Increasing demand at professional labs: Detailed Numbers

[davidnewtonguitars]

You know you can buy buy today, buggy whips from many sources, and in multiple styles? That is about 120 years after they were worrying about it in the forums of the day.

So Fuji is going to keep the buildings and machinery idle and in good repair, and the employees trained and ready, while it patiently waits on a return of demand? Right next to its buggy whip factories?

 

[ptpdprinter]

You know you can buy buy today, buggy whips from many sources, and in multiple styles? That is about 120 years after they were worrying about it in the forums of the day.

I'm grateful that Jason Lane is making dry plates but I hope it does not become the business model for 35mm film.

 

[HHPhoto]

So Fuji is going to keep the buildings and machinery idle and in good repair, and the employees trained and ready, while it patiently waits on a return of demand?

:bang: It has been explained here again, and again, and again.

Their buildings and machines are all in use!! For production of
- instax color film
- instax BW film
- C200
- Superia X-Tra 400 / Premium 400
- Pro 400H
- Velvia 50
- Velvia 100
- Provia 100F
- X-ray film
- archiving films
Fact is that Fujifilm is by far the biggest photo film manufacturer in the world. Their instax film production alone is bigger than the whole film production of Kodak, Ilford, Foma and all the other smaller companies together!
Films are all produced on the same coating machines. Every film manufacturer is doing that. Often even photo paper is coated on the same machines. Therefore Fujifilm has all the machines needed for a later re-introduction of emulsions.

Cheers, Jan

 

[ptpdprinter]

:bang: It has been explained here again, and again, and again.

Their buildings and machines are all in use!! For production of
- instax color film
- instax BW film
- C200
- Superia X-Tra 400 / Premium 400
- Pro 400H
- Velvia 50
- Velvia 100
- Provia 100F
- X-ray film
- archiving films
Fact is that Fujifilm is by far the biggest photo film manufacturer in the world. Their instax film production alone is bigger than the whole film production of Kodak, Ilford, Foma and all the other smaller companies together!
Films are all produced on the same coating machines. Every film manufacturer is doing that. Often even photo paper is coated on the same machines. Therefore Fujifilm has all the machines needed for a later re-introduction of emulsions.

So Fuji went from 100% to 2% production and yet all of its facilities and machinery are still in use? Amazing.

 

[Prest_400]

Well, for Fuji the bringing back films has not been applied for Reala, Astia and Neopan, amongst others. Glad Instax keeps the machinery running.

And the buggy whip analogy is far from applicable as making color film is closer to rocket science.

I'll be just glad to keep on shooting with the options we have. Aside of continuous consumption, unless anyone here is a billionaire who decides to buy Kodak and make it their playground, it's rather pointless.

 

[jsrockit]

No
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[NickTrop]

Mailers -- high volume processing from properly maintained equipment, fresh chemicals, and properly trained technicians.

 

[ptpdprinter]

Mailers -- high volume processing from properly maintained equipment, fresh chemicals, and properly trained technicians.

B&H sells Kodak and Fuji E6 film with mailers. It looks like the film goes to Dwaynes.

 

[Ted Striker]

So Fuji went from 100% to 2% production and yet all of its facilities and machinery are still in use? Amazing.

Fujifilm WILL discontinue more films. Bank on it.

 

[Ted Striker]

And...still no data presented. Oh well...

😀

You have very unrealistic expectations.

 

[zuiko85]

I somewhat surprised the OP's post has ignited so much controversy and bickering. Whatever the reason film sales sure seem to have at least stabilized over the past 2~3 years. This after a precipitous decline in the first 15 or 16 years of the new century.
I believe the suddenness of that decline has caused no little concern among film enthusiast
Home darkroom work has also taken a serious plunge. This was driven home to me a few years ago when a Omega B22 sat all day at a photo show without a nibble and finally wound up in the free pile.....and still no takers.

 

[splitimageview]

You have very unrealistic expectations.

Tru.


......

 

[semi-ambivalent]

1. Yep. MP and M-A. former's been out for a while now, latter is relatively new.

I recently bought an M-A and it has a 'new-block' serial number, 51xxxxx rather than 49xxxxx. Someone over on the Leica forum just bought an MP and it too had a new block number. This doesn't even include those who buy such cameras and have the audacity not to mention it in one forum or another.

 

[semi-ambivalent]

You know you can buy buy today, buggy whips from many sources, and in multiple styles? That is about 120 years after they were worrying about it in the forums of the day.

Forums of their day were probably also where they sold beer across the bar. And people think the internet is good...

 

[RObert Budding]

So Fuji is going to keep the buildings and machinery idle and in good repair, and the employees trained and ready, while it patiently waits on a return of demand? Right next to its buggy whip factories?

You do realize, I hope, that newly manufactured buggy whips are still available.

http://www.theoriginalhorsetackcompany.com/weaver-leather-5ft-buggy-whip-89993-prd1.htm

 

[davidnewtonguitars]

Does anyone have experience with MEMPHIS FILM LAB, a mail order only company? https://www.memphisfilmlab.org/
It is taking about a month turnaround of 12-15 rolls of c41 & scans for Austin based Precision Photo.

 

[Huss]

Does anyone have experience with MEMPHIS FILM LAB, a mail order only company? https://www.memphisfilmlab.org/
It is taking about a month turnaround of 12-15 rolls of c41 & scans for Austin based Precision Photo.

A month ?! (insert spit take here)
Use someone else like northcoastphoto.com - about a 2 week turnaround tops w/ excellent results.

 

[pvdhaar]

You do realize, I hope, that newly manufactured buggy whips are still available..

Yes! Let's start a thread on buggy whip sales nowadays compared to a century ago.. Let's also discuss which companies discontinued them and whether their marketing department was honest! 😀

 

[splitimageview]

Does anyone have experience with MEMPHIS FILM LAB, a mail order only company? https://www.memphisfilmlab.org/
It is taking about a month turnaround of 12-15 rolls of c41 & scans for Austin based Precision Photo.

What film have you been sending to Precision? They only do C-41 in house as far as I know. If you are sending them E6 or B&W that might contribute to the delay as they send those to another lab for processing. Either way, a month is far too long (speaking from experience as I was the person who started this offer nearly ten years ago when I worked there.)

 

[davidnewtonguitars]

All c-41 The price and quality is fine, a 2 week turn around would be acceptable. They charged my card as soon as they received my film, and I am counting calendar days since they received the film.

What film have you been sending to Precision? They only do C-41 in house as far as I know.