To me, having a fake aperture ring (it's not connected to the aperture) is a vastly overrated aspect of the camera. I can shoot just fine from a dial. It makes no difference to me.
I like the haptics of my XE2 and XT2. They handle like my film cameras so it's easy for me to move back and forth. Is there another camera that still has an aperture ring on the lens?
I like the haptics of my XE2 and XT2. They handle like my film cameras so it's easy for me to move back and forth. Is there another camera that still has an aperture ring on the lens?
To me, having a fake aperture ring (it's not connected to the aperture) is a vastly overrated aspect of the camera. I can shoot just fine from a dial. It makes no difference to me.
Shoot Nikon and use manual focus, or the original auto-focus glass with the aperture ring ?
. I've got a Canon EOS 300x which I'm probably going to end up getting rid of - one dial only (and a tiny viewfinder)
For what it's worth, in an Instagram post by Tokyo Camera Style he mentions that Fujifilm are evaluating bringing back B&W film after user demand/outcry. Looks like a Japanese site called ITmedia news is carrying it ?
http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/1807/25/news078.html
Probably the first time in a while that Fuji have commentated on film production ?
Kumar,
If people here on Photrio were serious about using ACROS 100, they would have cleaned out your entire stock offering of this particular film on your separate thread.
Apparently though that hasn't happened.
Bad rider, bad rider.
one can hope.For what it's worth, in an Instagram post by Tokyo Camera Style he mentions that Fujifilm are evaluating bringing back B&W film after user demand/outcry. Looks like a Japanese site called ITmedia news is carrying it ?
http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/1807/25/news078.html
Probably the first time in a while that Fuji have commentated on film production ?
We still have Ilford!Well, Fuji does have a history of bringing back films that they have discontinued, so I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility. That said, as per the article mentioned above, if they cannot find a way to reduce production while keeping the costs manageable, I doubt it'll happen. But I now have several years supply of Acros sitting in my fridge (no room in the freezer) so if they do bring it back I'll really have to start shooting more of it (or get a bigger freezer). It would be nice if they brought back both the 400 and 1600 films as well, but that's probably wishful thinking.
We still have Ilford!
I bought so much Acros film that I won't be buying Ilford for a loooooong time.
We'd better get used to analog photography products being discontinued. Let's face it: it's a niche market and there are still too many players around with too many different products, competing on a very small market. We would be better off with, say, 2 or 3 manufacturers really committed to analog photography. Much better than the current state: too many manufacturers, too many products, as a result noone is making good business. Let's say: Ilford, Kodak and Adox (or Foma) survive, all the rest is history. Let's face it: with the products these 3 companies produce, every photographer in the world should be able to make great photo's!
We'd better get used to analog photography products being discontinued. Let's face it: it's a niche market and there are still too many players around with too many different products, competing on a very small market. We would be better off with, say, 2 or 3 manufacturers really committed to analog photography. Much better than the current state: too many manufacturers, too many products, as a result noone is making good business. Let's say: Ilford, Kodak and Adox (or Foma) survive, all the rest is history. Let's face it: with the products these 3 companies produce, every photographer in the world should be able to make great photo's!
I've said this before & I'll say it again: from the way that the defenders of Acros trumpet across the landscape, you'd think that no one made successful night-time/ long exposure images before it was introduced in the late 1990's...
You live in a fantasy ignoring the reality that Kodak is today in very very serious financial trouble. Just last week Kodak floated the idea that they would sell off the most profitable part of their business in a last ditch effort to pay outstanding debt. The company is STILL not financially viable years after emerging from bankruptcy. The stock price has been declining 2-5% per day for weeks now. The rats are starting to bail from the ship. Kodak warrants have lost 95% of their value. Investors are that certain that the loans will not be repaid back.
If we are honest, it should have been Fujifilm that should have been the last man standing between the two film producers. Fujifilm is an exceptionally stable company, far stable than Kodak could ever dream of. Fujifilm at one point was committed to film. They aren't now, but they used to be. Fujifilm had it all at one point, ISO100 and 400 monochrome film. ISO160, 200, 400, 800, and 1600 color film AND two flavors of E6 film.
THAT is the company people should have rallied behind, not a dying company preparing to dismember itself. Sure, losing Portra would have sucked, but people would have moved on. They always do.
Well, we had our chance, but it was not to be.
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