Neopan Acros 100 processing

[robglickman]

Hi All,
What would you recommend as a developer for Neopan 100 Acros?
I'm just getting back into processing at home after many years, and need something easy to work with ..
Thanks!
Rob

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Hi All,
What would you recommend as a developer for Neopan 100?
I'm just getting back into processing at home after many years, and need something easy to work with ..
Thanks!
Rob

Do you mean Neopan Acros 100? Fuji used to make another Neopan 100 film, but it has been discontinued for many years.

Acros is not my favorite film, it has a strange tonal rendering that flattens the midtones badly. Rodinal is the best developer I have tried for it.

Expose it at EI-100 and develop in Rodinal 1+50 for 11 minutes at 68 degrees (20C).

 

[Corran]

Rodinal

 

[jamin-b]

I like it in HC-110 rated at 100 (1+~100 dilution, semi stand or choose your own dilution and time, I find massive development chart times tend to be a good starting point ) or Diafine, rated at 160.
some of my samples - i just did the first combo with my ressurected Leica Minilux and was pleased with the results...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/acros100

 

[HHPhoto]

Fujifilm Neopan Acros 100 is an absolutely outstanding film. One of the best BW negative films ever designed.

It works very well in lots of different developers. I prefer it in acutance / sharpness developers, as this film is so extremely fine grained (no other ISO 100/21° BW negative film has finer grain) that the bit increased grain created by acutance developers is no problem at all.
I mostly develop it in Adox Rodinal 1+50 or Adox FX-39 1+9.
Adox ADX II and Spur SD2525 are also very good.
I use Spur HRX for best resolution.

Cheers, Jan

P.S.: Another, different assessment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJN3ajc_uOg

 

[pepeguitarra]

Ilfotec (1:9) 16min @ 68F

Ilfotec (1:9) 16min @ 68F

I have used Ilfotec at 1:9 solution for 16min at 68F:

7-Neo100Acros-M6-Ilfotec012 by Palenquero Photography, on Flickr



El Baldosin en la Pared by Palenquero Photography, on Flickr



Pentax 6x7 + SMC Tak 105/2.4 by Palenquero Photography, on Flickr



7-Neo100Acros-M6-Ilfotec002 by Palenquero Photography, on Flickr

 

[Charlie Lemay]

Fuji Acros 100 is the B&W film I use most. I regularly expose it 16x the manfacturer's recommende exposure using a technique I call Zone Symple Extreme. The results are very fulale negs prcessed in Sprint Standard, with a 4 1/2 minute development time. You can read about it on my website www.charlielemay.net. There are also free downloads for the technique. If you are proficient in Photoshop, these negatives have much more accessible detail than a negative processed following the box instructions.

 

[Larry Cloetta]

^^^Thanks for posting. I will try anything once.

 

[kumotaki]

This has been my film of choice for a long time. My favourite dev for Acros is good old Rodinal 1+100 semi-stand. 5 inversions at first. Stand for 30 minutes. 3 inversions. 30 more minutes. Rinse and fix. Soup at around 20°C.

The good thing with Acros in Rodinal 1+100 is the pushability of the film. You can just change the ISO setting mid-roll if the need arises and stand develop as usual.

When I discovered Adox Silvermax, I said goodbye to Acros tho. Grain as fine if not finer, similar acutance, same pushability in semi-stand Rodinal, but jaw-dropping dynamic range in dedicated Silvermax dev and far more flattering, less-clinical looking midtones.

 

[x-ray]

I would agree Acros is one of the all time best 100 speed B&W films. I e used it for several years and only use HC110 dilution B @68 f for 4.5 minutes. I rate it at 80 as recommended. I get beautiful negatives and darkroom prints from them.