Dirk
Privatier
... according to my local Walgreens photo guy. He said that Fuji will stop making any film next year. Stop. The End. Over.
I feel almost embarrassed posting this here, because these kind of alarmist rumors have been bandied about before, but then it dawned on me that I actually have no idea what Fuji's current production of film is, what they still produce or not produce, and so on. Has anybody followed Fuji's production plans/announcements pertaining to film?
I feel almost embarrassed posting this here, because these kind of alarmist rumors have been bandied about before, but then it dawned on me that I actually have no idea what Fuji's current production of film is, what they still produce or not produce, and so on. Has anybody followed Fuji's production plans/announcements pertaining to film?
Chriscrawfordphoto
Real Men Shoot Film.
You believe someone with zero photo knowledge who makes $8 an hour at Walgreens to tell you what film manufacturers are planning?
Dirk
Privatier
No, that's why I'm posting the question here. I thought that was obvious.
JChrome
Street Worker
Jesus was pretty poor but everything he said was true.
maddoc
... likes film again.
I repeat myself here but I think they (Fuji) don`t actually make photographic films anymore since some time. What I think what they do is selling of stock and since it is unpredictable to announce how long the stock lasts (depending on sales volumes), they had those random announcements of discontinuing films one after the other in the past.
Hopefully I am wrong with this but I would not be to astonished if Fuji has pulled already the plug ...
Hopefully I am wrong with this but I would not be to astonished if Fuji has pulled already the plug ...
Bill Clark
Veteran
Doesn't concern me. Info like the feller from the drugstore you mentioned is usually about as accurate as the weather folks, at least the weather people here.
Besides you have an excellent source for film with Freestyle.
Besides you have an excellent source for film with Freestyle.
goamules
Well-known
On April Fools day, no less.
Solinar
Analog Preferred
Fuji's pro-grade color film is selling for a pretty penny these days. I would hope that there is some profit to be made.
fireblade
Vincenzo.
lol....poor, that's false, he owns the universe...the hollywood movies with the priest riding the donkey was to fool you
Hi Gabor, yep I've seen you write this previously, and the signs would seem to point towards Fuji pulling out of film in the future (though it baffles me why they bothered to redesign some of their film packaging not too long ago LINK). Still, I'm curious to know what you base your statement on. Is it just a gut feeling? Or have you heard something through the grapevine so to speak?
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
I thought it was settled since the arrival of the Canon 10D that film was dead, and by extension that Leica was dead.
Did film mumble "twoo lub"?
Did film mumble "twoo lub"?
ian_watts
Ian Watts
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.
maddoc
... likes film again.
It is just a gut feeling no further information. Redesigning their film-packaging could also mean this, making it more versatile for packing non-photographic film materials.
noimmunity
scratch my niche
I think that my next photographic purchase ought to be a freezer
JP Owens
Well-known
I would guess that the Walgreens guy has been told they will stop selling film in the next year. While our local Wal-Mart still has a few 4 roll packages of Fuji film on display, they will no longer accept film at all. They won't even send it off.
I suspect that, whether it continues to exist or not, film will be completely invisible to your average consumer in the next year or so. JMHO, though.
I suspect that, whether it continues to exist or not, film will be completely invisible to your average consumer in the next year or so. JMHO, though.
sevo
Fokutorendaburando
That is not entirely impossible, but overall unlikely unless we assume that Fuji have somehow found a way to preserve Velvia 50 unknown to the rest of the world. As far as known (and landscape photographers have desperately fought to prolong the life of their favourite batch), the stuff tips out of the colour balance within two or three years even if deep frozen. So it seems that at least Velvia must be in production at least at two year intervals - the stuff they sell (with expiration dates 18 months into the future) does not appear to be five year old.
Ranchu
Veteran
maddoc
... likes film again.
Good point. I would assume that the uncut film material is frozen and probably also kept in an inert gas atmosphere if slow dye-oxidation processes are the origin of shifts in color balance.
Ranchu
Veteran
They probably keep the rolls in space, at a lagrange point in a vacuum at absolute zero. Just a gut feeling, no further information.
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. Posting such a discussion with the title "The Sky Is Falling" in my opinion is about as inflammatory as it gets.
Do you have any contact details for the person involved and their source? I do realise this is the internet and anyone can make up any bull**** they feel like, however I've always rated RFF members (most of them, anyway) more highly than that. If that's too indirect for you the above could be summarised more succinctly as "Put up or shut up". I'm not particularly interested in peoples' gut feelings either. Hard information is helpful to all whether it consists of good news or bad. Everything else decreases the signal to noise ratio, impacts on confidence of those who still use film for imaging and is, apart from anything else, a massive PITA for anyone who is actually still using film (as distinct from talking about it).
Do you have any contact details for the person involved and their source? I do realise this is the internet and anyone can make up any bull**** they feel like, however I've always rated RFF members (most of them, anyway) more highly than that. If that's too indirect for you the above could be summarised more succinctly as "Put up or shut up". I'm not particularly interested in peoples' gut feelings either. Hard information is helpful to all whether it consists of good news or bad. Everything else decreases the signal to noise ratio, impacts on confidence of those who still use film for imaging and is, apart from anything else, a massive PITA for anyone who is actually still using film (as distinct from talking about it).