Fortia !?

[DrPablo]

I was pleasantly surprised to find an online store in Japan that sells Fortia in 120 roll film. I picked up a box of 5 rolls.

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Every picture I've seen on Fortia looks like Velvia on LSD.

Velvia, ordinarily, is about enough for me, about as saturated as I need.

But this Fortia could be fun for spring flowers, fall colors, and scenes out of Willie Wonka.

 

[Alex Bishop-Thorpe]

I've got another 4 rolls left in 35mm, but I'll pick some up in 120 next time as well. I used that first roll to photograph a wedding, so we'll see how that goes.
Megaperls is a pretty good store, my stuff got here in 4 days with tracking all the way, so I can recommended them pretty highly.
Don't buy all the Fortia before I get some more

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

Post some samples. I'm interested to see what it looks like. I think this was originally aimed at the Japanese market for the cherry blossom festival or some such thing.

 

[DrPablo]

Yeah, I think you're right about the flowers. Kyoto attracts even more crowds for cherry blossoms than DC.

I'll post my own when I take some, but if you search on Google Images you'll get a whole roster of images, mostly from Japanese websites.

Here are some Fortia galleries I've found. Some of these shots are crazy. It makes Velvia look muted.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/agclub/sets/72157594224952856/

http://www.pbase.com/tatum/fortia

http://www.photosig.com/go/photos/browse;jsessionid=aBMqI-fVDXChsqeemJ?id=28859

http://www.pbase.com/oeyvind/fortia

 

[kunihiko]

Yes, we are crazy for cherry blossom. We need a special film for it, that much

 

[htmlguru4242]

Just ... WOW. That is incredibly saturated, amazing color. I've not used this or Velvia before, so I can't say how it compares, but I've got to try some of this out.

The Megaperls site says that it's only available in Japan. Is there a way to get it in the US?

 

[DrPablo]

The Megaperls site says that it's only available in Japan. Is there a way to get it in the US?

It's only sold in Japan, but you can order it from Megaperls online and they'll ship it to the USA.

 

[tjaded]

Thank you for posting this! I've been wanting to try this film for a long time but I thought it was already a thing of the past. I ordered a pro pack of 120, along with some Acros 100 4x5 in plain sheets (not readyload.) I don't know if doing limited run film is something new for Fuji, but I think it's a cool idea. Knowing up front that a film will only be around for a certain amount of time means that you can either use it knowing not to get hooked on it, or you can stock up while it is actually on the shelf as opposed to the Kodak method of letting us scramble for the few remaining boxes. Anyway, I am very curious to try this film...so thanks again for posting the link!

Matt

 

[braxus]

These films show up on Ebay now and then, but they can be expensive. I have some rolls of the original Fortia, as well a Fortia SP Im saving for a Hawaii trip should I ever get there. We have cherry blossums out right now here, but our weather is so often overcast. Even Fortia in overcast conditions didn't look saturated. It looks better in sunlight.

 

[DrPablo]

I finally got to shoot a roll of Fortia (in 120) the other day. I was expecting gaudy, cartoonish colors, but it actually looked very nice. Not substantially different than Velvia -- nice contrast boost and amazing separation of colors.