FOMA RETROBROM 152 8x10" 25-SHTS

RB005
£39.23 inc. tax

£32.69 ex. tax
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FOMA RETROBROM 152 8x10" 25-SHTS Summary

FOMA RETROBROM 152 8x10" 25-SHTS

RETROBROM SP is an unique fixed-grade black-and-white paper using silver
bromide-iodide emulsion and made on a thick double-weight baryta
paper base (FB). The paper features a rich halftone scale, exposure &
developing flexibility, fine-grain and warm green-brown tone of the
developed silver image, with the paper base coloured in light green-yellow
tint.

The specific warm tone of the image makes this paper
suitable for works in retro-style, especially for portrait photos, but also for
other photo genres, still life, landscape, structure and detail, abstraction,
etc. It responds well to 'lith' development in dilute lith developer.

RETROBROM SP is produced on baryta paper base, in surfaces 151 (glossy) & 152 
(semi-matt) in one contrast grade: special (SP).
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4/5
Foma Retrobrom, a new paper with a very old feel.
I bought 10 sheets of this (in the gloss version) as an experiment. I quite like the feel of graded papers and this didn't disappoint, although it has it's very obvious limitations - mainly the single grade. The paper grade is roughly equivalent to Ilford's grade 2, maybe a bit softer so it doesn't suit every negative. I used a medium contrast woodland shot as a base and developed it in Ilford Bromophen diluted 1:4. It worked as expected. Soft-ish with a warm tone. It responds well to selenium toning where it shifts to an attractive reddish brown. Where this paper comes alive though is when developed in a dilute lith developer (I used Forte Lith Developer - 20 years out of date but still working fine!). Much warmer tones and with practise it's easy to get good contrast without losing the shadows. I didn't get the dramatic 'infectious' development typical with lith but I likes the results. If you can cope with the limitations this is a lovely, and very different paper to the usual offerings. Recommended!
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