It depends on where your daylight is. If you live above latitude 55N then less than 400 can be a problem for all except a few weeks of the year in summer and then only the odd 1-2 days at a time for almost all of the rest of the year. From mid Oct to mid Mar there may be no days at all when 100 is sufficient.What do you mean “only iso 100 film”??
Iso100 is the perfect speed for daylight shooting.
Iso 400 in daylight/sunlight is such a waste. Poorer image quality combined to 1/1000@f16 is not something good.
Thank you. I had not seen this before.
It depends on where your daylight is. If you live above latitude 55N then less than 400 can be a problem for all except a few weeks of the year in summer and then only the odd 1-2 days at a time for almost all of the rest of the year. From mid Oct to mid Mar there may be no days at all when 100 is sufficient.
pentaxuser
Now that it looks like they’re getting the smaller capacity stuff worked out, I’d expect to see more emulsions come back as long as they can do it within that smaller capacity. I suspect that TMAX p3200 went through something similar, and Kodak has stated multiple times that they’re actively looking for opportunities to bring emulsions back where it makes sense to do so. They’re not leaving, they just needed a couple beats to step back and retool so they can match the market size.
There is only a two stop difference between ISO 100 and 400. Are you on the edge with ISO 400 as well?Absolutely agree. I find ISO 100 too slow in the UK for much of the year. It’s very restrictive to be shooting with lenses wide open and worrying about camera shake from low shutter speeds.
On the other hand, if your camera has limited shutter speeds, then 400 film can restrict you to stopping down a lot. I use ISO 100 and 125 more than anything else.Absolutely agree. I find ISO 100 too slow in the UK for much of the year. It’s very restrictive to be shooting with lenses wide open and worrying about camera shake from low shutter speeds.
It reads like a blogger blogging about another blogger, then making some guesses and proclaiming them correct. "We now know FujiFilm's reason." Oh really?
Get a new camera!!On the other hand, if your camera has limited shutter speeds, then 400 film can restrict you to stopping down a lot. I use ISO 100 and 125 more than anything else.
As in everything, one size doesn't fit all and to each their own
Ha! I don't even USE a shutter on the one I got from you...the lens cap is just fineGet a new camera!!
There is only a two stop difference between ISO 100 and 400. Are you on the edge with ISO 400 as well?
There is only a two stop difference between ISO 100 and 400. Are you on the edge with ISO 400 as well?
On the other hand, if your camera has limited shutter speeds, then 400 film can restrict you to stopping down a lot. I use ISO 100 and 125 more than anything else.
As in everything, one size doesn't fit all and to each their own
What's to guess? They have been consistently reducing the number of films they offer for years. The only guessing is which one is next, which I suspect it is based on demand, not some irrational reason.
maybe ... fuji is a giant company, maybe parts of their film division is in a slump ?
for DECADES kodak got rid of products that didn't meet a certain sales magin
maybe that is what is happening with some of their films, and they plan on keeping
some of them in production and cancelling others. companies do this all the time,
and over the years fuji has done this as well. i used to use one of their films
called fuji press something or other. great film, but they discontinuted it because
it didn't meet sales expectations .. im not saying this is what is going on
but having been in retail an provided services for customers since i was 12 or 13
i know from personal experience, if someone doesnt' want something don't offer it.
But there isn't demand for the film. If there were, Fuji wouldn't be discontinuing it.
What you're seeing now is panic-buying. I did the same when Fuji discontinued FP-100C. Bought 20+ packs that are still sitting in my fridge.
Jim B.
Well, you are right, sort of....
The point is that with every film they kill, they "ensure that Fuji will always support film"....which is an oxymoron and an insult
You are right about this.
But in this case, I am 100% certain that, for the past 10 years or so, we've seen Fuji slowly pulling out of the film business, for good.
If/when they now cancel Acros, there are no more B/W films from them, Acros is actually a pretty popular film and I would bet it is more popular than the color-options, apart from Velvia maybe (not sure anymore about color).
Had they cut the offerings in half AND offered something new, then sure, but they are simply slowly and steadily just cancelling their whole film-division.
This is also ok by itself, but they aren't really a honest bunch when it comes down to it....since we've all seen the "Continuing to support film" messages as they have slashed and diced their film-lineups for years ^^
You know i really liked acros. It was cheap at one time and made nice photographs...but it's still only a 100 speed film more like 80.
I'll take TMY400 any day and shoot it in all formats. Adios Acros!
oh well, . business is business .. what can you do ?
my suggestion is to find another film and enjoy it, if it goes ( repeat ) if the format is orphaned find another one &c
and if the manufacturers stop altogether or photo supplies cost too much, learn to do wet plate or dry plate, dig neg/cyanotypes &c. its
really not as hard as it seems. lots of ways to get your photo-fix
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What are the chances that some other film manufacturer (Ilford or even Kodak) picks up some of the discontinued emulsions and 'revives' them? Probably a dumb question, but l've always wondered.
True, I want to try wetplate with large-format, but if I was to order the collodium and related chems, I will probably find myself interrogated by the anti-terror police pretty quick =D
I already have my prioritized list:
Neopan 400 -> TriX -> Ilford HP5
Plus-x -> Acros -> Ilford FP4 -> Foma 100 -> Adox CHS 100 -> Delta 100.
Reason for discontinuation may have been a technical one: emulsions are made out of many elements, it may be that one crucial element is no longer available and the manufacturer does not consider it economically to redesign that emulsion.
So a "take-over" manufacturer would have to face the same issue.
Another aspect is that a emulsion must fit the making and coating facilities of a manufacturer.
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