Fuji Acros II is the successor to Fuji's famous Acros I film, which
was discontinued in April of 2018. Just over a year after the end of
the original Acros I, Fuji unveiled the new Acros II film as a
replacement. Acros II is an extremely fine-grained, ortho-panchromatic,
black and white emulsion. It has a look very similar to the original
Acros with a few minor differences. The film has slightly less
orthochromatic sensitivity, causing blues and greens to render a bit
darker. It also has adjusted highlights, to help increase sharpness
there. Otherwise, the film looks and behaves almost identically to
Acros I.
Fuji Acros II has exceptional reciprocity
characteristics, making it well suited for long exposure photography.
The film needs no additional exposure compensation for exposures up
to 120 seconds and only 1/2 of an extra stop added for exposures between
120 and 1000 seconds. This makes it the best black and white film on
the market for long exposure work.
As of the summer of 2020, the film is available in both 35mm and 120 formats.
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Fuji Acros II 120 Sample Gallery - Pentax 67
Sample images made with Fuji Acros 100 II film using a Pentax 67 by staff member, Zeb Andrews.
A Hasselblad 500C, Carl Zeiss 150mm, the Wallowa Mountains and the Image They Made Together
Today's camera/photo combo is brought to you courtesy of this Hasselblad 500C, a Carl Zeiss 150mm f/4, Fuji Acros II, and the Wallowa Mountains.
By far, the most popular focal length on the Hasselblad 500 series cameras is the 80mm. This is the lens you will almost always find paired with the camera. It is a great "standard" lens, too. You might wonder, what makes a good second lens after that 80mm? The answer to this question will always be subjective, and should be. Ultimately, only you can provide the most accurate answer to that question. But if we were going to suggest a focal length to think about, we would suggest the 150mm.
The 150mm Sonnar lens makes a great companion to the 80mm. Sometimes we feel like 80mm is just a little too wide (it is roughly equivalent to a 40mm on a full frame 35mm camera). So when we have that desire to get a bit closer, a bit more intimate, with our subject matter - that is when the 150mm comes out of the bag. It gives us a slightly tighter framing compared to that of the 80mm.
Other perks to the 150mm include its relatively compact size. Yes, it is bigger than the 80 for sure, but not to a degree that is cumbersome (like the 250mm, for example). It is an f/4 lens, so it does lose a stop compared to the 80mm, but not as bad as the f/5.6 120mm (non-macro) lens. Also, the 150mm lenses are generally easy to find and not too expensive, by Hasselblad standards.
So if you are considering a partner for your 80mm Planar, weigh your options... but give some consideration to adding a 150mm to the mix.
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Fuji Acros II 120 Sample Gallery - Hasselblad
All images made on Fuji Acros II 120 film with either a Hasselblad 500C or Flexbody by staff member, Zeb Andrews.