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Recently a follower of mine dropped me a message via DM. They asked what was the one thing I missed about shooting with the Fujifilm system. Without hesitation, I responded and said the film simulations. Of course, I love other things about the system, it's compact, it's lightweight, the lenses are amazing and it just feels good in your hand, but more than anything I miss just being able to convert my images to monochrome using the preset.

It's been almost a year since I've owned a Fujifilm camera myself and since then they've added a new B&W film simulation, Acros. Recently I rented an X-Pro2 and I never had the chance to play around with Acros, honestly, I totally forget about the simulation, that's until this question was asked.

So I thought why not compare my previous editing style (Monochrome) with my new editing style (VSCO b5) and a potential future editing style (Acros) and see which one I like the best. These 2 set of images below have not been touched at all, they were straightened and then converted to B&W with the respect simulations. Which ones do you guys like better? Are the simulations worth all the hype? Or is VSCO adequate? Let me know in the comments.

First I want you to look at this collage. Can you guys which simulation is which???