Sweet tonality especially in the mid tones
Fine grain
Sharp
Good highlight detail

Bit more fiddly to process than some
Blacks could be a bit richer
Scratches easy
But pricey

This is just about my favorite black and white film.
The smooth tonality is wonderful, although the blacks are not as black as some other films.
Very fine grain and very sharp. It will put a good lens to full use.

I usually develop in Ilford ID11 for 15 mins at a 1+3 dilution as a one shot process.
It does need a good go in the fixer and a bit more wash than most films. Any trace of purple tinge in the water means you have a ways to go.
Little fiddly to load on reels but ok.
Thin base but flattens well if you keep your neg sleeves in a big book for a few days.
Does wonderful portraits…

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Ilford Delta 100

Extremely sharp, and extremely fine-grained film that maintains some degree of the richness and "old school" feel of the "classic" emulsions a la Tri-X as opposed to say a TMAX or Delta (which I dislike the feel of). Fairly accurately rated, long-ish tonal scale, the shoulder holds quite a bit of highlight detail which can easily be burned in or captured via a good scan, is not quite as demanding as TMAX in terms of exposure or development latitude (though I wouldn't call it forgiving either) and expands or contracts the scale nicely via development.

This thin emulsion film is very susceptible to scratching. If you're scanning this film you'll spend a bit more time than normal spotting out the hairline scratches. Must be handled with extra care.

In some ways, probably the best B&W film ever produced. It's got a level of sharpness and fineness of grain that rivals the modern t-grain films without their insanely steep curves or "coldness" of texture. Only Tech Pan beats it for resolution and fine grain, and Tech Pan is a special case and much more difficult to handle. These days I very rarely develop my own and so I haven't developed any of my own Acros to date, but I have a number of custom labs that handle my Acros. Developed in D76 (good quality, fairly rich) I rate, well, call it a slow 100 or a fast 80 ASA. I'm not wild about having it developed in TMAX or other generically-derived developers but the results are acceptable, and near to the rated 100. In Rodinal this film REALLY sings. Very fine grain, fairly long tonal scale, different from Plus-X/Tri-X but quite rich and very very fine grain, and the film is inherently sharp (accutence) in a way that the fine grain developer does not greatly diminish. In Rodinal I rate at 80. Fuji does a good job of not greatly overrating their film as Kodak routinely does with their B&Ws.

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Just about every B&W (and E6 and C41) film on the market.

Grainless. Beautiful shadow details. This film is everything I expect from a quality B&W film.

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I am very happy with this film, I think its the best B&W out there right now, I don't process my own so I won't speak about that. I was recently at a wedding with alot of relatives I knew I wouldn't be seeing again for a long time. Translation, excellent opportunity for some impromptu portraits (which I love). I got dressed for the reception and slapped the AFD 85 1.8 on the F100 and went down to the fridge to grab some ammo. Unfortunately all my Kodak T-Max was gone and all all had was crappy C41 B&W and this Fuji Neopan Acros which I was planning to try out at a later time. There was no time to get some T-Max so I grabbed the Fuji, I won't be buying anymore Kodak. I spent the night taking head shots of my relatives and they turned out great, absolutely no grain, I haven't gone past 5x7 yet but the film really gets all the detail my lens can provide, the grays are wonderful and the shadow detail rocks. The portraits turned out beautiful and I have already given away several as gifts. This is my new favorite B&W.

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Just about everything B&W. I'm also done trying to find a decent C41 B&W because it doesn't exist. If you want B&W buy a REAL B&W film.

VERY fine grained, sharp well defined, good grain structure

pricey, thin base makes you think your under developing/under exposing it. not a great tonal range.

I love B&W film, I develop it myself and used to ( ok still do, the epson 2200 is good but not that good ) print in my own darkroom. I tried Acros a year ago and showed a few 11x14 prints, people thought it was medium format it was that fine grained. This film has a thin grey base, very thin base and scratches easliy, it doesn't like hardners either and doesn't wash too well ( I'm in a hard water area ). Double the wash time with this film or untill the purple all washes out after fixing. Other than that lets get into this films other attributes. on the scanner and on the enlarger due to it's thin base it may seem under exposed, tho I could be developing it bit under but I talked to a fuji rep and others have mentioned this to. The EI of this film seems to be about 80, not 100 so possibly it needs about 5% over developing. I have compared the grain to Delta 100, and across is finer, but it lacks the tonality of delta, and delta doesn't have hp5+ or trix like tonality either. If you want a VERY fine grained, rather sharp B&W film this fits the bill, but it cost more than delta and is troublesome to print. It's VERY sharp so depending on your needs I say when sharpness and fine grain is needed this should be the film of choice, but at it's cost ( I'm not a working pro ) I would shoot delta or agfa pan 100.

