MY TAKE ON ACROS

So… Yeah, the X-Pro2’s in my hands for good.

I’ve actually got a few days to play with this baby before the official shipping date of Fujifilm, and I’ve completely fallen in love with it. Review coming in a month or two 😉

 

ACROS. One of the most talked about features on the X-Pro2. According to Fujifilm, they really wanted to focus on this particular film simulation with its innate contrast and shadow reproduction. Once I started shooting with Acros (which I rarely do, as a predominantly-RAW shooter), I am slowing getting where Fuji is coming from.

 

On a side note:

In an interview with Map Camera recently, Fuji manager Ueno talked about how Fujifilm’s film simulation work hand in hand with their Auto White Balance system in camera. He talked about how only using AWB alongside with particular film simulations will the users be able to get the intended experience that Fujifilm offers. That’s why so many third party post-processing tools get it wrong, and that’s why the so-called “Fuji-colors” became so renowned among photography enthusiasts.

Quite interesting of a read. I encourage you guys to check it out to, if you understand Japanese, of course.

 

So I’ve been shooting on Acros in JPEG on my X-Pro2 recently, also bringing my beloved Contax T2, loaded with Neopan 100 Acros, to see if they… well… “match”.

I have to say I am particularly impressed with Fuji’s arrangement of “grain structure” (yes, in parenthesis because of digital) in their grain effect tool. Both weak and strong settings work great with Acros, natural and truely film-like.

 

More to come on the X-Pro2 and Acros in the future…