clayne
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Bought it back in '09. It's all expired 08-09 stuff. Can't say I didn't do my 1600PR part though. 🙂
Neopan 1600: Status?
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peter_n
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Agreed. I'm lucky enough to have a stack of bulk and will be sad when it's all gone. I really like the look of it.
igi
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Afraid I've got that market cornered, Chris. 😉
You have more Neopan 1600 than 2 stores combined here! 😀😀😀
Well, this is interesting!
Seems that the conversation in this thread has been spotted by people in Japan and was the topic of a recent post (20101022) on the Haniwa blog (a well known photography related blog in Japan).
http://haniwa.asablo.jp/blog/2010/10/22/5430765
The interesting bit is that the blogger called up Fujifilm's customer communication center to ask about Neopan 1600 135-36, and was told that it is a "current product", not discontinued.
My guess is that someone forgot to tell the customer communication center 😱
Seems that the conversation in this thread has been spotted by people in Japan and was the topic of a recent post (20101022) on the Haniwa blog (a well known photography related blog in Japan).
http://haniwa.asablo.jp/blog/2010/10/22/5430765
The interesting bit is that the blogger called up Fujifilm's customer communication center to ask about Neopan 1600 135-36, and was told that it is a "current product", not discontinued.
My guess is that someone forgot to tell the customer communication center 😱
maddoc
... likes film again.
Reminds me of the "Leica M7 / MP are still in production" story. 😀 ... Not the best marketing for a company if the left hand doesn`t know what the right hand is doing ... 🙄
Mister E
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Jon probably found out something that wasn't official yet, but was in fact the truth. That is why companies are only supposed to respond through their PR department, but when companies get enormous like Fuji is people are bound to slip up.
That's what I think happened too, Nate. On the bright side, it means more of a chance to stock up on the film before its gone.
maddoc
... likes film again.
That was my point exactly, lack of internal communications (inside Fuji) resulting in inconsistent communications to the public.
As Jon says, we are hopefully lucky and might have some more time to stock up.
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I'm sure there's some more 1600PR out there guys. It wasn't massively Tri-X popular or anything, so I'd expect stocks to still be around.
Mister E
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Again, Unique Photo has a ton, but they just raised their price.
clayne
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Yeah you gotta love this unique side-effect of supply and demand. No matter how much it makes economic sense it still rightly pisses most people off.
Here's a reply a poster over at APUG got from Fujifilm Japan. It's basically the same as my reply but with an added bit (highlighted in bold) not specific to Neopan 1600 that mentions Fujifilm is doing it tough manufacturing even minimum sized lots of film.
Really quick and dirty translation by me:
Post copied from APUG (link):
Really quick and dirty translation by me:
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Post copied from APUG (link):
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mgd711
Medium Format Baby!!
This is where Japanese companies excel... in baffling garbled communications and inconsistent actions and words, really makes me mad 😡
On the bright side though I found another 40 rolls at Fuji in Manila... all mine baby 🙂
btgc
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OT: In picture posted by Yoda I see Inferia 400 and 800 with suffix X just like Provia 400X. Some changes in technology, anyone aware?
sevo
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Astia distribution seems to have been discontinued by all major Fujifilm Europe offices - which may spell its death regardless of the position Fujifilm Japan may have towards it, as one national market will hardly keep it up. Besides, it is not that different from the current Provia generation as a foundation for scanning, and with the move towards scan-and-print even for enlarging, the justification of having two "natural colour" films is dwindling.
The fate of the three Velvias is puzzling me, too - there never has been much sense to that triplicate existence. Velvia 100 has been almost universally hated to the point they had to resurrect Velvia 50 - unless it has some big, well hidden market (like a OEM deal into China), its whole survival can only be a matter of the responsible executive saving his face. And Velvia 100F was the "VC" counterpart to Astia, but with Astia getting scarce and as Kodak seems to be abandoning its "vivid vs. natural" dual lines, that position may be crumbling.
The fate of the three Velvias is puzzling me, too - there never has been much sense to that triplicate existence. Velvia 100 has been almost universally hated to the point they had to resurrect Velvia 50 - unless it has some big, well hidden market (like a OEM deal into China), its whole survival can only be a matter of the responsible executive saving his face. And Velvia 100F was the "VC" counterpart to Astia, but with Astia getting scarce and as Kodak seems to be abandoning its "vivid vs. natural" dual lines, that position may be crumbling.
Mister E
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Yeah I would like to see Fuji's film lineup as this in 120 @ 35mm:
B&W:
Neopan 100
Neopan 400
Neopan 1600
Slide:
Velvia 50
Provia 100F
Astia 100F
Provia 400X
C-41:
Superia 100
Reala 100
Superia 400
Superia 800
Superia 1600
B&W:
Neopan 100
Neopan 400
Neopan 1600
Slide:
Velvia 50
Provia 100F
Astia 100F
Provia 400X
C-41:
Superia 100
Reala 100
Superia 400
Superia 800
Superia 1600
Haha I hear you Mike. Though in my experience its mostly not intentional, and more the result of really bad translations. Native Japanese translators who can translate Japanese into English so that the English gets the point across as intended in the original are few and far between unfortunately. 🙁
Mister E
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Not so unfortunate since you have a great job because of their shortcomings.
B.J.Scharp
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Well, my 40 rolls came in the mail yesterday. Expiry date June 2011.
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