really looks like Tri-X with its deep-diving shadow representation. You lose a stop vs Tri-X 400, sure, but Foma 400's spectrum curve is down in blue range and thus effectively gives you a light yellow filter without the EV loss. You can see that in some of my pictures where (imaging) bluish colours were rendered much darker than what would've been in the case of a true panchromatic film like Tri-X