I once tested Acros 120 against my favorite, Plus-X, both processed by my
local lab in their Dip 'n' dunk loaded with Xtol.
Thought it looked a but mushy in comparison. Certainly not worth the extra
money.
Bill Pearce
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carlos J. Santisteban" <zuiko21@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Tears of joy and sadness
> Hi Robert and all,
>
> From: Robert Burnette <r.burnette@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>How about Fuji's new Neopan Acros 100? That's the one that replaced
>> >Neopan
> 100ss.
>
> I have no experience with the Neopan SS, but tried a roll of Acros. I
> haven't made any representative print from it, but the thing I disliked is
> that after drying it gets SO curly -- almost like a tube!
>
> OTOH, the Rollei SuperPan 200 is completely flat after drying. But the
> contrast/highlights is difficult to tame, à la Technical Pan :-(
>
> Other than that, I either go slow (Pan F or Efke KB25) or fast (Tri-X,
> mostly pushed to 1600). Never liked FP4.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Carlos J. Santisteban Salinas
> IES Turaniana (Roquetas de Mar, Almeria)
> <http://cjss.sytes.net/>
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