The Sky is Falling...

Sarcophilus Harrisii said:
I would like to see people who initiate these sorts of discussions pause, consider the ripple effect posts on a forum with such a wide profile may have, and ask themselves if they have anything of value to share or knowledge that could benefit the members here.
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I does have an effect, I agree. I was buying a lot (a lot for me, anyway) of slide film in the past few years, because I was (still am) afraid it will be gone soon. I have enough E100G in 120 for the next 5 years. It's gone now. Still feel stupid that I didn't buy all E100G, E100VS in both 135 and 120 I could get at the time (well, I didn't have enough money). Fuji's "totally committed to film" doesn't really help me when they discontinue Provia 400X, Velvia 100F... In fact, it's just the opposite. I really should buy a freezer, sell a few cameras and lenses and just buy film. Problem is that I don't have space for a freezer and I already had to sell some Provia 100F (kids say they'd like some ice cream instead of film occasionally).

I've learned that official statements from film producers are as reliable as "gut feelings". At best.
 
I'll do my best to keep Ilford, Foma, and ADOX in business. I can be content with just those three.
 
ian_watts said:
Sneering at people based on their pay is an ugly trait IMO. In my experience there are plenty of people earning 50x or more than this who know naff all about a great deal.
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I used to be the assistant manager of a Walgreens store. Trust me, the photo people there do not know a thing about photography, let alone the photo industry. They company won't hire knowledgeable people because they won't work for poverty wages. I know this because the store manager who trained me said it, as did the district manager for northeast Indiana at the time. In any case, there is no reason for low-level employees to know what a retailer's vendors are going to do. It simply isn't their concern. Their concern was Walgreens, the company that paid them, not Kodak or Fuji, or any other manufacturer whose goods we sold.

Yes, there are rich people who are idiots. I've said that myself many times. Those who got rich through their own business or through some talent (eg. sports, music, acting) are generally very knowledgeable about the business that they earned their money in, even if they don't know anything else!
 
Ranchu said:
They probably keep the rolls in space, at a lagrange point in a vacuum at absolute zero. Just a gut feeling, no further information.

:rolleyes:
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... that's probably what to that chaps fogged film ... x-ray damage in space

Remember, you heard it here first!
 
Sparrow said:
... that's probably what to that chaps fogged film ... x-ray damage in space

Remember, you heard it here first!
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That's not so far-fetched, Stewart. Years ago, when Kodak introduced Tmax p3200 film, they said the reason the film had shorter expiry dates than other Kodak BW films was that its high sensitivity meant that it would become fogged by background radiation. Freezing wouldn't help either. That doesn't protect from radiation.
 
Ranchu said:
They probably keep the rolls in space, at a lagrange point in a vacuum at absolute zero. Just a gut feeling, no further information.

:rolleyes:
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This post should be a sticky. The way the Internet works, it'll be a fact on Wikipedia before the end of the month.
 
... manufactures say many things about their products ... and they say many more things about them in their terms and conditions. I try to work on my own observations and experiences

Mani; I dot't edit wikipedia any more, wot with that with Bob Holness incident ...
 
Dirk said:
... according to my local Walgreens photo guy. He said that Fuji will stop making any film next year. Stop. The End. Over.
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Sorry, but that is complete BS.
Fuji is continuing producing film, they even are investing in it.

The facts:
- Fuji's Instax instant film has increasing sales for years, with rates of 20% p.a.
- at last Photokina (biggest photo fair in the world; I was there) almost half of Fuji's booth was showing Instax film and cameras
- the Fuji stuff at Photokina told me they will certainly continue film production for the next decades, they expect a film revival
- in the last 1,5 years they introduced two new Instax cameras
- they had to significantly increase their production capacity, even build a new finishing plant for Instax
- Instax film has a negative film base, which is coated on the same machine as all other photo films
- they are doing lots of advertising for Instax, including TV commercials in Asia
- in almost every country there are Instax facebook pages, even in developing countries;
here just one example:
https://www.facebook.com/fujifilmindia
- Instax ist their best selling photo product: They are selling more Instax cameras than digital cameras (2,6 million Instax cameras last year)
- They recently announced an increased R&D budget for silver-gelatin RA-4 paper:
http://www.ephotozine.com/article/fujifilm-hails-golden-era-for-silver-halide-paper-26280
- in an interview the Fuji CEO has said very clearly that they will continue film production
- they invested in new package design of their professional films recently: you don't spend money for that if you are planning to stop production
- Fuji has the most widespread film portfolio of all film manufacturers, offering CN film, reversal film, BW negative film and three types of instant film;
no other film manufacturer is doing that
- Fuji is asking their main distributors every year how much film they will order: according to these orders they then produce fresh.

You want Fuji film in the future?
It is just simple:
Continue to use it, and then it will be produced, will be kept in production.

Cheers, Jan
 
I haven't a clue why you chose to post that clip ^ ... but I really enjoyed it! :p
 
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