Fuji Acros Returns in Autumn with Acros II in 35mm & 120

[pentaxuser]

It's not Autumn yet...

Yes I had always thought that Autumn began at the autumnal solstice in 21st September but the BBC weatherman says it begins on 1st September meteorologically speaking. I blame these young marketing types with their dayglo braces for all these changes.Oh and Facebook as well

pentaxuser

 

[dutchsteammachine]

Where I live it feels like Autumn already. !!!

+1

 

[mshchem]

Yes I had always thought that Autumn began at the autumnal solstice in 21st September but the BBC weatherman says it begins on 1st September meteorologically speaking. I blame these young marketing types with their dayglo braces for all these changes.Oh and Facebook as well

pentaxuser

I'm with you. The same nonsense is uttered here. Why we can't call fall, fall, and summer, summer is beyond me. I wonder what happens at the equator?
While I'm at it stay on standard time all year round too.

 

[Maris]

Excuse pedantry but Northern Hemisphere has Autumn equinox, not solstice, about September 23. And, yes, the relationship between astronomical seasons and calendar seasons does seem arbitrary.

 

[cmacd123]

race between Fuji and the Italian folks

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

I want to still believe it's summer for a few weeks... even though school's gone back in!

 

[mshchem]

Excuse pedantry but Northern Hemisphere has Autumn equinox, not solstice, about September 23. And, yes, the relationship between astronomical seasons and calendar seasons does seem arbitrary.

Good catch. My Dad's name was Bernal, there was a road in my hometown called Vernal Avenue, I wondered why it wasn't Bernal.
Then when I was in 4th or 5th grade I learned about the Vernal and Autumnal equinox(i). I asked my Dad why if there was a Vernal Avenue, why not an Autumnal street? I was an odd child.
So in the Southern hemisphere is Christmas in the winter or summer? My friends in Brazil always took two weeks of summer vacation at Christmas. I would need to be farther south, at least it would be cold at Christmas even if there were 18 hour days.

 

[Vaughn]

Aussie Xmas cards have Santa in a pair of red swimmers (swimsuit).

 

[Craig]

So in the Southern hemisphere is Christmas in the winter or summer?

Summer. My sister in law lives in Australia and talked about it being 44C on Christmas Day.

 

[mshchem]

Summer. My sister in law lives in Australia and talked about it being 44C on Christmas Day.

That's just to darn hot, period.
Here in Midwest usa it runs from 40C to minus 30C. Never get used to the high humidity in the summer and dry cold winters. I love it.

 

[foc]

race between Fuji and the Italian folks

If I was a betting person, I know who my money would be on.

 

[pentaxuser]

Thanks Maris when I wrote solstice I had a feeling something wasn't quite right but couldn't think what it was.

pentaxuser

 

[fdonadio]

My friends in Brazil always took two weeks of summer vacation at Christmas.

You have friends down here?

It’s funny when it’s Xmas here: it’s scorching hot, but the decoration on shipping malls are all about snow and Santa Claus wearing those warm red clothes.

 

[mshchem]

You have friends down here?

It’s funny when it’s Xmas here: it’s scorching hot, but the decoration on shipping malls are all about snow and Santa Claus wearing those warm red clothes.

Joinville, Sao Carlos. Business friends. Beautiful country. Churrasco. You need no other reason to visit other than the food. Hopefully American fast food hasn't destroyed the country. Last time I was there was about 10 years ago. First visit was 1995.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

I hope it eventually comes back in sheet film sizes, as well.

 

[Vaughn]

Summer. My sister in law lives in Australia and talked about it being 44C on Christmas Day.

I flew out of San Francisco on a winter solstice many years ago. People looked at me a little weird at me with my shorts and sandals at SFO in December (well, weirder than usual), but we landed in Sydney at a humid 45C (113F). Going from the shortest day to the longest day of the year was a bit weird, too.

I have liked using Acros in 120 and 8x10. Still have a couple boxes of 8x10 in the fridge that I picked up in Kyoto my last/only time there. The 8x10 might see use this fall/winter under the redwoods, but I do like taking advantage of the resiprocity failure of FP4+.

