Fuji reala discontinued

[Rogier]

Just found out that fuji real discontinued my favorite color film 😡😡😡

Quickly ordered 10 boxes of 5 rolls.... Seeing the total for 20 boxes was a bit much also a bit much to explain to my wife what all that film is doing in the freezes 😱
At the same time she just got the taste for taking images with her Holga was using this film....

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/con...inued&A=endecaSearch&InitialSearch=yes&Q=&N=0


http://www.fujifilm.com/products/films/color_negative_films/index.html

 

[jmilkins]

ohhh that's a real shame. One of the icons of the film world...

Sad day Fuji.

 

[avikrc]

I think this was some time ago. I dont remember seeing reala in fuji's list for some time.. The page is still there though..

http://www.fujifilm.com/products/consumer_film/color_negativefilms_35mm/superia_reala/

 

[kdemas]

That's too bad, nice film.

 

[aad]

Happened over a year ago. It is why I finally bought a digicam.

 

[benlees]

A shame for sure. Hope they at least keep 160C going for a while.

 

[bucs]

sad

sad

this came as a surprise to me. been using it as my primary color film for medium format. Now to find a suitable alternative

 

[raid]

I may have 60+ rolls in the fridge.
It is my favorite negative film.

 

[RObert Budding]

I no longer use any Fuji films - I swore them off when they kept killing off films that I used. Ilford is my favorite for B&W, Kodak for color.

 

[photogdave]

I no longer use any Fuji films - I swore them off when they kept killing off films that I used. Ilford is my favorite for B&W, Kodak for color.

Me too as well also.

 

[elmer3.5]

What a bad new!!!!

I love this film!!!

JUst scanned a roll taken with my vito II loved the results!

Bad, too bad...

 

[Avotius]

Another film goes bye bye.

That said I am not too sad that its gone, I never cared for it, one of the few im sure.

 

[anjoca76]

I never cared for it myself, but regardless, I'm sorry for those who did like it.

 

[rogerzilla]

That's colour gone for me.

 

[Matus]

Never used one myself, but it indeed has a very nice color pallet.

I myself use Fuji for E6, Kodak for C41 and Ilford (or others) for BW. Hard to predict whether Kodak or Fuji will last longer - Kodak removed many films already, but they also updated (and at the same time economized) their Portra family and brought the Ektar 100. But recently Fuji discontinued many films. I hope that Velvia and Provia 100 and 400X are to stay, although I would understand if Fuji would limit the number of Velvia films.

The best we can do to keep the film longer is to USE IT. I am doing my best, are you? 😉

 

[IK13]

My "go to" general purpose color negative film. I tried the new Ektar (and still do), but the Reala gave me more consistent results. About a dozen rolls left in the freezer.

 

[rogerzilla]

I think b/w will outlive colour simply because C-41 processing has to be done commercially for consistency (and avoidance of nasty chemicals). For that reason, I'm not stocking up on colour film - I'll buy it as I need it - but I have stocked up on b/w.

You'll still be able to buy Reala for ages. Neopan 1600 was discontinued a while ago but is easy to find mail-order.

 

[sevo]

The whole bunch of consumer CN films are rather similar now that pretty much every print first goes through a scanner - consolidating to one film per speed is quite a reasonable thing to do.

At least as long as one consumer CN film with huge exposure latitude remains - Ektar is nice, but quite unusual in that it does not like being overexposed, which makes it a poor choice for AF point-and-shoots (which usually have overexposure-heavy programs tailored to match consumer CN film).

 

[nobbylon]

I never liked it due to the weird colours I got when scanning. I much prefer superia, scans nicer.

 

[hendriphile]

Another film goes bye bye.

Ditto Plus-X apparently (see Kodak's website).