AshigrainBlack-and-white negative · Black & white
Fomapan 100 Classic
Everyday black-and-white from Foma's Classic negative.
Fomapan 100 Classic printed on Kodak B&W Print Film 2302. Original vs Ashigrain.
At a glance
- Exposure index
- 100
- Introduced
- by 2016
- In production
- Process
- Ilford Microphen (stock), 20 C
About the film
Fomapan 100 Classic is a panchromatically sensitised black-and-white negative film documented by FOMA BOHEMIA. The dated FOMA 01/16 sheet establishes the exact Classic product by 2016, rather than a launch in that year.
Foma described broad exposure latitude and processing in common negative developers. The maker intended the negatives for conventional black-and-white printing, recommending its Fomabrom and Fomaspeed papers while also allowing other enlarging papers. The sheet distinguishes grey or grey-blue triacetate for 35 mm film from the clear polyester supports used for 120 and sheet film. Foma's current official listing continues to offer Fomapan 100 Classic, establishing a current product rather than unchanged chemistry since 2016. The sources read do not establish its launch year or continuity with earlier products that shared the Fomapan 100 name.
Sources for this history
- FOMAPAN 100 Classic technical data sheet, FOMA BOHEMIA
- FOMAPAN 100 Classic, FOMA BOHEMIA
The look
Fomapan 100 Classic is a nominal ISO 100 panchromatic black-and-white negative for conventional printing. The model uses the sheet's Microphen 7-minute curve at 20 °C, with an assumed exposure anchor and grain proxied from Eastman Double-X 5222. It prints on Kodak 2302 by default.
Best for
- Conventional black-and-white photography
- Comparing Microphen-developed negatives
- Daylight subjects at nominal ISO 100
Compare camera films
FilmSpeedGrain, RMS σD · lower means finer grainYears made
Ansco Color Negative 843Ansco Color Negative 843−2⅔ stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 16−2⅔ stops.0041951
Gevacolor Negative T 6.51Gevacolor Negative T 6.51−2⅔ stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 16−2⅔ stops.0071951
Technicolor Process IITechnicolor Process II−2⅔ stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain coarserEI 16−2⅔ stops.0191922
Trucolor (two-colour)Trucolor (two-colour)−2⅔ stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain coarserEI 16−2⅔ stops.0191945
Kodak Kodachrome 25Kodak Kodachrome 25−2 stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain coarserEI 25−2 stops.0141974
Agfacolor Typ 432Agfacolor Typ 432−1⅔ stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 32−1⅔ stops.0071962
Kodak Aerochrome III 1443Kodak Aerochrome III 1443−1⅓ stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain coarserEI 40−1⅓ stops.0292001
Kodak Vision3 50DKodak Vision3 50DMade since 2011, in production · −1 stop vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 50−1 stop.0042011–
Fujifilm Velvia 50Fujifilm Velvia 50Made since 2007, in production · −1 stop vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 50−1 stop.0112007–
Agfa Agfacolor Ultra 50Agfa Agfacolor Ultra 50−1 stop vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 50−1 stop.0041995
Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 50Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 50−1 stop vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 50−1 stop.0111998
Fujifilm Fujichrome 64T Type IIFujifilm Fujichrome 64T Type II−⅔ stop vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain coarserEI 64−⅔ stop.0132002
Kodak Kodachrome 64Kodak Kodachrome 64Made 1974–2009 · −⅔ stop vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain coarserEI 64−⅔ stop.0161974–2009
Polaroid Type 669Polaroid Type 669−⅓ stop vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain coarserEI 80−⅓ stop.0231981
Ilford Ortho PlusIlford Ortho PlusMade since 1997, in production · −⅓ stop vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain coarserEI 80−⅓ stop.0131997–
Kodak Ektar 100Kodak Ektar 100Made since 2008, in production · same speed vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 100same speed.0052008–
Kodak Ektachrome 100DKodak Ektachrome 100DMade since 2018, in production · same speed vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain coarserEI 100same speed.0132018–
Lucky Super GBR 100Lucky Super GBR 100same speed vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 100same speed.0052001
Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 100Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 100same speed vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 100same speed.0052002
Fujifilm Astia 100FFujifilm Astia 100FMade 2003–2012 · same speed vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 100same speed.0112003–12
