Legacy Pro 100

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I was wondering what happened to Legacy pro 100 and if theres anywhere i can still buy that stuff as it brings back memories as my first film i ever shot!
 
Jake Mongey said:
I was wondering what happened to Legacy pro 100 and if theres anywhere i can still buy that stuff as it brings back memories as my first film i ever shot!
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I still have some in my freezer. It was short dated and $1.89 a roll. I was wise to load up the truck as they say on Wall Street. Shortly thereafter it was discontinued.

Basically repackaged Fuji Acros.

Cal
 
Calzone said:
I still have some in my freezer. It was short dated and $1.89 a roll. I was wise to load up the truck as they say on Wall Street. Shortly thereafter it was discontinued.

Basically repackaged Fuji Acros.

Cal
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I love it because it was fuji acros at half the price when i compared them
 
Acros 100 is still in production, no official discontinuation notice has been issued by Fujifilm JP. It is readily available in all formats from 35mm to 8x10, if you care to look for it, and surely the Fujifilm JP site lists it.
 
joeswe said:
Acros 100 is still in production, no official discontinuation notice has been issued by Fujifilm JP. It is readily available in all formats from 35mm to 8x10, if you care to look for it, and surely the Fujifilm JP site lists it.
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It may still be available but if it's in Fuji's catalogue why don't they list if on their web site along with the colour films? Unfortunately I can't read Japanese so navigating fujifilm.jp is somewhat problematic.

I seem to remember that their policy in the past has been to discontinue films without advance warning. Having discontinued Neopan 400 I wouldn't be surprised if Acros went too (hopefully not).
 
lawrence said:
It may still be available but if it's in Fuji's catalogue why don't they list if on their web site along with the colour films? Unfortunately I can't read Japanese so navigating fujifilm.jp is somewhat problematic.

I seem to remember that their policy in the past has been to discontinue films without advance warning. Having discontinued Neopan 400 I wouldn't be surprised if Acros went too (hopefully not).
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Lawrence,

I just hope that you observation is not true. It would be really bad for me.

Cal
 
lawrence said:
It may still be available but if it's in Fuji's catalogue why don't they list if on their web site along with the colour films? Unfortunately I can't read Japanese so navigating fujifilm.jp is somewhat problematic.

I seem to remember that their policy in the past has been to discontinue films without advance warning. Having discontinued Neopan 400 I wouldn't be surprised if Acros went too (hopefully not).
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http://fujifilm.jp/personal/filmandcamera/film/monochrome/film.html

It's still listed on Fuji Japan's site. You can no longer buy single 120 rolls though, they sell only pro packs for the format now.
 
lawrence said:
It seems that Fuji Acros 135 is now itself now discontinued, at least it is no longer listed on the FujiFilm web site.
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Its not on the Fujifilm USA site either (no E6 film either for that matter).
http://www.fujifilmusa.com/products/film/index.html

Nor is it on the Fujifilm UK site.
https://www.fujifilm.eu/uk/products/analogue-photography/film

But it is on the Fujifilm Germany website.
https://www.fujifilm.eu/de/produkte/analoge-fotografie/film

And the Fujifilm Japan website.
http://fujifilm.jp/personal/filmandcamera/film/monochrome/film.html

I smell a slow phaseout from low turnover markets. Hate to say it, but we all know how that ends.
 
Forget the gobal/EU/DE/UK/US Fujifilm sites, they often feature incomplete and/or outdated information regarding analog photo products. Don't forget Fujifilm is a highly diversified company and analog film is a tiny, tiny niche for them. Unfortunately, the only site that has reliable information on the current film line-up is the Japanese site. If you cannot read Japanese and thus do not have access to the relevant information, you will find up to date information on currently available Fuji pro films in the product availability sub forum on APUG. Apart from that, my humble suggestion to anyone here on RFF would be to simply stop making unfounded assumptions based on casual observations and thereby initiating potentially harmful false rumors, which spread very quickly in these times of ours and are difficult and sometimes impossible to eradicate.

