I finally took some time to shoot and process 120 Acros.(posted 8089 days ago)I agree with John Hick's comments elsewhere regarding how difficult 120 Acros is to load onto a developing reel. I use Patterson plastic reels, and struggled for a what seemed like forever to get the film to even load - it almost as though the reel was wet (but I know that it wasn't).
Once the film was processed (Xtol 1:1 for 9 minutes) the negs looked good and printed nicely, but 120 Acros shows more newton rings in a glass carrier than I've seen before. Although I use an "anti-newton" glass carrier where TMX sometimes shows a slight newton ring (but 100 Delta has never shown any), 120 Acros had newton rings everywhere.
While 120 Acros produced good sharpness and gradation, the newton rings and loading problems in 120 are a real problem for me. I find this strange as I've had no problem loading 35mm Acros into the same type of developing reel, or with newton rings when printing 35mm Acros with the same glass carrier. Although the 120 Acros dried reasonably flat, it seems as though the different film base in the 120 format is a problem.