 

[railwayman3]

If I was a betting person, I know who my money would be on.

No contest.

 

[fdonadio]

Joinville, Sao Carlos. Business friends. Beautiful country. Churrasco. You need no other reason to visit other than the food. Hopefully American fast food hasn't destroyed the country. Last time I was there was about 10 years ago. First visit was 1995.

Nice places. If you intend on coming to visit your friends at São Carlos or Joinville, you should.

Food is great and most people prefer eating real food, like rice, beans and some protein (beef, chicken or fish). Fast food is everywhere and here’s no different. Even I eat at Taco Bell, Mickey D’s, BK or KFC sometimes. But it has not, in any way, destroyed our country.

Our new president, on the other hand...

 

[mshchem]

Nice places. If you intend on coming to visit your friends at São Carlos or Joinville, you should.

Food is great and most people prefer eating real food, like rice, beans and some protein (beef, chicken or fish). Fast food is everywhere and here’s no different. Even I eat at Taco Bell, Mickey D’s, BK or KFC sometimes. But it has not, in any way, destroyed our country.

Our new president, on the other hand...

Funny thing two of the families of the two guys I worked the closest with have moved from Joinville to Benton Harbor, Michigan USA. Right on Lake Superior, there's a beach, the water is crystal clear, clean and on a warm summer day, towards the end of summer, maybe 5-10°C, if you stay in shallow water . Common to see over a meter of snow from October to March. It is a beautiful area if you can handle the winters, summers are very, very nice.
I love beans and rice, we eat very little meat anymore. My wife bought a computer controlled pressure cooker, very fast.
So back to Acros II, I hope it's good enough win over the sceptics.

 

[foc]

My wife bought a computer controlled pressure cooker, very fast.
So back to Acros II, I hope it's good enough win over the sceptics.

I use the old style , cooker top, pressure cooker, the one that rattles and hisses. It is the business for cooking large tough joints of meat.

Regarding Across II, I look forward to it ( and secretly pray that Fuji might introduce Reala II )

 

[Tom Kershaw]

Now Reala II would be very exciting.

 

[Arklatexian]

I'm with you. The same nonsense is uttered here. Why we can't call fall, fall, and summer, summer is beyond me. I wonder what happens at the equator?
While I'm at it stay on standard time all year round too.

Not where I live. Today the actual temperature (in the shade) was 102 degrees F. Only one degree from the all-time high for this date of 103F. For a long time, I have considered September as another month of Summer where I live. The folks over in Texas are "enjoying" similar temperatures. What you folks consider as Fall weather will arrive here in very late September or early October. Most of the trees change color here in November. Down on the Gulf of Mexico they are "sweating-out" two more months of Hurricane Season. Also it is the beginnings of Spring for some of our friends in South America and all of our friends in Australia and New Zealand. My friend in Bolivia tells me "yes, Global Warming is visible in the Andes no matter who doesn't believe that it exists...........Regards!

 

[Maris]

I'm with you. The same nonsense is uttered here. Why we can't call fall, fall, and summer, summer is beyond me. I wonder what happens at the equator?
While I'm at it stay on standard time all year round too.

More egregious pedantry! We don't and can't have fall in Australia, only autumn. Why? The entire vast mainland of Australia does not contain even one deciduous species of native tree: no seasonal leaf-fall. Our highest altitude trees, the snow gums, stay in full leaf even when totally buried in snow.

 

[mshchem]

More egregious pedantry! We don't and can't have fall in Australia, only autumn. Why? The entire vast mainland of Australia does not contain even one deciduous species of native tree: no seasonal leaf-fall. Our highest altitude trees, the snow gums, stay in full leaf even when totally buried in snow.

Two countries separated by a common language. We have "fall" even without trees.

Fall,
NORTH AMERICAN,
autumn.

 

[DREW WILEY]

Here in California, fall color has already begun at high altitude; but here on the central coast, it often comes as late as December and into January. For those of you who don't have deciduous trees, there's always Photoshop.