Fomapan 400 Action

Known/rumored respoolings: Arista.EDU 400.

Observations: Like other Fomapan films, I really wanted to like this film stock mainly because of its low price. There’s a certain pleasure that comes out of shooting a cheap film stock. When my per-frame cost is low, I feel a sense of freedom and looseness with my camera in hand. But across the entire Fomapan series, contrast is just a bit too strong for me with shadow brightness falling off especially dramatically. In the 400-speed variant of this line of films, shadows tend to be too dark, highlights tend to be overexposed, and I tend to be left rather unhappy with the results I get from it overall.

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