Fuji price increases

[Brian Legge]

So assuming the Australians are pricing in Austrilian dollars... converted to US currency and measurements... they're paying $5.7 USD per gallon and calling it cheap. Puts us in perspective as we still have a hard time stomaching $4 USD a gallon. 😉

 

[btgc]

And next year an increase of VAT from 19% to 21% thanks to the Euro crisis.

Well, we here in Latvia already have 22% VAT.
I wonder who adds value in context of VAT? We poor people add to capitals of those who run economics? This tax is plain robbery assuming I already have paid income and onther taxes.

 

[Nikon Bob]

So assuming the Australians are pricing in Austrilian dollars... converted to US currency and measurements... they're paying $5.7 USD per gallon and calling it cheap. Puts us in perspective as we still have a hard time stomaching $4 USD a gallon. 😉

Yea, never could understand why there is so much angst in the USA over current gas prices. It is still substantially lower than in Oz, Canada and EU countries. Granted nobody likes to pay more than they are used to.

Bob

 

[Nikon Bob]

Well, we here in Latvia already have 22% VAT.
I wonder who adds value in context of VAT? We poor people add to capitals of those who run economics? This tax is plain robbery assuming I already have paid income and onther taxes.

Welcome to the wonderful world of Capitalism and Free Enterprise. From the consumers POV there is no value added by paying the VAT and it does feel like robbery.

Bob

 

[btgc]

From the consumers POV there is no value added by paying the VAT and it does feel like robbery.

VAT thing plainly motivates barter deals. People get they need or want, yet there's no income to declare. Just difficult to do with remote parties 🙂

 

[Keith]

So assuming the Australians are pricing in Austrilian dollars... converted to US currency and measurements... they're paying $5.7 USD per gallon and calling it cheap. Puts us in perspective as we still have a hard time stomaching $4 USD a gallon. 😉

My sister in NZ is currently paying around $2.25 NZD per litre ... that's close to $7.00 US per gallon!

I guess because Americans have historically had such cheap fuel the current prices are a little hard to stomach. Of course small cars, hybrids and electric cars are starting to sell like never before in that country ... and about time!

 

[dallard]

Has anyone ever tried the other slide films-Agfa/Rollie. I saw some examples and was not impressed.

I like CR200. I've shared this photo before but it's 120 format shot through a Rolleiflex 3.5F and a crop so you can see what the grain is like. It was shot late in the day but the film does tend to be warmer/yellower. This was shot wide open as well.

44580009 by daviz121, on Flickr

44580009 by daviz121, on Flickr

 

[rhl-oregon]

One reason I got a Pen FT is to double what I get from a roll.

I'm reminded, though, of what happened in the world of vacuum tubes (valves) when transistors got cheap in the 60s and 70s--some of the best-known names in tubes phased out and mothballed their equipment, or sold it (as I understand Phillips did) to Central European tube makers. In the 90s and the past decade, when guitarists and audiophiles began to revalue the sonic warmth of tubes, there was a renaissance of sorts.

Perhaps something like this is due to happen with film--a move away from the industrial scale to the artisanal, small batches, and the like. Craft film. Not that it will be cheaper, but its value may represent more direct connection between the makers and the users.

 

[isuperfish]

Seems the price on BH has changed yet.

 

[znapper]

So assuming the Australians are pricing in Austrilian dollars... converted to US currency and measurements... they're paying $5.7 USD per gallon and calling it cheap. Puts us in perspective as we still have a hard time stomaching $4 USD a gallon. 😉

Yesterday I filled up my tank with 98 octane fuel, do you want to know the price?

Calculated into dollars and gallons, the price was $10,70/gallon.

Yeah, that's right (but then again, I live in one of the most expensive places on earth to own and use a car).

Heck, even my RX-8, which cost around $20.000 in the US, cost $50.000 over here.

4 bucks per gallon were prices we had in 1990 over here, hahaha!

 

[btgc]

Of course small cars, hybrids and electric cars are starting to sell like never before in that country ... and about time!

When first DSLRs arrived people jumped on thinking lunch is free. It isn't, as usually, at least not completely. Front- and backfocus calibrations, sensor cleanings and replacements of shutters, that made good ground for small businesses dealing with this.

And those hybrid and electric cars will age, batteries deteriorate (capacity wise) and people can not more drive to uncle Joe's garage to fix it like old generation of cars. Of course, specialists will deal with them but like Fuji with slides without competitors.

In fact, first batches of Prius should be old enough already? What's happening with them, anyone?

 

[ajuk]

Where's the press release for the discontinuation of Neopan 1600?

 

[znapper]

Where's the press release for the discontinuation of Neopan 1600?

There isn't one (in English), only in Japanese, you can google around and you'll find threads that discuss it and have some translations.

A few replies from Fuji-USA have also been posted here and there, like this:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/neopan/discuss/72157625132606335/

 

[135format]

neopan 1600 is still available from fuji uk online. Probably remaining stock only.

 

[znapper]

neopan 1600 is still available from fuji uk online. Probably remaining stock only.

Indeed, if anyone finds Neo 1600 with exp date later than 07 2012, they better holler out really loud 🙂

 

[Nikon Bob]

When first DSLRs arrived people jumped on thinking lunch is free. It isn't, as usually, at least not completely. Front- and backfocus calibrations, sensor cleanings and replacements of shutters, that made good ground for small businesses dealing with this.

And those hybrid and electric cars will age, batteries deteriorate (capacity wise) and people can not more drive to uncle Joe's garage to fix it like old generation of cars. Of course, specialists will deal with them but like Fuji with slides without competitors.

In fact, first batches of Prius should be old enough already? What's happening with them, anyone?

Be interesting to hear from someone what the battery replacement cost is and what the environmental disposal fees are. Never mind the higher initial cost to buy over a straight gas model.

Bob

 

[wblynch]

Battery technology is rapidly advancing. 10 years from now our current state will look primitive. No excuse to delay the conversion.

Of course oil companies can not permit this so they infiltrate the minds of the weak. 😉

 

[HHPhoto]

Well, of course no one like price increases.
But, all of you have forgotten one major factor:
The Yen has increased compared to the Dollar by about 45% over the last two years.
Then the rising prices for energy. It is not only oil. In Japan all nuclear plants have now been tomporarily shut down (result of the Fukushima catastrophe). That increased energy prices there further.
Fuji is not responsible for all that.
But of course the costs of their film production is suffering from that.
Considering all these factors a 20% price increase is quite low/moderate.

If I compare the current prices after this increase with film prices 15 years ago and consider inflation during this period, than film is not more expensive compared to former times.

Cheers, Jan

By the way: Here in Germany AgfaPhoto Precisa CT 100 slide film is sold for only 6,45€ for a double pack of two 135 films at dm drugstores.
This film is now made by Fuji, and almost identical to Provia 100F (maybe it is Fuji Trebi, the amateur version of Provia).
You pay less for this excellent slide film than for 100 ISO color negative film.
Some online stores like Foto Brenner and Nordfoto are selling it, too.