Fuji Acros

[Marc B.]

In the Bay Area, you could check-in with Samy's, every once in a while.
http://www.samys.com/c/Film/2/543.ht...orAttribs=4x5;

[polyglot]

Acros has practically no reciprocity failure - needs only half a stop correction between 120s and 1000s, and 1 stop from 1000s to overnight. This means that for very long exposures, it's (perhaps much) faster than most 400 ISO film, the big exception being TMY2. TMY2 loses speed a bit more quickly than Acros, but Acros doesn't overtake it within sane (6 hour) exposure durations.

Acros also has quite poor red sensitivity, ending at 630nm. Most other films see a lot more red.

[ShawnHoke]

I have been buying Acros in both 120 and 4x5 almost every time I hit a camera store that has it here in NYC, so I've built up a good stash. It's by far my favorite B&W film for night work/long exposures.

Earlier in the thread someone mentioned a 100 speed Ilford film that could compare to Acros, but I've never seen anything that could compare for long exposures w/o worrying about reciprocity failure. Would love to have a back up for B&W long exposures, especially since I can't get Acros in 8x10.

[Roger Cole]

To my knowledge the closest thing in reciprocity characteristics would be TMX, which I think was the champion before Acros.

[ShawnHoke]

To my knowledge the closest thing in reciprocity characteristics would be TMX, which I think was the champion before Acros.

Good to know, Roger. Thank you.

[Professional]

Acros is my favorite B&W film in 120 and i bought 2 boxes for 4x5, and i did shoot first sheet of 4x5 ever in my life with Acros, 3 sheets only, one lost because i double exposed another sheet instead of it, but both exposed sheets came out fine regardless of the scratches i had on both, i will keep the rest sheets when i learn more with LF, so for that reason i bought some boxes of Arista Edu Ultra 100/400, i may add ISO200 too, but i will give that 100/400 a long time learn.

I have bought Iford FP4 and HP5 and TMY too, i think only TMY i bought in 100 sheets box, so i have something over 300 sheets of B&W to expose in the future.

I bought one Ektar box and i was going to buy more and Portra, but our local the only lab in my country told me they don't process color neg unless i brought minimum 15-20 sheets, so i stopped to buy more color neg sheets, and about slides, i have 2 Velvia 100F boxes and i did buy my 5th Velvia 50 boxes just after that Fuji discont.. about Velvia 50 in 4x5, so i have 100 sheets of Velvia 50, i can buy few more boxes that are last remain in stock, but i am scared i may not shoot more with slide even i love color and i do shoot landscapes a lot.

[EOTS]

Hi guys,

Fuji Acros 4x5 or 8x10 does not seem available in Europe ...
do you think that importing it from B&H via UPS Saver (Air-Mail) would cause noticable "radiation damage"?

Best,
Martin

[jennym]

Hi Martin,

I have not had any problem importing film to the UK from B&H or from Badger Graphic and would have no concerns about importing it.

Jenny

[EOTS]

Thanks Jenny! I guess it really starts to become more tragic not before >= 400 ISO, doesn't it?

BTW, has someone found the 8x10 somewhere?
Even B&H only seems to offer the 4x5 version...

Best,
Martin

[Leigh]

Various people have said that Acros 8x10 is available in Japan. I've not personally confirmed that.

It's not available from any source here in the US that I know of.

- Leigh