Fujifilm Velvia 100Fujifilm Velvia 100Made since 2003, in production · same speed vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 100same speed.0112003–
Kodak Ektachrome E100SKodak Ektachrome E100Ssame speed vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain coarserEI 100same speed.0151996
Agfa Agfacolor Optima II 100Agfa Agfacolor Optima II 100same speed vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 100same speed.0051998
Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 100Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 100same speed vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 100same speed.0111998
Kodak Ektachrome E100VSKodak Ektachrome E100VSsame speed vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain coarserEI 100same speed.0171998
Fujifilm Provia 100FFujifilm Provia 100FMade since 2000, in production · same speed vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 100same speed.0102000–
Kodak Ektachrome 100 Plus (EPP)Kodak Ektachrome 100 Plus (EPP)same speed vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain coarserEI 100same speed.0181988
Fujifilm FP-100CFujifilm FP-100CMade 1992–2016 · same speed vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain coarserEI 100same speed.0221992–2016
Lomography Redscale XR 50-200Lomography Redscale XR 50-200same speed vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 100same speed.0052025
Fomapan R 100Fomapan R 100Made since 1980, in production · same speed vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain coarserEI 100same speed.0211980–
Kodak T-Max 100Kodak T-Max 100Made since 1986, in production · same speed vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 100same speed.0081986–
Ilford Delta 100Ilford Delta 100Made since 1992, in production · same speed vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 100same speed.0071992–
Agfa Agfapan APX 100Agfa Agfapan APX 100same speed vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 100same speed.0071998
Fomapan 100 ClassicFomapan 100 ClassicMade since 2016, in production · this filmEI 100this film.0122016–
Eastman Color Negative 5247Eastman Color Negative 5247+⅓ stop vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 125+⅓ stop.0051983
Kodak Technical PanKodak Technical Pan+⅓ stop vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 125+⅓ stop.0081977
Kodak Portra 160Kodak Portra 160Made since 2011, in production · +⅔ stop vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 160+⅔ stop.0062011–
Agfa Agfacolor Portrait XPS 160Agfa Agfacolor Portrait XPS 160+⅔ stop vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 160+⅔ stop.0061995
Kodak Vision3 200TKodak Vision3 200TMade since 2010, in production · +1 stop vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 200+1 stop.0062010–
Kodak Verita 200DKodak Verita 200DMade since 2026, in production · +1 stop vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 200+1 stop.0062026–
Kodak Gold 200Kodak Gold 200Made since 2007, in production · +1 stop vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 200+1 stop.0082007–
Lucky Super GBR 200Lucky Super GBR 200+1 stop vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 200+1 stop.0072001
Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 200Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 200+1 stop vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 200+1 stop.0052002
Kodak Ektachrome E200Kodak Ektachrome E200+1 stop vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain coarserEI 200+1 stop.0181997
Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 200Agfa Agfachrome RSX II 200+1 stop vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain coarserEI 200+1 stop.0141998
Kodak Kodachrome 200Kodak Kodachrome 200+1 stop vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain coarserEI 200+1 stop.0271986
Harman Phoenix 200Harman Phoenix 200+1 stop vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 200+1 stop.0072023
Kodak Tri-X Reversal 7266Kodak Tri-X Reversal 7266Made since 2003, in production · +1 stop vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain coarserEI 200+1 stop.0242003–
Kodak Vision3 250DKodak Vision3 250DMade since 2009, in production · +1⅓ stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 250+1⅓ stops.0062009–
Fujifilm Eterna 250Fujifilm Eterna 250+1⅓ stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 250+1⅓ stops.0052006
Fujifilm Eterna 250DFujifilm Eterna 250DMade 2005–2013 · +1⅓ stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 250+1⅓ stops.0052005–13
Kodak Vision 250DKodak Vision 250DMade 1997–2005 · +1⅓ stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 250+1⅓ stops.0071997–2005
