Adox CHS 100 II and a Return to Niagara on the Lake

 I have a long off and on relationship with Adox CHS 100, first discovering this film at the first Analog Photography User's Group Confernece in Toronto back in 2005 (time really flies). Adox is a storied brand that made film up until 2003 first as a family owned firm and later as a division of Dupont Chemicals until it was shut down. The brand revived under the stewardship of the camera store Fotomimpex in Berlin importing and rebranding film made by Efke in Croation on old coating lines that were used by Adox and using old Adox formulas from the 1950s and '60s sold to them by Dupont. Fast forward a few years and the Efke coating line breaks down and with no spare parts, there's more film. 

Not to fear, Fotoimpex bought an old Agfa research and development facility outside of Berlin and Ilford's Swiss coating line. The old Adox CHS 100 back in 2005 came on an acetate base, the new and improved CHS 100 II now comes on a PET base and has much tighter quality control. 

Adox CHS 100 II is a very old school single layer silver rich black and white film, that responds best in Adox's FX-39 developer delivering stunning images. I shot at box speed, my expereinces with the old Adox CHS 100 and Efke 100, neither tolerated over exposure like most black and white films. 

I have 18 rolls of CHS 100 II and I plan to shoot a lot with it over the Summer and this film and developer will be a regular in my rotation. 


Camera: Nikon F2AS, Nikkor Ai lenses. 

Film: Adox CHS 100 II, Adox FX-39 1+9. 



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