Merry Christmas, RIP Acros

Nice Video, I know those locations like the back of my hand.

I never used Fuji Acros film, but it looks to render a lot like EFKE KB 100 film.
 
That was good thanks for putting it up. I only shot one roll of Acros 100 and used HC-110h and I hit it the first try. Too bad it is gone I really liked it.
 
Thanks for sharing. Good video.
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I like how you masked the M5 framelines in the video.

I miss my M5.
 
xayraa33 said:
Nice Video, I know those locations like the back of my hand.

I never used Fuji Acros film, but it looks to render a lot like EFKE KB 100 film.
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It was nothing like Efke KB-100. That was a gorgeous film with beautiful midtone gradation. Acros was the opposite; flat, lifeless midtones. Increasing developing time to increase contrast didn't work because the problem wasn't that the overall contrast of the film was low, it was lack of microcontrast in the mid tones.

Acros had two things going for it: The grain was fine and it allowed very long exposures with little reciprocity failure correction. I've used it for very low light work requiring 5 minute exposures! For normal work, just about any film made was better than Acros.
 
Great video and something of a photography lesson to many of us. There really
are pictures everywhere for the creative. Nice M5 - I must put mine to more regular use (new years resolution maybe?). Merry Christmas. TW
 
Chriscrawfordphoto said:
It was nothing like Efke KB-100. That was a gorgeous film with beautiful midtone gradation. Acros was the opposite; flat, lifeless midtones. Increasing developing time to increase contrast didn't work because the problem wasn't that the overall contrast of the film was low, it was lack of microcontrast in the mid tones.

Acros had two things going for it: The grain was fine and it allowed very long exposures with little reciprocity failure correction. I've used it for very low light work requiring 5 minute exposures! For normal work, just about any film made was better than Acros.
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i tried many BW films and always go back to Trix. If I need less grain and more mid tones i switch from 135 to 120.

Trix keeps giving.

I find d76 diluted 1+3 gives the best tonal range and best grain structure. HTH
 
I still have 8 cans with the Arista label. It looks good in Rodinal 1:50 but it is sterile looking a bit too clean. TMY is my standard film and I will cry if that goes.
 
Very enjoyable!
2 questions:

1. Is the meter broken or did u just not have a battery in the camera?
b. Is that your actual voice or has it been digitally altered to protect the innocent?
 
If entire FujiNoFilm goes down, I won't miss a thing. Film and digital.

Nice camera porn and walk around video. Don't be shy next time.
 
Huss the framelines I recreated and composited over the frames. They are completely CG. I didn’t feel like animating the meter or shutter speeds. I wouldn’t remember the settings anyways.

Glad everyone enjoys. I gotta figure out how to make some more stable videos but I’ve gotta brainstorm a solution.
 
Chriscrawfordphoto said:
It was nothing like Efke KB-100. That was a gorgeous film with beautiful midtone gradation. Acros was the opposite; flat, lifeless midtones. Increasing developing time to increase contrast didn't work because the problem wasn't that the overall contrast of the film was low, it was lack of microcontrast in the mid tones.

Acros had two things going for it: The grain was fine and it allowed very long exposures with little reciprocity failure correction. I've used it for very low light work requiring 5 minute exposures! For normal work, just about any film made was better than Acros.
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In a way Efke 100 is still in production under the Adox Name CHS 100 II is for all intents and purposes Efke 100 with better QC. and I agree the film is/was gorgeous.
 
Ko.Fe. said:
If entire FujiNoFilm goes down, I won't miss a thing.
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A very very shortsighted and counterproductive view. Because in that case there will be a Kodak monopoly in color film = skyrocketing prices! Just look at the current very high prices of color negative sheet film, there is already a Kodak monopoly. And not only for color film, BW will then be affected, too (not as strong as color, but it will be affected).
For the whole market and all film enthusiasts it will be best if Fujifilm stays active in the market. And they will if we as film photographers continue to buy their films, which are excellent.
We would be stupid if we cut the branch we're sitting on.
 
DominikDUK said:
In a way Efke 100 is still in production under the Adox Name CHS 100 II is for all intents and purposes Efke 100 with better QC. and I agree the film is/was gorgeous.
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The former Adox CHS 100 (= Efke 100 made by Fotokemika, but chosen from selected masterrolls by Adox) and the current Adox CHS 100 II have only two things in common:
- name
- similar spectral sensivity.

In all other parameters these two films are completely different (I've used both):
Adox CHS 100 II has
- much better sharpness
- much higher resolution
- finer grain
- much better QC
- current Adox CHS 100 II is coated by Adox on their new coating machine: it is a cascade multi-slot / multi-layer coating machine, whereas the former Fotokemika/Efke coating machine was a one-layer dive coating machine (very old and outdated tech).
 
Argentia1 said:
The former Adox CHS 100 (= Efke 100 made by Fotokemika, but chosen from selected masterrolls by Adox) and the current Adox CHS 100 II have only two things in common:
- name
- similar spectral sensitivity.

In all other parameters these two films are completely different (I've used both):
Adox CHS 100 II has
- much better sharpness
- much higher resolution
- finer grain
- much better QC
- current Adox CHS 100 II is coated by Adox on their new coating machine: it is a cascade multi-slot / multi-layer coating machine, whereas the former Fotokemika/Efke coating machine was a one-layer dive coating machine (very old and outdated tech).
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Thank you for the info

Haven't used the CHS 100 II as I still have some Efke 100 I was astonished to read that the film was sold as orthopanchromatic by Adox as Efke 100 was many things but orthopanchromatic wasn't one of them. They also noted that the film is not as sensitive to blue/green which I find funny because that's the Ortho part of Orhopanchromatic (reduced red sensitivity or ortho = blue green sensitive), Efke 25 and 50 were known to be Orthopanchromatic whereas Efke 100 was fully panchromatic so if they changed the emulsion to orthopan there should also be a more than a small difference in the spectral sensitivity. I hope this is only a typo on the Adox site as I can live with less grain, more resolution and definetely better QC but a change from Pan to Orthopan is not a small change in the looks department and could be a deal breaker. Will have to try a few sheets :-(
 
When I shot/developed/printed b/w, I bought a bunch of Acros. Kinda liked it at first because it had "a look" but it always seemed underexposed or dull or "something". Blamed myself, thought it was likely my own development technique. After a while I couldn't wait to get rid of it and went back to Tri-X and D76. Now I just shoot everything digital.

This review came to the same conclusions myself and some others had about this film starting out by damning it with faint praise.

"Fujifilm Acros 100 isn’t at all a bad film. It’s a pretty nice film actually...it’s tough to really want to reach for it on a regular basis. T-Max, Tri-X, Street Pan, and Delta all offer an almost totally unique look often highly prized and sought after over the moderate contrast Fujifilm Acros 100...However, I genuinely don’t think that it’s giving me something that digital can’t do at this point in the same way the other films I mentioned can."

He goes on to recommend it for studio work because its low contrast affords more flexibility with lighting. His sample images resemble the "blech-y" Acros look I grew to dislike after giving it ample chances to win me over.

If it was considered a superior film, more people would have bought it, and Fuji would still make it. Ultimately the marketplace decided. If I was to get back into bw film shooting and processing again, I wouldn't buy Acros. It would be, actually, the last film I'd buy. That said, always sad to see any film go out of production.
https://www.thephoblographer.com/2017/04/30/film-review-fujifilm-acros-100-35mm-and-120-formats/
 
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