Kodak Aerocolor IV 2460Kodak Aerocolor IV 2460Made since 2009, in production · +1⅓ stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain coarserEI 250+1⅓ stops.0132009–
Eastman Double-X 5222Eastman Double-X 5222Made since 1960, in production · +1⅓ stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain coarserEI 250+1⅓ stops.0131960–
ORWO Wolfen NC400ORWO Wolfen NC400+2 stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 400+2 stops.0052022
Kodak Portra 400Kodak Portra 400Made since 2010, in production · +2 stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 400+2 stops.0072010–
ORWO Wolfen NC500ORWO Wolfen NC500+2 stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 400+2 stops.0062022
Fujifilm Provia 400FFujifilm Provia 400F+2 stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain coarserEI 400+2 stops.0172000
Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 400Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 400+2 stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 400+2 stops.0062004
Fujifilm Pro 400HFujifilm Pro 400HMade 2004–2021 · +2 stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 400+2 stops.0052004–21
Kodak Ektachrome 400XKodak Ektachrome 400X+2 stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain coarserEI 400+2 stops.0371992
Fujifilm Superia X-TRA 400Fujifilm Superia X-TRA 400+2 stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 400+2 stops.0052006
LomoChrome Color '92 Sun-kissedLomoChrome Color '92 Sun-kissed+2 stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 400+2 stops.0052024
Kodak Tri-X 400Kodak Tri-X 400Made since 1954, in production · +2 stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain coarserEI 400+2 stops.0171954–
Kodak T-Max 400Kodak T-Max 400Made since 2007, in production · +2 stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 400+2 stops.0102007–
Ilford HP5 PlusIlford HP5 PlusMade since 1989, in production · +2 stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain coarserEI 400+2 stops.0161989–
Ilford Delta 400Ilford Delta 400Made since 2002, in production · +2 stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 400+2 stops.0102002–
Kodak Vision3 500TKodak Vision3 500TMade since 2007, in production · +2⅓ stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 500+2⅓ stops.0072007–
Fujifilm Eterna Vivid 500Fujifilm Eterna Vivid 500Made 2009–2013 · +2⅓ stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 500+2⅓ stops.0052009–13
Kodak Vision2 500TKodak Vision2 500T+2⅓ stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 500+2⅓ stops.0092009
Fujicolor Reala 500DFujicolor Reala 500D+2⅓ stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 500+2⅓ stops.0052001
Kodak Vision2 Expression 500TKodak Vision2 Expression 500T+2⅓ stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 500+2⅓ stops.0092003
Fujifilm Eterna 500Fujifilm Eterna 500Made 2004–2013 · +2⅓ stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 500+2⅓ stops.0052004–13
Anscochrome D/500Anscochrome D/500+2⅓ stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain coarserEI 500+2⅓ stops.0381967
Eastman EXR 500TEastman EXR 500TMade 1989–1995 · +2⅓ stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 500+2⅓ stops.0081989–95
Kodak Portra 800Kodak Portra 800Made since 2000, in production · +3 stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 800+3 stops.0092000–
Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 800Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 800+3 stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 800+3 stops.0072004
Kodak Vision 800TKodak Vision 800T+3 stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 800+3 stops.0101998
Konica Centuria Super 1600Konica Centuria Super 1600+4 stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain finerEI 1600+4 stops.0072002
Kodak Ektachrome P1600Kodak Ektachrome P1600+4 stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain coarserEI 1600+4 stops.0501999
Kodak T-Max P3200Kodak T-Max P3200Made since 1988, in production · +5 stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain coarserEI 3200+5 stops.0181988–
Ilford Delta 3200Ilford Delta 3200Made since 1998, in production · +5 stops vs Fomapan 100 Classic · grain coarserEI 3200+5 stops.0191998–
Science & sources
The model uses the FOMA 01/16 sheet's Microphen 7-minute curve at 20 °C, on a relative exposure axis with an assumed normal point. Its middle curve also appears in an older Fomapan 400 sheet, leaving emulsion attribution uncertain. Grain is proxied from Eastman Double-X 5222; the published RMS 13.5 has an assumed 48 µm aperture and an unresolved density convention.
