Closest Ilford film to Fuji Acros.

[turle]

Greetings,

I have been using hi-speed Ilford films since 1963, starting with the HP3 up to today's HP5+; main interest is street photography. Sometimes for sceneries or still photography I used the Panatomic-X while it was available, then the FP4 for many years. Since a few days I am trying Fuji Acros in D-76, resulting in beautiful silvery mid- and light grays and resolution not short of what I used to get with the Panatomic-X for example. Also I prefer its tones to the ones of the FP4. My inquiry: Is the Delta 100 comparable to the Acros as far as the tonal range and sharpness are concerned? Thanking in advance for your insightful comments.

Regards,

Bob

 

[el wacho]

from what i've seen - tmax 100 and delta 100, acros certainly has its own look. even developed in three different developers - pyrocat m, rodinal 1:100 and fx-1, acros still bears in strongly with its look, albeit affected by the developer. i hope someone chimes in with an equivalent combination. i'll certainl be trying it!!

 

[Athiril]

Doesn't look like Acros, but what I absolutely -love- for the type of photographic subjects you mentioned is;

Delta 400, shot at 100, pulled in Xtol Replenished @ 24 celsius for 5 minutes with minimal agitation (2 very gentle inversions every minute). It looks completely different to Delta 400 @ 400.

I think the oddly higher spectral sensitivity of Delta 400 compared to other pan films contributes too.


Not my image, this is one I developed for someone else. His flickr stream is here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/defty/

There's no dark room or digital manipulation, just dMax to white and dMin to black.

 

[Thomas Bertilsson]

There are slight differences in tonal representation between Acros and Delta 100. But unless someone actually tells me which is which I can't really tell a difference in a print.

The best place to start would be Delta 100. You might get a slightly different color rendition with Acros as well. If I remember correctly, it has a bit decreased red sensitivity compared to other panchromatic films.

For portraiture, try shooting Acros at EI 400 and push process in Xtol 1+1. Gives a completely different result than from shooting at box speed, but boy does it look nice. Since Delta 100 is a little faster than Acros, you should be able to use it as such as well.

- Thomas

 

[turle]

My gratitude to all posters who had indulged to reply in great detail. Much appreciated.

Kind regards,

Bob