Richard Vanek - Black and White Photography

This is a crop from 5400 dpi scan. No modification is done on this crop. These are the darkest part of the previous scene where are clearly seeing details.

This is crop from 5400 dpi scan with no modification done. This part is really burn in the sun and even 8 minutes which is by 25% more than my first attempt at this dilution, still make possible to see details. And now is there also what I miss before, whites are really white.

This is the best result I have got with fotospeed FD10. Image has right balance between highlights and shadows, nice contrast and details in both areas. Seen a whole roll is better to judge than only seeing this one picture, so you have to trust me a bit. These eight minutes for foma 200@100 is good solution for FD 1:9. This is scan with no modification done except sharpening for web. one can clearly see, and histogram also showed that, that full scale is used from deep black to the top notch highlights. you need to see the print, it is excellent tonal range! So job is done FD 1:9 8 min and foma 200@100 is good combination for me.

I think I finally crack this down. I like very much Fotospeed FD10 diluted 1:9 for eight minute when developing Fomapan 200 Creative exposed at 100 ASA. This tie gave nice scale from deep black towards sharp and crispy highlights. You can see examples all of my tryouts by looking at experiment page of Fomapan 200@100.
I will soon update my article about my favorite film/developer combos. Fomapan 200 Creative will be included into my normal sensitive film as a replacement for Kodak 125PX.