Originally Posted by
Eric Leppanen
That is exactly what I did with Acros, with the caveat that, depending on what developer you are using, you may have to pull process to hold the highlights in high contrast scenes. When processed in undiluted Xtol, Acros is noticeably "hotter" than traditional films or even TMX (the owner of my local Xtol-based B&W custom lab calls Acros the "Velvia of B&W films"), which poses challenges with rollfilm cameras where processing individual sheets is not an option. I believe Sandy processes his film in Pyrocat and apparently this has not been an issue for him.
Personally, my preference for rollfilm cameras is FP4+ due to its superior latitude and reasonable grain size, but if your process can tame Acros then you certainly get the smallest grain size short of TechPan (plus great reciprocity too).
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