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Just loaded up my second film and I'm going to be using Acros 100.

Bit too late I know....

But what are your opinions on it?

I just shot with TMAX 400, seems good? Is it?

Noob questions, but hey, I'm down with that :D

Thanks

Danny:clap:
 
Acros 100 is probably my fave B&W film, virtualy no grain and great tones.

Mart
 
I live Acros too, nice and contrasty straight out of the can.
 
Thats what I like to hear :D

What are your opinions on the TMAX 400 I used?
 
Not used TMAX400, but have a bit of a love hate relationship with TMAX100, some images ore good others poor, but that could just be me.
I am loving the new portra in both 160 and 400 if you are looking for a colour film.

Mart
 
Your thinking of the Fuji 160 films with S and C versions.
Portra is Kodak film and the recently released new 160 and 400 versions (replacing the old VC and NC versions of each with just one) are probably amongst the best films released in the past few years. Their intended for portraiture but I've found Portra films to be great in a lot of other applications as well.

Grain is extremely low/fine for a 400 speed film and I've exposed it it 800 and 1600 with normal processing and the images were fine with hardly any increase in grain. I've not had a chance to try the new 160 version yet but I've heard good things about it. I imagine its similar to the 400 just even more fine grained.
 
Sounds brilliant I think I'll grab some of that too!

I quite fancied trying ektar too, although not traditionalist at all, I have heard that capture on Ektar and conversion to b&w in post is yielding beautiful results for some.
 
Portra is very similar to Ektar, not in terms of colour/contrast obviously as Ektar is a high saturation, high contrast film designed for landscape, travel etc (although people do look fine with it in my experience). But it uses the same technology derived from Kodak's Vision3 motion film so it has the same fine grain and other general attributes.
 
Acros 100, as far as I remember is a little bendy when getting it into the spiral for developing, otherwise it's a really beautiful film and cheap as chips - you dev'ing yourself?
 
ekimeno said:
Acros 100, as far as I remember is a little bendy when getting it into the spiral for developing, otherwise it's a really beautiful film and cheap as chips - you dev'ing yourself?
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Na unfortunately I'm not, I don't trust myself...maybe someone on here could develop it WITH me? :D Pretty please :D lol
 
Mahoneyd187 said:
Na unfortunately I'm not, I don't trust myself...maybe someone on here could develop it WITH me? :D Pretty please :D lol
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I didn't trust myself, but it's worth doing it yourself. Controlling what developer you use and matching it to your film means you get the optimum from it, and you can try out different developers on different emulsions as they will all give you different results.
 
Mahoneyd187 said:
Lol my gf does ;)
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Well, my compliments then, Danny :naughty:

I agree with freecom2 - try it yourself. Get yourself the kit you need and give it a bash - B&W dev'ing is really easy, with colour only a little tougher, but not much. For B&W I simply use Rodinal R09 developer (or Studinol which is the same thing) for all B&W films - it's a well known and much respected developer that's been tried and tested with practically all film out there, and it's stupidly cheap.
 
ekimeno said:
Well, my compliments then, Danny :naughty:

I agree with freecom2 - try it yourself. Get yourself the kit you need and give it a bash - B&W dev'ing is really easy, with colour only a little tougher, but not much. For B&W I simply use Rodinal R09 developer (or Studinol which is the same thing) for all B&W films - it's a well known and much respected developer that's been tried and tested with practically all film out there, and it's stupidly cheap.
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lol :D thanks, I'm sure she'd appreciate the compliments also

Ok sod it...with developing at £5 a time I may as well give it a go with a few test films or something.

There was a great thread where the materials required were all described and step by step instructions given for b&w dev'ing.

I'll find it and get a shopping list together :)
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Would still be great if someone could pop over and go through it with me, or if not, point me in the direction of someone that does a class maybe?
 
Mike, do you use Rodinal with faster film (i.e. anything above ISO100)? If so, how do you find the results? Rodinal is sort of poo-poo'd for faster film due to excessive grain, but apparently it's not as bad as some people make it out to be (and apparently on 1600 films it's actually very nice).

Danny, if you don't find anyone that can help you out in person, check out YouTube. There's at least 12 million tutorials.
 
Fuji Acros 100 is much much finer than Tmax 400! It's a better film all round, but you have to know what to do wtih it.

If you're in Essex, then you'll need an Essex girl to help you load the film :D
 
Acros soups well in practically every developer. It is very versatile in that regard. It is also very resistant to reciprocity failure. Only 1/2 stop adjustment after 120 seconds. It's a good general purpose film.
 
freecom2 said:
Mike, do you use Rodinal with faster film (i.e. anything above ISO100)? If so, how do you find the results? Rodinal is sort of poo-poo'd for faster film due to excessive grain, but apparently it's not as bad as some people make it out to be (and apparently on 1600 films it's actually very nice)
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TBH, I don't use any film over 400 ISO, so couldn't comment, but on everything 400 and below it's very good stuff, with the ability to control contrast,grain and sharpness with different dilutions and developing times.
 
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