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Fuji Acros Film

By: Craig Pindell

 

When Kodak decided to bail out of the black and white paper industry a while back, I assumed they would be leaving the black and white film market as well. I was obviously quite wrong. John Sexton's most recent newsletter include news about the release of the new, improved T-Max 400 film. It would seem Kodak is investing in the future of black and white, even if it is only the film aspect.

I do need to thank Kodak for encouraging me to look elsewhere for a solution to the imagined problem of losing my tried and true T-Max 100 film. After visiting with other 8x10 format photographers, Acros seemed to offer the best possibilities. I had read there was no reciprocity factor for long exposure and that the film speed was indeed 100 ISO.

Having already lived through the "Test without end" phase of my life, I bought the Acros, loaded holders and went shooting. I made duplicate negatives on T-Max 100 and Acros. After close to 2 dozen comparison exposures to work out the details of film speed and film development, I felt I had a pretty good handle on Acros and in the end, I think switching to Acros was a great move for me. I have attached my processing times and dilutions.

 

 

Acros Neopan 100 in XTOL Developer
Times determined by comparison testing vs. TMax 100

 Development
   Dilution

 Time
 N PLUS 4

  1:1
  17 MINUTES
 N PLUS 3

 1:1
  14 MINUTES
 N PLUS 2

 1:2
  17 MINUTES
 N PLUS 1

 1:2
  14 MINUTES
 NORMAL

 1:2
  12 MINUTES
 N MINUS 1

 1:2
  10 MINUTES
 N MINUS 2

 1:3
  12 MINUTES
 N MINUS 3

  1:3
  10 MINUTES

Processing is at 75 Degrees (23 C) with continuous agitation in Jobo Processor.

 

 

 

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