Fuji Neopan ACROS iso 100

[OurManInTangier]

Anyone know anything about this film, characteristics, problems, what it excels at?

7 Day Shop is selling it at £1.90 a roll of 36, VAT free item. I'm intrigued by their claims of smooth grain and at that price its worth a punt.

 

[iml]

Never used it but IIRC Todd Hanz uses it quite a lot, and his scans look pretty amazing on the whole, so I suspect it's worth a go.

Ian

 

[mrtoml]

I've used it and like it a lot. I have a 16x20" print on the wall here - from a 35mm neg - and you can hardly see the grain at all at viewing distance (3 feet). I develop it in Prescysol EF and rate it at ISO100.

 

[dcsang]

This is an incredible ISO 100 film imho.

When dev'd in Xtol it is creamy and, I feel, has the finest grain (more so than Tmax) - I just don't shoot it as often as I used to as I tend towards faster films now...

Dave

 

[rich815]

Buy all you can. My favorite B&W film.

Some examples here:

http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=38698047@N00&q=Acros&m=text

 

[colyn]

I have used it for a couple of years now and like it a lot. Grain is extremely fine which allows enlargements of 16x20 and 20x24 while still retaining sharp detail.

I highly recommend it..

 

[kmack]

Beautiful film, particularly in 120. I use Clayton F76+ to develop it and it gives me great speed and tonal range.

Acros 100 (120 roll film) shot at 100.

 

[Xmas]

Fuji have a datasheet somewhere, try google

Noel

 

[jano]

acros 100 is my choice film. it's awesome in xtol, and the 120 size is fantastic in rondinol. Have tried a bunch of films, and always come back to it. With zeiss lenses, acros is very nice!

If you want to try something different, do it in diafine for some interesting results 😀

 

[wintoid]

I've shot 5 or 10 rolls of it only and feel that it's quite an unusual film. It has a certain look to it, creamy as some have said, but also something about the highlights. In the end, I decided it wasn't for me.

 

[OurManInTangier]

Wow - there are some stunning examples on your Flickr site Rich, add to that the positive reactions of everyone else I may have to increase my order. I may use some through my F5 and Mamiya 645 too so I can muck around with a few more lenses. Thanks for the recommendations everyone

 

[Todd.Hanz]

it's a great film, probably my favorite. Most people find it's true speed somewhere near EI 50. In 35 it's pretty contrasty, in 120 it's the bomb 😉, creamy highlights and all. You'll love it!

Todd

in Xtol

dev. in pyro

in Xtol

in 4x5

 

[Monz]

I used Arcos ISO 100 for the first time a few months ago. It performed really well both outdoors in the bright sunlight and indoors. Here are some examples....


Infinity Cubed
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=56211&ppuser=1882

Infinity and beyond
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=56543&ppuser=1882

Bike
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=55419&ppuser=1882

Chandelier
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=55420&ppuser=1882

Decorated Camel
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=53851&ppuser=1882

The Day’s Takings
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=54276&ppuser=1882


Kind regards.

--
Monz

 

[ddimaria]

Acros 100

Acros 100

Here are two examples I just got back. I really like this film on overcast days.

http://pazonada.com/blog/2007/04/marathon-day.html

 

[rich815]

If you want to try something different, do it in diafine for some interesting results 😀

How so? I find it fairly consistent, at least for night shots in Diafine. Such as this shot:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rich8155/222903028/

or all of these:

http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=38698047@N00&q=Diafine++Acros&m=tags

Curious as to what effects you found that differed a lot from typical for Acros in Diafine?

 

[fidget]

I believe that Acros does not suffer reciprocity failure. This must be unique amongst B&W film. It makes it a very good choice for long exposures (very long).

 

[rich815]

I believe that Acros does not suffer reciprocity failure. This must be unique amongst B&W film. It makes it a very good choice for long exposures (very long).

In my Flickr links mentioned above you'll see a lot of Acros I used at night, sometimes for 6 minute exposures or more. Tri-X or Delta 100, for example, would have needed 15-20min or more under same conditions. Who's got time for that? And I do not want to open my aperture to compensate either (usually shoot at f/5.6 or f/8 for sharpness and some DOF).

Acros needs little to any adjustment for reciprocity failure until exposing past 8 minutes in my experience, and I rarely need to do that!

 

[Xmas]

If you paste

http://www.fujifilmusa.com/JSP/fuji/epartners/proPhotoProductsNeopanDataSpec.jsp

into your browser it should work. Technology fails me today...

Noel

 

[Ted Witcher]

In my Flickr links mentioned above you'll see a lot of Acros I used at night, sometimes for 6 minute exposures or more. Tri-X or Delta 100, for example, would have needed 15-20min or more under same conditions. Who's got time for that? And I do not want to open my aperture to compensate either (usually shoot at f/5.6 or f/8 for sharpness and some DOF).

Acros needs little to any adjustment for reciprocity failure until exposing past 8 minutes in my experience, and I rarely need to do that!

Not to hijack, but how does one calculate the time necessary for those deep-stop night exteriors? They look amazing. What's your technique? Just "B" and a stopwatch?

 

[Xmas]

I use kitchen timer.

Noel