A definitive answer - is Fuji Pro 800Z gone for good in the UK, or not?

[ted_smith]

Hi

I'm trying to find the official, formal and final announcement by Fuji that that Fuji Pro 800Z in 35mm format has been discontinued?

I've Googled all over the place and can find the original statement saying it was going out of production but that they then did a u-turn due to customer feedback and said they'd continue for the time being. That was early 2009. There's hundreds of forum statements by Joe Public but I am struggling to find anything concrete.

The Fujifilm.com website still lists 800Z here (though the .co.uk website does not).

I've also read (there was a url link here which no longer exists) and (there was a url link here which no longer exists).

Silverprint.co.uk no longer have it listed but Dale-Photographic.co.uk and calumet-photo.co.uk do (http://www.calumetphoto.co.uk/item/133-161V/) - so are these just old stocks or are they getting supplies from Fuji? So I'm left somewhat confused as to the situation of 800Z in 35mm format in the UK. I only ask I was planning to utilise it for a series of up-and-coming work.

If it has gone, has anything of equal speed and quality in the pipeline or already released by Fuji?

Ted

 

[CGW]

No longer on the Fujifilm.ca pro film roster; same goes for Superia 800.

 

[ted_smith]

No longer of Fujifilm.co.uk film roster either (http://www.fujifilm.co.uk/film/) though Superia 800 (allbeit the X-TRA version) and Superia 1600 are listed.

 

[railwayman3]

I believe that most of the various "Fuji" distributors in different countries are autonomous companies, and certainly Fuji worldwide seems to have no consistent policies on what is sold where, or, worst still, no clear reliable simple system of telling customers of exactly what is available and what is discontinued.

 

[CGW]

I believe that most of the various "Fuji" distributors in different countries are autonomous companies, and certainly Fuji worldwide seems to have no consistent policies on what is sold where, or, worst still, no clear reliable simple system of telling customers of exactly what is available and what is discontinued.

What's made and what's sold where is the start of the fun. Plain vanilla Superia films are supposedly being reduced to ISO400 only, so it's 'sayonara" to ISO200, 800 and 1600 for N. America.

 

[hpulley]

The Superia 800 here is all 2011/2 expiry and lots of it though it still shoots pretty well. I prefer my own Tetenal processing to my lab's, last roll I give them for a while. I'm still shooting long expired NPH400 and its still sharp, I just shoot it at 200 or so.

 

[nickrapak]

The 800Z discontinuance was first announced in the BJP, so I assume that the UK was the first place it was officially discontinued.

*A note on Fuji's distribution: Although each country operates more or less independently from one another, it is generally assumed that once a film stock is discontinued in Japan, it's just a matter of "clearing out the pipeline" until it is discontinued everywhere.

 

[mikecnichols]

What's made and what's sold where is the start of the fun. Plain vanilla Superia films are supposedly being reduced to ISO400 only, so it's 'sayonara" to ISO200, 800 and 1600 for N. America.

I hope 200 does not get booted....that's my go to "commercial" film.

 

[perkeleellinen]

800Z is dead. This is a reply to an email I sent to Fuji UK:

Pro800Z is now discontinued, there will be no further manufacture, we still
have some stock left in the UK, but when this is gone it will not be
replaced.

 

[benjiboy]

Amazon UK has it http://www.amazon.co.uk/FUJI-Pro-80...?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1294750126&sr=1-22, if you like this film Ted I suggest you assume it's discontinued and buy as much as you are able and freeze it.