Neopan 100 ACROS II | |
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Maker | Fujifilm |
Speed | 100/21° |
Type | B&W print |
Process | Gelatin-silver |
Format | 135, 120 |
Exposure latitude | ±2½ stops |
Application | General purpose, Sports, Daylight |
Introduced | November 2019 |
Neopan 400CN | |
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Maker | Fujifilm |
Speed | 400/27° |
Type | B&W print |
Process | C-41 |
Format | 135, 120 |
Application | General purpose, chromogenic |
Introduced | 2003 |
Discontinued | 2020 |
Neopan 100 ACROS | |
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Maker | Fujifilm |
Speed | 100/21° |
Type | B&W print |
Process | Gelatin-silver |
Format | 135, 120, Sheet film |
Exposure latitude | ±2½ stops |
Application | General purpose, Sports, Daylight |
Discontinued | October 2018 [1] |
Neopan 100 SS | |
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Maker | Fujifilm |
Speed | 100/21° |
Type | B&W print |
Process | Gelatin-silver |
Format | 135, 120, Sheet film |
Application | General purpose |
Discontinued | 2011 |
Neopan 400 | |
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Maker | Fujifilm |
Speed | 400/27° |
Type | B&W print |
Process | Gelatin-silver |
Format | 135, 120 |
Exposure latitude | ±2½ stops |
Application | General purpose, Sports, Low light |
Discontinued | 2013 [2] |
Neopan 1600 | |
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Maker | Fujifilm |
Speed | 1600/33° |
Type | B&W print |
Process | Gelatin-silver |
Format | 135 |
Exposure latitude | ±2 stops |
Application | General purpose, Sports, Low light, Night |
Discontinued | 2010 |
Neopan was originally a family of black-and-white films from Japanese manufacturer Fujifilm for both professional and amateur use. The range now only comprises one film; Neopan ACROS 100 II, a traditional silver halide black and white film re-launched in 2019 and currently sold worldwide.
After the discontinuation of ACROS in April 2018, just over a year later in June 2019 Fujifilm announced their return to traditional silver halide black and white film with an updated Neopan ACROS 100 II. [3] Film shipments commenced in Japan in November 2019, with global availability expected from Spring 2020. [4]
A reformulated version of Neopan 100 ACROS,“achieving ultra-high image quality with world-class granularity and three-dimensional tone reproduction" to address the loss of some component raw materials that led to the originals withdrawal. This new emulsion appears to differ slightly from the original ACROS with "the gradation of the highlight part [..] designed to be sharper" according to machine translations of the Japanese press release. [5] The film retains the reciprocity characteristics of the original. Formats: 135-36 exp. and 120 single rolls.
The new packaging for 120 format comes with 'Made in UK' labelling and is only available in single rolls compared to Fujifilms normal 5-roll packs leading to speculation about the films origin. Although the emulsion coating is still undertaken at the Kanagawa Factory, Ashigara in Japan, users speculate that conversion and packaging has been outsourced to Harman Technology in the UK. [6] [ self-published source ]
ACROS was an ISO 100 speed professional ortho-panchromatic black-and-white photographic film for portraits, landscape, architectural subjects and product photography. It used fuji color film technology to give high sharpness and fine grain. The film was particularly suited for night and long exposure photography due to its reciprocity characteristics: it does not require adjustments for exposures shorter than 120 seconds, and only requires a ½ stop of compensation for exposures between 120 and 1000 seconds. [7] The film was produced in 135, 120 and Sheet film formats.
ACROS sheet film (4x5" & 8x10") was discontinued in October 2017. [8] ACROS in the remaining 135 and 120 formats was discontinued in April 2018. [1] 120 format was largely sold out by June 2018, whilst 135 format stock remained on sale in most markets until Spring 2019. All Fujifilm black and white photopapers were also discontinued at the same time. The lack of availability of some of the film component raw materials was cited as the reason for its withdrawal.
Neopan 100 SS was an easy to use 100 ISO medium speed, fine grain, ortho-panchromatic film with a wide exposure latitude. Sold in Asian and selected markets, parallel import elsewhere. It was produced for 35mm, medium format, and sheet film cameras in various sizes and discontinued in 2011 [9]
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