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Foma RETROBROM 151 Sp Grade #2 VC FB Glossy Paper (16 x 20", 25 Sheets)

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Foma RETROBROM 151 Sp Grade #2 VC FB Glossy Paper (16 x 20", 25 Sheets)
Key Features
  • Silver Bromide Iodide Emulsion
  • Double-Weight Baryta Paper Base
  • Fine-Grain and Warm Green-Brown Tone
  • Mid-Level Optical Sensitivity
The 16 x 20", 25-count RETROBROM 151 Sp Grade #2 VC FB Glossy Paper from Foma is a customized black-and-white paper featuring silver bromide iodide emulsion. It's made on a thick, double-weight fiber-based (FB) baryta paper base and offers a rich halftone scale. It can be used for exposure or developing. It has a fine-grain and warm green-brown tone, and the paper base is colored in a light green-yellow tint.
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Foma Retrobrom Glossy Grade 2 Overview

The 16 x 20", 25-count RETROBROM 151 Sp Grade #2 VC FB Glossy Paper from Foma is a customized black-and-white paper featuring silver bromide iodide emulsion. It's made on a thick, double-weight fiber-based (FB) baryta paper base and offers a rich halftone scale. It can be used for exposure or developing. It has a fine-grain and warm green-brown tone, and the paper base is colored in a light green-yellow tint.

The mid-level optical sensitivity of this paper allows contact copying and even enlarging to big formats. The specific warm tone makes this paper suitable for retro-style images, especially portrait photos but also for still life, landscape, structure and detail, abstraction, and other applications. It's also suitable for lith printing. The paper is produced in the Sp contrast grade.

Foma Retrobrom Glossy Grade 2 Specs

Item Type
25x Sheet Paper
Size
16 x 20" / 40.6 x 50.8 cm
Paper Type
Negative
Base Type
Fiber Base
Surface Finish
Glossy
Contrast
Grade 2
Tone
Warm
ISO
R9001
Packaging Info
Package Weight
4.605 lb
Box Dimensions (LxWxH)
20 x 16.6 x 0.7"

Foma Retrobrom Glossy Grade 2 Reviews

Graded FB Paper

By John
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2025-02-07

Probably the last of the graded non resin coated b&w papers available. Thanks to B&H for carrying it.

A beautiful lith-able paper, with quirks

By Tiina
Rated 4 out of 5
Date: 2024-02-09

This is one of the few current papers that can be used for Lith Printing (over-expose, and under-develop using special dilute lith developer). Challenging to get good results, but lovely when you do. This paper requires very little over-exposure, compared to vintage papers - just 2/3 to 1 stop over normal. Also it is best in relatively fresh lith developer. Too much over-exposure and too much old brown, you will get a blotchy dark and hideous result. Handle it well and you get lovely rose tone highlights with gritty deep brown shadows (un-toned). I am sure it tones beautifully.

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