Fujichrome Type-35 not in stock

[bewilson]

In a disturbing discovery yesterday, I find that neither B&H nor Adorama have any 20x24 Type-35 paper in stock. Maybe it's just the normal cycle, or maybe it's the beginning of the rest of the R-3000 discontinuation. Anyone heard about either Fuji or Kodak killing the rest fo the R-3000/R-3 line?

 

[Thilo Schmid]

Fuji has discontinued Type 35 at the beginning of this year. All dealers were selling the (Fuji-) stock since then. Kodak Radiance seems to be the only one left. Most labs prefer to have only one process running. Since most slides are reproduced digitally on RA-4 in major labs, R-3/R-3000 is left to the amateurs and a few pros running their own lab. This has significantly reduced the market volume of reversal Paper.

 

[bewilson]

Well, I'm pleased to report that orders for both glossy and super glossy papers from Adorama and B&H shipped today. I'm still concerned, just not panicked anymore.