New Fujifilm Superia X-Tra 400 3-Pack for North America

Prest_400 said:
I don't buy 35mm too often and locally Color plus and c200 is the cheapest, about 4-5€ and checked Superia Xtra 400 being surprised by 6+€ pricing around. $11 for 3x36 is very cheap nowadays! I've just gotten a P&S and stuff like this is great to shoot in.
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You can get it for less than 6€ at German distributors, eg. Fotoimpex.

Cheers, Jan
 
I've used it to test lenses and cameras. Being a B&W shooter, coulor film isn't around here very much, but if I shot it, I'd shoot Kodak Ektar. Yeah, a lot more money per roll, but worth it. The Porta 400 is great for portraits, but the Ektar is downright painterly.

https://www.google.com/search?q=kodak+ektar+sample+photos&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=EEv_W8ThPHsWiM%253A%252CaoFY2ABLtXmGaM%252C_&usg=__-k4hYwMHeDSj-o3gkEgPPWEGLCI%3D&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjBl8fJ18LcAhUO658KHT8bB7IQ9QEwAXoECAIQBg#imgrc=HEpoa2YkqY66iM:
 
Was looking for samples of Fujicolor 200 (c200 in non US I guess) and found they also updated the 3 pack for that film: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1413155-REG/fujifilm_600018966_135_fujifilm_200_us.html


HHPhoto said:
You can get it for less than 6€ at German distributors, eg. Fotoimpex.

Cheers, Jan
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Maco has it at 6.99€ 😱 I just noted the price because I'd buy a very small batch prior to a group buy in a month or so, and shipping just 5 rolls isn't worth it.
$3.67 per roll of Superia 400 gives me some envy! IIRC at that pricing it's about the cheapest 400CN.
 
HHPhoto said:
Maybe because there wasn't one....😉.
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10 points for persistence 😀 There was an announcement, Jan. I just can't find it (and didn't look that hard either) 😛

The proof is in the pudding - you cannot buy single rolls of Superia X-TRA 400 in Japan, and haven't been able to buy single rolls for some time. Locally, the only currently available option is to buy Superia X-TRA 400 in 3-packs, and Fujifilm has already announced that 3-packs are discontinued too.

The film is obviously packaged differently for different markets. It can't be that time consuming or expensive to make boxes for a local market.

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Does Fujifilm Europe manufacture anything? Or are they just a sales company? I like Superia X-TRA 400 so I hope the guy at Fujifilm Europe who told you its still being made is right.
 
I have not found a single announcement that the film, other than in multipacks, is discontinued. I can buy single rolls in Canada, and the US.
 
New Fujifilm Superia X-Tra 400 3-Pack for North America

Keep in mind that the Japanese language announcements on Fujifilm's jp website are for the Japanese domestic market. They're not worldwide announcements. However, as films discontinued by Fujifilm have disappeared from the Japanese market last, in that respect they have essentially been worldwide announcements.

As for a Japanese language discontinuation notice for single rolls of Superia X-TRA 400, I did some more digging and I cannot find one either. Nor can I find a picture of a Japanese market single roll Superia X-TRA 400 box. I think its because single rolls of Superia X-TRA 400 weren't sold in Japan. The announcement I'm thinking of is probably the one made when Superia Venus X-TRA 400 was discontinued and replaced with Superia X-TRA 400 (no Venus in the name) about 10 or so years ago, but announcements that old aren't listed on Fujifilm's website anymore.
 
jonmanjiro said:
Does Fujifilm Europe manufacture anything? Or are they just a sales company? I like Superia X-TRA 400 so I hope the guy at Fujifilm Europe who told you its still being made is right.
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AFAIK all the Fujifilm films are currently made and packaged in Japan. That is also what the European Fuji reps told me. These 10 Packs of single films in foils maybe are made here (because it is very easy and can be done also by wholesale companies in the distribution chain), but I don't know.

These new 3-Packs for the North American market are certainly also made in the Fujifilm factory in Tokyo. Fujifilm North America probably told the headquarter in Tokyo "hey, the market demand is there, make it for our market".

The Fujifilm packaging of the amateur CN films sold here in Europe always has been such with printings in several languages on it: English, German, French, Spanish, Netherlands, Finnish, Greek, Russian...and some others.
They also have a printing "Made in Japan by Fujifilm Corporation" and then the adress of the Fujifilm headquarter.

Fujifilm has factories in Europe. For example the factory in the Netherlands (Tillburg) in which RA-4 photo paper is made. And in Belgium there is a Fujifilm factory for photo chemicals.

Cheers, Jan
 
HHPhoto said:
Just fyi,
especially for those photographers in North America:
Fujifilm North America has just introduced a complete new 3-film pack of Superia X-Tra 400. New packaging units with new design.
I think you only invest in new packagings if you want to serve a market in the long term.
http://www.fujifilmusa.com/products/...400/index.html

Also already available at B&H for example. It's very cheap:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1413154-REG/fujifilm_600018965_135_superia_400_us.html

Personally I prefer Superia 400 to Ultramax 400, because of Superias finer grain, higher resolution, lower price and - to my individual taste - more pleasing color rendition.

Cheers, Jan
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Thanks I haven't shot color film in awhile. I bought 12 rolls.
 
Huss said:
This is great film and great news.
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I completely agree.
Fujifilm C200 and Superia X-Tra 400 are excellent films. Due to my tests and experience using them for several years they have finer grain, better sharpness and better resolution than Kodak ColorPlus 200, Gold 200 and Ultramax 400. And also a more natural color rendition.
And that both films get the investment of a complete new package design in a regional market (though probably the biggest regional market globally) is a good indicator that these films stay in production.
 
I'm not sure i understand how this film can have:

1) "Offers exceptionally faithful color"

and

2) "Improve color brilliance"

Doesn't one exclude the other?
 
seany65 said:
I'm not sure i understand how this film can have:

1) "Offers exceptionally faithful color"

and

2) "Improve color brilliance"

Doesn't one exclude the other?
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No, not at all.
Because:
With every photographic medium (no matter whether film or sensor) you have losses in the capturing / imaging chain. You (more precise: the engineers) try to get as close as possible to the original. But you will never replicate the original to 100%. It will always be less than that because of losses in the transferred MTF.
So the engineers try to be as close to faithful / orginal color and the original color brillance.

Cheers, Jan
 
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