A unique fine art printing paper, this 25-sheet box of 8 x 10" Fomatone MG Classic 132 VC FB from Foma features a matte surface finish along with a baryta-coated double-weight fiber base. Designed for portrait photography and retro-styled imaging, this paper has a cream-colored warm base, and its silver chlorobromide emulsion produces notably warm tones that range from brown-green to warm-brown depending on processing. Its variable contrast designation enables working with multigrade contrast filters to suit working with varying negative densities, and it is receptive to toning as well. Additionally, the emulsion is particularly slow, making it especially well-suited to contact printing applications, however it is still suitable for enlarging with extended exposures.
- For Traditional Black & White Printing
- Baryta-Coated Double Weight Fiber Base
- Silver Chlorobromide Emulsion
- Variable Contrast
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Foma Fomatone MG Classic 132 Matte Reviews
Good for lith printing
This is new batch and paper is still lithable
An excellent and distinctive warmtone paper
Fomatone is my choice of a companion paper to my standard, Ilford Warmtone, both in fiber base. Fomatone seems just right for certain negatives that Ilford somehow is not. The color is warmer, the base is slightly warmer, and toning in selenium is markedly different as well. It's great to have a choice. Significant differences in my experience so far include these: Fomatone needs 3 minutes, not 2, in developer to attain full density. Fomatone is happy with red safelights, not amber, though I have tested (and use) with amber at very low levels successfully without fogging. The base looks very warm when first coming out of the fixer, but "clears" to just slightly warmer than Ilford's in the wash. While others have not experienced this, I have difficulty getting higher contrast grades from it, but it's rich at 2 to 3 and great at the lower contrasts. Toning in selenium is so fast at 1:19 that I mix my toner 1:80 (eighty) so that I can control the toning better; still, it's done by 3 minutes, while Ilford at 1:19 may take 10 more. Finally, for some reason, Fomatone labels as "Matte" its surface for this paper that is actually a semi-gloss. It's a very nice surface, but far from matte. The color differences, untoned and toned, need to be seen. I like having the choice for different images.