tennis-joe
Well-known
I took a roll of film to be developed yesterday and while there asked why the price of 35 mm film has increased so much. The dealer reported that maybe FUJI was possibly discontinuing film manufacture was part of the reason for the price increase. He also said one large distributor raised his prices because of the departure of the film business by Fuji. Does anyone know the truth or is everything going up along with the gasoline?
Also will Kodak continue to produce color 35mm film?
Also will Kodak continue to produce color 35mm film?
Thin ice...
maigo
Well-known
Oh no, someone escaped from FB groups.
Larry Cloetta
Veteran
I think that Fugi film has indeed gone under.
xayraa33
rangefinder user and fancier
Is fugi film a fugazi version of Fujifilm ?
Maybe a bad Chinese made copy?
Maybe a bad Chinese made copy?
tennis-joe
Well-known
Okay, I mean Fuji
I think any price increase these days is Covid / logistics related...
Coldkennels
Barnack-toting Brit.
Or Brexit related if you're unlucky enough to be trapped on this small isle.
css9450
Veteran
First time I saw it, I thought it said Pugi.... Pugi is a Volkswagen dealer here in the Chicago area, so I was understandably confused.
Jan/Skiff will have the latest if there has been any moves afoot in the Fujifilm world. I suspect this is nothing, perhaps just a price rise. I am not worried.
tbhv55
Well-known
santino
FSU gear head
Funghi film :-D Sorry, I couldn‘t resist. No pun intendend
Highway 61
Revisited
What is "Kodak" ?
james.liam
Well-known
An island in Alaska with bears
seany65
Well-known
teddy
Jose Morales
In Adelaide Australia - one pro photo lab told me that it was hard to get fuji film orders for some reason - like May to get their fridge stocked up with Fuji Film. Is it rare earth raw materials demand, or lack of access, or not enough demand, or are they giving up?
There is no colour, like E6, specially Provia (which to me is real colour), or Velvia's beauty.
There is no colour, like E6, specially Provia (which to me is real colour), or Velvia's beauty.
gavinlg
Veteran
Kodak is not only continuing but investing in their research and production. One of the product guys said theres some new films coming out this year.
Fuji, my best guess, if ACROS II is anything to go by, might start reformulating some of their old emulsions to be simpler to produce, and outsource production.
seany65
Well-known
Lomography film has also gone up in price, now there seems to be no difference in getting a box of 3x lomo and 3 Fujis.
relistan
Established
AFAIK the current problem with Fuji consumer film availability is demand exceeding supply. I know here in Dublin the shop that sells only film told me that they can't keep consumer film stocked because people are buying so much. Fuji have, indeed, been scaling back the pro films they offer (note the loss of 400H just recently), but they have continued to produce consumer films. Kodak's film output has doubled since 2015 AFAIK.
Skiff
Well-known
That is complete nonsense!
Your totally incompetent dealer should have a look at the latest Fujifilm financial quarter report: Fujifilm is making about 14% of their total revenue with their analog photo products. But only 4% with their digital photo products. And this relation has increased in favour of the film related products over the years.
Fujifilm has also officially announced at the biggest global photo fair Photokina in 2018 that they are committed to film production and will continue it.
Besides that Fujifilm has significantly increasing demand for film. That is what all distributors are saying: Demand is surpassing supply, so that some film types are regularly sold out, like Fujicolor C200 and X-Tra400.
The real reasons for the recent price increases were:
1. Increased raw material costs.
2. All manufacturers are doing new investments in new machinery and new products because of the film revival. These investments need fresh capital.
3. Increasing demand.
You should change your dealer, and go to someone who knows his industry!
Of course, they are investing in new production capacities. The same is true for Fuji.
Skiff
Well-known
Not any, but the Covid and logistics problems of course play a significant role as well.
Transportation costs for example have exploded because of the pandemic.