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grain, sharpnes.

very thin film

Wowww.... amazing film ! Fine grain,fantastic details & sharpnes. Magnificient gray-tones as well as contrast. My new favorite !

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sharp tight grain excellent tonality

This has become my new favorite B&W film. Amazingly sharp. It just has a very rich tone to it, really brings out the textures and details. I've only used it for landscapes so far, with excellent results. As others have mentioned, Acros 100 places more of an emphasis on greys rather than blacks and whites, so is not as contrasty as Delta 100 or TMAX 100. It works well when you're shooting textured surfaces..

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Great latitude, shadow detail and fine grain.

The blacks aren't as black as Tri-X.

With Fuji Neopan Acros 100 35mm used in my Contax RX camera with a Tamron 70-210 lens and a medium yellow filter, my prints, developed by Kodak have come out beautiful, but when I used two rolls of the same type of film in the 120 size with my Fuji GA645zi camera, I've gotten what appears to be welt type streaks that Kodak thought was because I didn't have the film tight enought on the spool. The second roll I shot with it, I made sure the spool was tight, but got the same results. There was also underexposure with both of these 120 rolls.

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Very Sharp. Not as contrasty as Delta 100 which is great for portraiture. Even with the under/ overexposure, the prints come out just fine - good latitude.

Not as good as Delta 100 for landscapes. But I didn't try a red filter with the Acros 100. This may help in this area. Contrast is fair.

This review is for the Fuji Acros Neopan 100 not the Neopan 'SS' 100. The first time I saw the prints, I immediately noticed how much sharper it was compared to the Delta 100 that I've using in the past. Also, the gray scale seems to be more noticeable. Not as black and white as Delta 100. But, I do prefer the Delta 100 for landscapes and dramatic scenes like mountains / cloudy skies. The Acros 100 excels in sharpness for portraiture. It portrays every detail as you see it. This is the first black and white film that resolves all the detail that my Contax G2 / Carl Zeiss Lens can offer. Overall very happy with this film. Pro Photo Connection (www.prophotoirvine.com) did an excellent job in developing the prints for me. I used it the rated 100 ISO speed with an occational -1/3 to +2/3 under/overexposure as the situations come up. I used a Heliopan 46mm yellow-green filter (No.11), since I was using this film primary for portraits.

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Very fine grain, good tonal gradation, excellent resolution. Sharpness good but not better than Delta 100.

The effective speed appears to be about 50 to 64 in XTOL, 50 in D76. The film base is slightly thinner and more flexible than similar films. The emulsion surface is almost full gloss. When printed with a double glass neg carrier in the enlarger ( Anti Newton glass above, plain glass below) Newtons rings are a major problem, appearing in large numbers in any even toned areas. Acros 100 is even more prone to Newtons rings than TMX. Unfortunately printing with a single glass or glassless neg carrier is not the answer because the film will not stay flat and focus accuracy is severely compromised.

Acros 100 is at present only available in Australia in 120 format for reasons unknown to me, so this report refers only to the 120 roll film version. Unfortunately I am unable to recommend this film because of the problem with Newtons rings.

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Fine grain, good contrast, good latitude on exposure

Few, thin base if you were being fussy

This is a very good black and white roll film, with next to no grain and good contrast. I rate it at 50 ASA. I’ve only processed it in Rodinal (1 to 50 for 11 minutes at 20 deg C) – my developer of choice. The base is thin, but not as thin as Neopan 400 – I think, and certainly no problems loading. Fixing seems to take time, over 6 minutes in Hypam (1 to 4). However, there seems to be a red/pink dye on the film and a quick wash seems to remove this and then the film looks well fixed. I’ve used the film indoors with flash and out in the landscape, results are good in all cases. Only downside is that Fuji have decided that the film isn’t to be distributed in Europe so getting it over here is a problem. In the UK Silverprint in London are stocking the film.

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Agfa Agfapan APX100 (25 but then they stopped making it!) and Fuji Neopan 400 if I need the speed