Response curves and the evidence behind the model
Compare manufacturer data with Ashigrain’s response on the same axes. These curves show how the model is calibrated to its sources; they do not establish a match to photographed film.
Characteristic response
RMS granularity
Density variation (σD) measured through a 48 µm aperture. Where the datasheet gives a single grain value, the response away from that point is an approximation.
| Channel | Density | Datasheet-based σD | Model σD |
|---|---|---|---|
| N | 0.3 | 0.009447 | 0.009324 |
| N | 0.6 | 0.01095 | 0.010808 |
| N | 1 | 0.012333 | 0.012173 |
| N | 1.5 | 0.01263 | 0.012466 |
| N | 2 | 0.013647 | 0.01347 |
Model limits
These images show the film model in use. Spectral response, lighting and viewing conditions include approximations. Halation, bloom, grain size, weave and flicker are not fully measured for each film. The look of real film also depends on development and print timing.
- Custom lighting spectra, camera metering and the spectral reflectance inferred from fixed-white-balance footage are assumptions used by the model, not measurements of this film.
- The source gives no colour balance. Daylight calibration and spectrally neutral silver density are assumptions.
- The curve is the Microphen 7-minute curve at 20 °C. The 5-minute and 11-minute curves are recorded alternatives, not calibrated whole-stop EI push sets; push and pull use a generic model.
- The exposure axis is relative, with no lux-second scale or marked normal exposure. The normal point at −2.02 is assumed using the printed minimum density of 0.27 as fog, although the curve begins above the actual fog level.
- The middle characteristic curve reuses artwork from the older Fomapan 400 sheet. Its attribution to one emulsion is uncertain; shared artwork does not establish identical emulsions.
- The printed RMS granularity 13.5 has an assumed 48 µm aperture and does not specify gross or net density. Grain is proxied from Eastman Double-X 5222 rather than taken from that headline.
- The physical silver-clump diameter is assumed to be 4.5 µm from the speed class; it is not measured by the RMS granularity value.
- The unscaled spectrogram envelope is interpreted as relative log sensitivity, with wavelength labels aligned to the printed lattice. That conversion is assumed, and the processed grid ends at 665 nm.
- The model does not enable a development-adjacency effect for this film. The printed MTF near 101 % does not provide its spread width, amplitude, fit shape or density/development dependence.
- The preview uses the grey 135 triacetate base and its 125 µm thickness as the halation model's geometry. The polyester roll and sheet supports do not have separately measured halation responses.
- The default halation-radius scale is referenced to Kodak Vision3 500T (5219), whose base thickness is not published. The thickness scaling is therefore an assumption.
- The sheet prints reciprocity corrections at a few exposure times; the correction between them is interpolated.
- Foma's stated latitude from ISO 50 to ISO 400 without changing development is a manufacturer claim, not a calibrated rendering guarantee.
- Only the archived 2016 source edition is used; no independent digitisation-error estimate is available.
- Characteristic response outside the published exposure range is an extrapolation, not measured film data.
- In the print branch it prints on Kodak B&W Print Film 2302 by default. Black-and-white print timing is modelled.
- Halation strength, radius and layer weights are not quantified by the datasheet. The effect of removing antihalation and the bloom response are also approximations.
- The available sources do not measure veiling flare during projection. The model approximates its contribution to lifted blacks on screen, so the result is not a measured projection contrast.
Reciprocity: modelled from 1/1000 s to 100 s, following the datasheet's corrections for long and short exposures. Exposure time stops at the ends of that range.
Film guide: assumptions and practical choices
Sources
- Characteristic curves 7min: FOMAPAN 100 Classic technical data sheet, FOMA 01/16, p. 1
- Diffuse RMS granularity: FOMAPAN 100 Classic technical data sheet, FOMA 01/16, p. 1
- Exposure index: FOMAPAN 100 Classic technical data sheet, FOMA 01/16, p. 1
- Process: FOMAPAN 100 Classic technical data sheet, FOMA 01/16, p. 1