FUJI ACROS 100 to be discontinued?

Those are fighting words. ;) Acros at 50 in Rodinal has been my go to any time I have enough light. The tonality and fine grain gave me the look I wanted. It also had a nicer, low curl base than the Kodak film I shot in 35mm.

Add me to the list of people debating a huge Acros purchase vs figuring out how to get similar results from Delta 100.
 
I really only use it in 120 and find Tmax 100 just as good for the most part. I'll order another 100 rolls and be done with it, use it only for long exposure stuff.

At least we have Kodak and Ilford kicking out the goods.
 
Brian Legge said:
Those are fighting words. ;) Acros at 50 in Rodinal has been my go to any time I have enough light. The tonality and fine grain gave me the look I wanted. It also had a nicer, low curl base than the Kodak film I shot in 35mm.

Add me to the list of people debating a huge Acros purchase vs figuring out how to get similar results from Delta 100.
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Dear Brian,

As I said: slow and finicky. I've seen stunning results from it, and had a couple of successes myself, but I never thought it was worth the effort.

Sure, that's just me, but my point was that whether you like it or not, it is very different from Delta 100, TMX and FP4.

Cheers,

R.
 
FujiLove said:
Roger, I’m sure YOU can pick each one out in a final mounted print, but how many other people can do the same? Not me, that’s for sure.

I concede that the Fuji film is great for night shooting with its relative lack of reciprocity failure though.
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Not with anything like 100% accuracy, but generally, yes, I see differences; and when it comes to my own prints I see quite a lot of difference.

Cheers,

R.
 
FujiLove said:
Roger, I’m sure YOU can pick each one out in a final mounted print, but how many other people can do the same? Not me, that’s for sure.
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Given subject matter which contains the “right” colors, which can happpen any time, I am sure you and everyone else would immediately notice that ACROS does not look like Tmax 100, not really. ACROS has reduced red sensitivity, and Tmax films have “normal” pan red sensitivity, and reduced blue sensitivity. It’s not night and day, but they are not interchangeable either.
The whole ACROS “orthopanchromatic” thing, on which one can find a variety of inconclusive meandering threads on the interweb.
Whether or not one likes that particular charactistic of ACROS is another matter entirely, but it does respond to light in a different way, differences which will be baked into the cake no matter how you develop it, or anything else.
But, yes, there are other high resolution, fine grained films out there.
 
Larry Cloetta said:
The whole ACROS “orthopanchromatic” thing, on which one can find a variety of inconclusive meandering threads on the interweb.
Whether or not one likes that particular charactistic of ACROS is another matter entirely, but it does respond to light in a different way, differences which will be baked into the cake no matter how you develop it, or anything else.
But, yes, there are other high resolution, fine grained films out there.
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As far as “orthopanchromatic” goes, we have Adox Silvermax, Adox CMS 20 and probably some more if you want reduced red sensitivity... And I still have around 100 rolls of Efke R50 in my freezer...
 
filmtwit said:
5 packs via Freestyle are still at a good price. Just sayin' . . .
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Thanks.

I never kept too much Acros in the freezer. Not because I didn't like it just fine. I did like Neopan more, but I didn't have much of that either.

Why? Prices for Fuji BW films in my neck of the woods were always a bit high, and I was always a bit poor, and there were always some alternatives with lower prices.

The reciprocity (or lack of) feature of Acros is the reason why I will grab some now. But not too much. I still need to keep my budget in mind.
 
So it’s a shame the Fuji is cutting another film, but given their history what surprises me is that anyone is surprised when they announce they are cutting another one. Soon they will have cut all their film except the Instax range.
When (if) Ferriana get their slide production up in 135 and 120 I won’t use any Fuji products, their intentions are clear, they have no future in film.

I would be more shocked if Ilford started cutting films or if Kodak started cutting film again. But I struggle to be shocked when Fuji cut another film.
 
It is a logical step for a big multinational leaving the analogue film market. Comparing to Ilford or Kodak Fuji had a relative small part in the B&W film market. Of course a pity another film will be lost and especially a modern type with a good reciprocity failure, fine grain and in production from 35mm till sheet film without manufacturer problems. It is clear that the type of analogue photography is in a niche market and there will be no place for big multinationals anymore.
 
PKR said:
Hi John & Cal;

I use a lot in 135. It's my tripod film.. no reciprocity failure. The other film I use is HP5. I have some Acros left in the frig. I guess i'll move to Ilford for all my film. Too bad, after their "we're committed to film" Ads of a couple of years ago .. just Ad hype.
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PKR,

For tripod night shooting it is unbeatable.

For 135 I'm considering using exclusively Kodak 5222. This is the last of the true thick silver rich emulsions left. I get 400 ISO in Diafine 4+4.

For 120 I'm Ilford also (FP4 and HP5), but I'm also using Berger Pancro 400, Rollie 400S, and am looking forward to P30 in 120.

Cal
 
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