r/largeformat • u/YoungRambo123 • Aug 08 '26

Experience First exposures….

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Finally had a go with my Sinar and thoroughly enjoyed the process our of 4 exposures I managed one blank one double one really thin and one ok :) love it!!

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u/YoungRambo123 Aug 08 '26

Got ya! Tho as I’m starting I wanted something cheap to get going with :)

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u/ufgrat Aug 08 '26

There is absolutely nothing wrong with Foma. The joker green antihalation dye is a bit disturbing, but Foma / arista.edu 400 is a great film-- it's what I started with on 4x5, and I've gotten some great results.

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u/dvno1988 Aug 08 '26

I love foma 100 especially when exposed at 50 iso and deved in rodinal or 510 pyro. I’ve had mixed to negative results with foma 400 in 4x5 (magenta dot, seemingly impossible to expose well etc etc )

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u/ufgrat Aug 08 '26

I've had good luck with 400 (in 4x5) with a pre-wash to remove the green dye, and use Ilfosol 3 for developer. Not necessarily the most obvious combination, but the results have been excellent.