New Adox CHS 100 II

[Snapper_uk]

Anyone else really looking forward to this?

It looks like it has been put back a few months, but may be released in August;


One of the reasons why CHS 100 had to be discontinued in 2012 was the unavailability of the spectral sensitizer.
We have tried to match CHS 100 II as closely as possible to the old film featuring:


•a rock solid classic emulsion system which has been out there for decades
•a sensitization close the one of the old CHS 100
•a single layer emulsion
•the same base material including the option of reversal processing
•an optimized backside coating to fully prevent light piping
•a special anti halation layer between the emulsion and base for enhanced sharpness
•a full set of formats from 35mm to ULF including 120
•a state of the art cascade coating avoiding all problems associated with older CHS100 productions

The new film is manufactured in Germany and thus upgraded to our professional line.

CHS 100 II is already in production and expected to be available in first formats by August 2013*

* The company coating the film has delayed the coating schedule. June can unfortunately not be kept anymore.



ADOX Fotowerke June 1st 2013.

 

[rodneyAB]

sweet! . . .

 

[Photo_Smith]

Absolutely fantastic news, CHS was (and is thanks to Adox) a unique emulsion. This emulsion is one of the few thin (monodisperse) emulsions. With care it can give fantastic results.
The best news is that it will be in so many formats.

 

[Jan Pedersen]

Good news, i will certainly try it. I hope it is a film that can be developed with various developers and not like the CHS II 20 that requires a special developer.

 

[Photo_Smith]

Jan if it's like the old CHS it's a wonderful sharp film that works in a wide range of developers, being a 'thin' film it works very well in surface acting developers like Rodinal.

The original Efke 100 (AKA CHS Art) in Rodinal

 

[Jan Pedersen]

Looks great as the Efke 100 did, i used it a bit in 8x10 but stopped due to the poor QC at Efke.
We can hope this new CHS II being produced in Germany doesn't have the flaws that Efke 100 could have.

 

[fdarnell]

The best part of this news is that they say they are "cascade coating". This coating technique was developed for high-speed coating lines for large volume production. If you are going to cascade coat some film, it won't be for a short-run boutique type of product.

Great news, can't wait to get some.

 

[dogbunny]

From ADOX Facebook page:

Heute hat der CHS 100 II die Dunkelheit der Gießstrasse erblickt. Jetzt muss er nur noch aushärten. Ab 15.8 dürfen wir ihn "anschneiden". Wir hoffen den Liefertermin "August" für die ersten Rollen halten zu können.

Today CHS 100 II saw the dark of the coating alley. Now it has to seddel and harden. After August 15th we can start cutting it up. We hope to keep "August" as a delivery date for the first rolls.

It will be fun to give it a go.

db

 

[Jani_from_Finland]

4x5 and 8x10 of the CHS100II is now available for purchase (at least on fotoimpex.de). Other formats coming from the cutting and packing process in couple of weeks.

 

[shadowfox]

Excellent news.
I can't imagine how smooth this film looks in 4x5.
Smooth in terms of tones, not grain.

 

[nikon_sam]

I'll be looking for some 4x5 film soon...and maybe some 35mm in 100' rolls...

 

[MISH]

Freestyle in the U.S. seems to have it in 35, 120 and 4x5

 

[Jani_from_Finland]

Freestyle in the U.S. seems to have it in 35, 120 and 4x5

Can only find the CMS20II at freestylephoto? I think that its coming to US a in a short moment as this particular store seems important for Fotoimpes who owns ADOX Fotowerke.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Has anyone shot it and compared it to the old Efke film?

 

[Jani_from_Finland]

Has anyone shot it and compared it to the old Efke film?

Well, if it came for sale (sheet formats) on friday from the factorys cutting process, maybe somebody in Germany has shot this film, but if someone has posted anything online seems not to be the case.

 

[skibeerr]

Any news about the hardness of the emulsion, resistance to scratches?

 

[MISH]

Can only find the CMS20II at freestylephoto? I think that its coming to US a in a short moment as this particular store seems important for Fotoimpes who owns ADOX Fotowerke.

sorry getting a little hard of seeing in my old age, it was the CMS20II Iwas seeing

 

[Jani_from_Finland]

I got my 4x5 pack today, but cant shoot it yet. Any one else tried it so far?

 

[wblynch]

I don't know if it was mentioned but there is a Flickr Group already set up for CHS 100 II film !

http://www.flickr.com/groups/adoxchs100ii

 

[Jani_from_Finland]

Just noticed that on the packages for the new CHS100II, it says ISO 25 speed, this must be a missprint?
I've sent Adox/Fotoimpex a question about this.