BTW, it is simply not true that Fujifilm is pulling product "without advance warning", quite the contrary. Fujifilm JP will always make an announcement before the last shipping of a product takes place and will also state a predicted time frame for how many quarters a product will stay available on the shelves before stocks are sold off. It is usually ample time for anyone interested in hoarding the product to "fill the truck". But I agree that the product and information policy of some of the local Fuji subsidiaries leaves a lot to be desired.
 
joeswe said:
BTW, it is simply not true that Fujifilm is pulling product "without advance warning", quite the contrary. Fujifilm JP will always make an announcement before the last shipping of a product takes place and will also state a predicted time frame for how many quarters a product will stay available on the shelves before stocks are sold off. It is usually ample time for anyone interested in hoarding the product to "fill the truck". But I agree that the product and information policy of some of the local Fuji subsidiaries leaves a lot to be desired.
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You didn't pay attention to how it went down with Neopan 400 and Provia 400X? Those films were already hard to find most places outside of Japan for some time before Fujifilm finally announced their discontinuation in Japan.
 
Good one let's all create a problem that doesn't exist, panic people into switching over to other brands, and maybe we can make it a fait accompli?

Fair dinkum, sometimes I have to scratch my head and wonder why Fuji still bother making film at all anymore.

Do you like Acros? Well if you do—stop bloody talking about it and go buy some and shoot it. THAT is what will keep Fuji making it. Everything else is just white noise, and (not to put too fine a point on it) a pain in the bloody arse for those of us who prefer simply to get on with shooting it.
 
jonmanjiro said:
You didn't pay attention to how it went down with Neopan 400 and Provia 400X? Those films were already hard to find most places outside of Japan for some time before Fujifilm finally announced their discontinuation in Japan.
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I am not sure what you are trying to say. Is there ANY indication that Neopan 100 Acros is not sold or difficult or impossible to source right now in any of the major markets world wide? NO. So how can you say that the situation is even remotely comparable to that of Neopan 400 or Provia 400X?
 
Ha! This conversation keeps coming back. As far as what I've seen with how Fuji handles the end of a product is to make one final giant run and then just keep packaging it out until "before the last of it ships". Then Fuji says Sorry; we decided 18 quarters ago to not make it again due to Reduced Demand despite selling every single inch of the of stock No Matter the letters and petitions.
Now; I've long loved Fuji. Shot countless rolls and sheets professionally and personally and i'd shoot Fuji again IF they made a 400 speed film black and white film.
Not that hard. Ilford and Kodak both make *a few*. PE over on APUG could probably murmur in his sleep a good 400 speed emulsion.
(I'll spare the adults the eyerolls. A 'duh' works as well).
Acros is Dead. Long Live Acros. Shoot it if ya got it or use what you can buy.
 
Ugh, thread starts up about the old Arista films and ends up talking about how Acros might be on the Gallows...

Which would be really bad, it is a remarkably outstanding product, technically and subjectively - unsurpassed reciprocity characteristics.

Archlich said:
http://fujifilm.jp/personal/filmandcamera/film/monochrome/film.html

It's still listed on Fuji Japan's site. You can no longer buy single 120 rolls though, they sell only pro packs for the format now.
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That was quite a long time ago when Kodak and Fuji decided that all 120 would be sold in propacks.

Some of the Fuji lineup is chaotic, special mention of 160NS... Available in some markets, not all formats. Amusingly interesting that it has been the last 220, when it has not been available in 35mm for long. Following Jon's line, Acros being all by itself the only B&W Fuji film is not that encouraging.

From Kodak there are recollections about their productive set up, not much about Fuji, whic hseems a distant and unknown entity.
 
that would be depressing. I standardized on Acros and Tri-X using Diafine with Cal's slackers brew recipe. It's been great results so far and I don't want to have to find a new medium speed film...
 
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