Rendering profile
- Sharpness
- high
- Tags
- classic, orthopanchromatic, reversal-capable
- Best use cases
- landscape, portrait, studio, B&W transparency
Film stock wiki
ADOX CHS 100 II
ADOX CHS 100 II is an orthopanchromatically-sensitized ISO 100 B&W film with classic grain structure and wide exposure latitude, available in 135 and 120.
Key specs
- Brand
- ADOX
- Model
- CHS 100 II
- ISO
- 100
- Process
- BW
- Formats
- 135, 120
- Production status
- In production
- Introduced
- 2013
Grain
medium-fine, classic
Contrast
medium
Saturation
Unknown
Latitude
wide (ISO 50–400)
Technical details
- Film base
- clear archival PET, 100µm
- Push/pull
- Latitude ISO 50–400; reversal processing also supported
Handling notes
- Exposure
- Rated ISO 100; load in shade (clear PET subject to light-piping)
- Development
- Standard B&W chemistry; Rodinal, D-76 and similar all work well
Profile notes
CHS 100 II is coated with two separate emulsions on a clear archival PET base, offering smooth tonal separation with better differentiation between skies/clouds and skin/lips than modern films. Its latitude spans ISO 50–400 and it can be reversal-processed into B&W transparencies. Dual anti-halation layers (between emulsion/base and backside) keep grain controlled and sharpness high.
Aliases
ADOX CHS100 IIADOX CHS Art 100
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