Film Format: 120/220 Film Colour & Type: Black & White ISO: 400 Grain: Normal Contrast: High Colour Balance: Not Applicable Exposure Latitude: Moderate Latitude DX Coding: No Film Development Process: Black and White Perfect for: 🚦 Street Photography, 🧳 Travel, and 👪 Portraits
Description
Perfect for sports and other speedy moment: with FomaPan Action film loaded in your medium format camera, you will not have to worry about low-light situations or fast-moving subjects.
Rated at 400 but with the ability to deliver great results at 3200, this is a fantastic black and white emulsion.
Foma traces its origins back to Prague in 1919. They have remained in the Czech Rupublic ever since, working throughout the past century on different films, papers and chemicals for use by medical schools and the military - as well as ordinary photographers in Eastern Europe. Their black and white films are the result of decades of expertise - you will not be disappointed!
For more information about the brand check out our bio of Foma
When you buy your camera film from us we can ship it across the UK, Europe, USA, New Zealand, Australia and Canada (more countries planned soon!) So buy your Foma Action Film 120 B&W ISO 400 today and dive back into the fun of 120 film photography!
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This is the sort of film you experiment with because it's so cheap. It comes alive when you use contrast filters.
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Terry G. (City of London, GB)
Perfect for:Great All-Rounder
Can AW feature your photos?:No
Excellent results from a good value film. Worth trying!
I was unfamiliar with the brand, but thought it worth trying. The range of contrast is excellent and not excessive. It allows details in both shadows and highlights. It has an even and regular grain structure. At 400ISO it’s best for daylight use, and because of the weight of my medium format camera, the use of a tripod was advantageous.
This film did the job for me in the gloom of late November, watching the Scottish Cyclocross Championships at Linlithgow. There was decent contrast to the images (shot in a Yashica 635, and developed at home in ID-11 1+1).
I'm not a grainy grain fan, but here the grain gives the images a nice feel, without being overpowering, giving the flexibility that you'd hope for from a 400 film.
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Devon R. (Watford, GB)
Perfect for:Great All-Rounder, Beginners, Street Photography, Travel, Low light/Night
Can AW feature your photos?:Yes
Accreditation Handles:@Devons_Hobbies
Great contrast and and easy film to shoot
Loved shooting this 400 iso film and was very happy with the scan I got back. The contrast is great with minimal grain. Would recommend to anyone looking for an easy film to shoot with.
this is a great film for the price. like all foma film you're not getting any top of the line stuff but for what it is it's a really solid film, reccomend for the price.
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Rachel M. (Dundee, GB)
Perfect for:Great All-Rounder, Beginners, Landscapes, Street Photography
Can AW feature your photos?:Yes
Accreditation Handles:@rachelmallinson83
Good film for the price
I bought this as it was cheap and I was trying out a camera to see if it was working. I got some nice results on the film. I will buy again.
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Cosmo B. (Slough, GB)
Perfect for:Great All-Rounder, Beginners, Landscapes, Street Photography, Creative/Abstract, Travel
a fantastic film, especially for testing out new cameras. well worth the price and nothing to fault.
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Dean W. (Hull, GB)
Perfect for:Great All-Rounder, Beginners, Landscapes, Street Photography, Architecture
Can AW feature your photos?:Yes
Accreditation Handles:Facebook
Pleasantly surprised
I’ve normally gone with Ilford when shooting black and white but I thought I would give Fomapan a try and I was really surprised at the sharpness of the images.
Needless to say I will be shooting it again.
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Alexandra H. (Liverpool, GB)
Perfect for:Great All-Rounder, Beginners, Portraits, Studio work
Can AW feature your photos?:Yes
Accreditation Handles:@alexandrahaslam
Amazing budget film
Fantastic latitude and the grain actually isn’t as chunky as I was lead to believe. Will definitely be using this stock again!
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Don B. (Ashford, GB)
Perfect for:Great All-Rounder, Beginners, Portraits, Landscapes, Street Photography, Architecture, Travel
Can AW feature your photos?:Yes
Accreditation Handles:fat bloke with a camera
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my go to happy snapping 120 film, cheap , good tones , nice grain. its all good.
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M.H. (Saint Leonards-on-Sea, GB)
Perfect for:Beginners, Landscapes, Street Photography, Travel
Can AW feature your photos?:Yes
Accreditation Handles:@mow_fow
Fantastic film
This film was extremely easy to shoot with and the photos came out with a beautiful range of tones. I'll definitely be ordering again.
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Aldo K. (London, GB)
Perfect for:Landscapes, Creative/Abstract
Can AW feature your photos?:Yes
Accreditation Handles:king.photography
The jury is out
I shot a roll of Fomapan 400 on a Rollieflex New Standard. I didn't realise until the film was developed that the camera had a number of issues. That said, I do like the old world character that the film renders.
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Jamie W. (Bath, GB)
Perfect for:Great All-Rounder, Beginners, Portraits, Landscapes, Street Photography, Studio work
I'm a big fan of Fomapan films and although I tend to shoot with slower films, the 400 speed is excellent whenever I've used it. I've recently had it developed in 510 Pyro which has enhanced it as a film even more - tonality is great and the grain is nicely controlled.
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Colin S. (Brighton, GB)
Perfect for:Great All-Rounder, Beginners, Portraits, Landscapes, Street Photography, Pinhole/Long-Exposure, Architecture
Can AW feature your photos?:Yes
Accreditation Handles:mycreativecorner
Good quality at a reasonable price.
Normally I would use slower film but the weather was dull so I opted for a roll of Fomapan 400. The film was exposed at box speed and processed accordingly in 510 Pyro. Contrast is good, with highlights and shadows holding detail very well. Film grain is not excessive. Certainly a film I would use again.