I wrote back to Fuji UK, copying the earlier message claiming no discontinuance of Reala and linking to the BJP story. I've asked for clarification, hopefully some sense may come of this by Monday.
Then there's Fuji Reala, no mention in the OP's post, Fuji's info says 35mm 24 exposure is going, and 120 only in 5 packs; but these press releases the likes of BJP have say 35mm Reala is outright going...
800Z is GONE... if you have a project you better find some NOW, because it is NO LONGER !!
Scott
If the 800Z now gets discontinued, at least Fuji is the fastest film company in the world! Discontinuation, re-introduction and discontinuation in just a few months! Holy cow, now that's quick!
Well, let's see what happens. At least this is quite interesting. What a chaos!
lilserenity said:Then there's Fuji Reala, no mention in the OP's post, Fuji's info says 35mm 24 exposure is going, and 120 only in 5 packs; but these press releases the likes of BJP have say 35mm Reala is outright going...
I wrote back to Fuji UK, copying the earlier message claiming no discontinuance of Reala and linking to the BJP story. I've asked for clarification, hopefully some sense may come of this by Monday.
Just had a reply from Fuji UK, Reala in 35mm is discontinued but remains in 120. Now, that maybe a UK only discontinuance, I don't know, but tragic none the less. I wonder what to replace it with.
I guess as a replacement the closest would be Portra 160NC, but Reala had that bit more punch, maybe Portra 160VC. I don't think Superia 100 is that close but I might be wrong.
My train of thought is similar to yours. I don't think Superia 100 exists anymore, I think it's been replaced with the budget Fujicolor 100. I thought I might try Superia 200 but it'll be grainier. Maybe 160VC and play with the rating?
I've been doing a lot of RA4 printing of Reala and it's wonderful stuff, punchy in the sun but still quite 'natural' to my eye. There's no grain at all on my 8x10 prints. I've ordered 20 rolls. I thought about ordering more but this stockpiling is killing my budget - Endura paper and 800Z are also on their way out. I think Ektar must have killed Reala sales as I always thought this was a big seller for Fuji. It's the most popular film at the Fuji pro shop.
My entire colour film / paper choice has been discontinued in a matter of months...
Supra Endura has kicked the bucket...There was a petition done to save it but there was no result. There is now not company as far as I have been told that cuts color paper into sheets. The only way to do it would be to get an 84 foot roll of 10 inch paper from kodak and cut 84 sheets yourself.
I am trying to buy as much Supra Endura as I can afford, not nearly as much as I'd like to but bills have to be paid I guess!
Certainly frustrating: the key to colour printing is consistency, I've standardised film and paper only for both to be killed off. Now I'll have to learn new films and papers. I've gone from shooting Fuji and printing onto Kodak to probably shooting Kodak and printing onto Fuji.
The next step might have to be a scanner and a decent inkjet for colour and just do black and white in the darkroom; I really don't want to but we're just being squeezed and squeezed and whilst I am doing what I can, at the end of the day, the electric bill and the water bill all have to be paid before film and paper.
What a sad day
I've been thinking of going to the communal darkroom where I work (actually, I work for two institutions, both with darkrooms) and getting all this Edge cut down in one go. I need more space than in my tiny home darkroom. I figured I could mount the roll on a broomstick between two chairs and just feed it into a guillotine. Being colour paper makes it harder as you can't see if everything is in line and square.
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