Fujifilm Acros II announced

[J enea]

this reminds me of what happened when they retired velvia 50 many years ago and then brought it back, reformulated. it was due to hard to get or now illegal in japan, parts of the emulsion. Happy that they went back and reformulated it. Im sure that they paid attention to what happened in the short time after it was made public that they were going to disconnected it.


maybe they played it safe, discontinuing it and working on the new version to see if they could get it to work. look at ektachrome. not as easy to bring back a retired emulsion in today's environment as we film shooter think.

 

[steveyork]

Acros was good film, especially when rebranded by Freestyle.

 

[tunalegs]

Had to quote myself, from the earlier "frozen master roll" conspiracy thread:

Anybody have a clue why Fuji would want to hide discontinuation of film? Wouldn't saying "this is the last we have" be a good way to get it all out the door?

Remember when Holga cameras were "discontinued" and the manufacturer claimed they threw away all the tooling? Then a year later, magically, the tooling was "discovered" and new cameras were made?

Good to know a new Acros has been discovered.

 

[maigo]

Fujifilm Acros II announced

I applaud the announcement and dismiss all the negative comments on this thread.
They sound like children in the schoolyard:
So and so wont play with me so he/she is not my friend anymore!

A decision was made internally to launch an initiative to devote time and resources to finding a solution to the Acros problem.
Was the solution operational, recipe, ingredients or more accurate measuring market demand for the product?
Maybe they found that there are profits to be made in b&w consumer film or perhaps they just want to maintain a market share at any cost.
We will never know.

We do know that film is a microscopic component of Fujifilms global business so we should thank the brave staff, managers and directors who stuck their neck out to bring the film back.

Keep the snide comments to yourself, kids.



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[Rayt]

Had to quote myself, from the earlier "frozen master roll" conspiracy thread:




Good to know a new Acros has been discovered.

Too bad Kubrick didn’t shoot the moon landing with Acros. But it’s not too late for the Mars mission which is part of the moon.

 

[Takkun]

I’m all in. If it’s a slight reformulation, I probably won’t mind—I never really saw much difference in all the permutations of RVP over the years.

Maybe I missed it in the articles, but I hope 120 will be offered. Hands down my favorite in that format. Until then, I’ve got 10 rolls to meter out carefully this summer.

 

[dourbalistar]

I’m all in. If it’s a slight reformulation, I probably won’t mind—I never really saw much difference in all the permutations of RVP over the years.

Maybe I missed it in the articles, but I hope 120 will be offered. Hands down my favorite in that format. Until then, I’ve got 10 rolls to meter out carefully this summer.

Yes, should be released in 120 format. In the original Fujifilm press release, Google translates it as "brownie size" from Japanese.

 

[HHPhoto]

Very good news, indeed.
But not so surprising: Remember that just some months ago Fujifilm published an official statement at their own Fujifilm gallery in Tokyo that they are seroiusly thinking about a new BW film:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw_L1M4lHIo/

And those of us rff members which joined last Photokina have seen the quite positive Fujifilm film show on their booth there. It was the best representation of all film manufacturers. There Fujifilm also made a clear official commitment to film.

Where are the usual doom and gloom sayers now?

They are not interested in facts.
They just recently have written that Fuji will never come back with any film.

The film come back is real. Period.

Cheers, Jan

 

[retinax]

Great news for the fans of Acros. I've never used it, how would you describe it in comparison to T-Max 100?

Hope this isn't too hard on other manufacturers like Adox, who specialize in medium and lower sensitivity films.

Personally I'd be more excited about another ISO 400 or higher option. I feel there might be a place for an ISO 800 film, the so-called 3200 films are a very big step from the 400 ones in terms of grain, and low contrast when pulled down to 800.

 

[NickTrop]

Not the hugest fan of Acros when I shot black and white film. Had "a look" but I never got on with it. That said, who could possibly be angry over Fuji (or anyone) releasing a new film stock? Why?

 

[Skiff]

Not the hugest fan of Acros when I shot black and white film. Had "a look" but I never got on with it. That said, who could possibly be angry over Fuji (or anyone) releasing a new film stock? Why?

Normally no one. At least no one with a rational mind.
Those who have liked Acros can be happy.
Also those young photographers who so far haven't had the chance to try it because it was sold out before they discovered this film.
Those who don't like Acros or are not interested in it: No problem either, because no one is forced to buy it. They can just ignore it and will be fine.

 

[farlymac]

The fact it will only be available in Japan for the first year kind of dampens my enthusiasm. Now if I want any, it will likely come from some reseller with a hefty mark-up. I'll stick to FP4+ for now.


PF

 

[jazzwave]

Good news....I need analog camera now 😀

~ron~

 

[brbo]

The fact it will only be available in Japan for the first year kind of dampens my enthusiasm. Now if I want any, it will likely come from some reseller with a hefty mark-up. I'll stick to FP4+ for now.

Is that a fact? I'd presume that Fuji would sell even less Acros 100 II at the start of the new production than they did before Acros 100 discontinuation was announced. Remember, people have freezers full of old Acros 100 now. Why would Fuji limit themselves to Japan market only?

Unless this is the Neopan 400 "reintroduction"...

 

[dourbalistar]

Is that a fact? I'd presume that Fuji would sell even less Acros 100 II at the start of the new production than they did before Acros 100 discontinuation was announced. Remember, people have freezers full of old Acros 100 now. Why would Fuji limit themselves to Japan market only?

Unless this is the Neopan 400 "reintroduction"...

The bottom of this PetaPixel article notes that "Fujifilm says it will be launching Neopan 100 Acros II in 35mm and 120 medium format exclusively in Japan this fall before bringing it to international markets afterward based on photographer demand."

I didn't see a citation or other sources, so take that for whatever it's worth.
https://petapixel.com/2019/06/10/fujifilm-bw-film-is-back-neopan-100-acros-ii-unveiled/

 

[Skiff]

Is that a fact? I'd presume that Fuji would sell even less Acros 100 II at the start of the new production than they did before Acros 100 discontinuation was announced. Remember, people have freezers full of old Acros 100 now. Why would Fuji limit themselves to Japan market only?

They of course won't. Acros was offered worldwide, and of course Acros II will be also offered worldwide. They sold much more Acros outside Japan than in Japan.
But as Japan is their home market (tradition) they will probably give the first shipments to the Japanese market, and the global markets will follow a bit later (that has almost always been the case with their new products).

 

[Benjamin Marks]

That's great news! Neopan 400 was my "go to" in the years before film diminished. I still have several 100 foot rolls in the deep freeze. On not "trusting" a film company: every artist has to make their peace with their materials. Perhaps a wet-plate process would work better than film for those in that position. Go for it.

 

[ChrisPlatt]

Everyone please buy lots of this stuff - so Fuji will begin making Neopan 400/Presto again! 🙂

Chris

 

[philosli]

So this announcement should put the rumor to rest that Fuji has dismantled coating facility a while back and has been just selling off left over films over the years.

 

[sepiareverb]

So this announcement should put the rumor to rest that Fuji has dismantled coating facility a while back and has been just selling off left over films over the years.

Likely there will be strong insistence, complete with "inside information" that this is simply some long lost master roll discovered in some sub-basement storage facility.🙄