Fuji Acros II All About Film Review, Sample Photos, Developer Tests

Losing Neopan Acros 100 was a significant loss to the photographic community. It was, at the time, my favorite film, and I would argue that ten years ago Acros Neopan was very possibly the best black and white film on the market. Empirically, the Neopan stock seems to me to have had better shadow retention, though the new Acros II seems to do a bit better in the highlights. I also like the way that the new stock records warm tones versus the old. Ultimately, I would struggle to pick out which film was which from two identical shots taken on the two stocks, assuming both stocks were fresh and developed the same way. So is Acros II a good inheritor of the love people had for Neopan? Yeah, I would think it is. And Acros II is a very, very good film stock and if it is your favorite, though it is not mine, I would support your choice as well-informed, understandable, and defensible. Wait, so Aaros II is not my favorite 100 ISO black and white film? Not even close. I still have another 100 ISO black and white film review coming out in twenty days for a film stock I like far, far more than Acros II. I would agree that Acros II does a good job of replacing Neopan. I think it fills a need which is to have film engineered by another company, even if it is not made by that company, because film shooters need choice. The problem is that there are so many good 100 ISO black and white films on the market that replacing Neopan simply is not enough. Black and white film technology has advanced in the last decade and the stocks now are better than they were then. And, yes, someday I will rank my favorite black and white 100 ISO films for you. I don’t yet know how Acros II will line up there, but I do know that as I approached this film’s deadline I looked at the stock I had left of it – around eight rolls – and I gave them away. I knew I would have neither the time nor the desire to use them, so I gave them to a friend of my wife’s who takes lovely photos and would make much better use of the stock than I. The simple fact is this: in the 100 ISO black and white film class, a class of films occupied by stunning examples of excellent film technology and performance, being a very good film, being better than anything that existed ten years ago, being better than many film stocks on the market today, honestly, it isn’t enough. Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @davidhancock   David Hancock's Amazon Author Page with Links to Select Camera Manual eBooks: https://www.amazon.com/David-Hancock/... Video Index: 0:00 - Intro 0:08 - Fuji Acros II All About Film Review 00:24 - Acros and Acros II Common Developers Comparison 0:36 - Fuji Acros II at 100 ISO in Fomadon LQR 1+10 1:50 - Fuji Acros II Best Tips, Tricks, and Practices and Fuji Acros II at 800 ISO in Paranold S 1+50 2:27 - Fuji Acros II at 100 ISO in LegacyPro L110 (HC-110) 1+63 2:55 - Fuji Acros II at 100 ISO in Photographer’s Formulary PMK 1+2+100 3:24 - Fuji Acros II Image Characteristics and Fuji Acros II at 100 ISO in Silvermax Devloper 1+30 4:50 - Fuji Acros II at 100 ISO in Kodak DK-50 1+1 5:10 - Fuji Acros II at 100 ISO in Kodak XTOL 1+4 5:22 - Fuji Acros II at 100 ISO in Kodak D-76 1+3 6:02 - Fuji Acros II, Fuji Acros Neopan, Ilford Delta 100, and Kentmere 100 Spectral Sensitivity 8:34 - Fuji Acros II at 100 ISO in Kodak XTOL 1+3 9:50 - Fuji Acros II at 100 ISO in Kodak XTOL 1+1 12:11 - Fuji Acros II Filter Performance 15:50 - Fuji Acros II Reciprocity Failure and Fuji Acros II at 100 ISO in Paranol S 1+25 17:34 - Fuji Acros II Development Latitude 19:26 - Fuji Acros II Recommended Developers and Fuji Acros II at 100 ISO in Acufine Stock 21:43 - Fuji Acros II Developers to Avoid and Fuji Acros II at 100 ISO in Kodak XTOL 1+2 22:31 - Fuji Acros II Review and Fuji Acros II at 100 ISO in LegacyPro 110 (HC-110) 1+47 25:21 - 9:50 - Fuji Acros II at 100 ISO in HC-110 (LegacyPro 110) 1+31 26:10 - 9:50 - Fuji Acros II at 100 ISO in Paranol S 1+50 References: https://asset.fujifilm.com/www/ca/fil... https://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart... http://industrieplus.net/dxdatabase/r... My Instagram:   / davidhancock   "Rock this Joint" by Edward Joe Myers, "Virginia Highway" by Tigerblood Jewel, "Old School Hotshot" by Pip Mondy, and "From Indigo" by Justnormal used under active license from Epidemic Sound at the time of this video's upload.