Response to Rodinal 1+100 & Bergger BRF200

Off course they do, as can be seen from the B&H catalogue. There are only a couple of film makers out there and most products by newer companies come from the pot of one of them: Paterson Acupan is Foma (I myself have seen the edge exposure on a Foma film saying Acupan instead of Fomapan), Maco is made by Efke (statement by a dealer and importer of Efke on this forum), and I must suspect that Bergger is made by Forte since the characteristics seem to be identical to the Fortepan 200. I have been using Forte and the EIs described on this listserve are the same I got in Rodinal. According to my knowledge only Forte makes "thick emulsion" films in this speed range at the moment: The ISO 200 Fortepan seems the only emulsion currently coated on sheed film by Forte. I am not aware that Paterson, Maco or Bergger actually run a film manufacturing plant and -- according to my knowledge -- they actually do not claim they do. The problem seems to be that all of the above stated products sell for more money than what their "makers" products sell for. What I did not like at all is the fact that I was not made aware about the fact that my mail was taken off. I do not think that this is good style at all.

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