Is Fujichrome 400 same as Provia 400x?

ziyanglai

• Sep 30, 2014

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I got this 35mm E-6 film from either a friend or from eBay a long time ago. It has been sitting in my refrigerator for a long time.. On the canister is says Fujichrome 400 and I'm not aware of any E-6 ISO 400 film except Provia 400. So are they the same thing? Someone kindly explain this to me.

Thanks.

P.S. obviously expired. If I remember correctly the expiration date is 2005.

 

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• Sep 30, 2014

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Look up the DX code.

http://www.imageaircraft.com.au/DXsim/

http://dexter.pcode.nl/

Use both. Look the DX code next to the barcode on the cassette.

Fuji uses a system of 2 or 3 letters to identify their films. Google Fuji RH which is the code you can see.

 

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• Sep 30, 2014

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It is this one here: http://www.fujifilmusa.com/shared/bin/sensia400.pdf

It is Sensia 400, the amateur version of Provia 400.
Use it at half speed.

 

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ziyanglai

• Oct 1, 2014

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Got it. Thanks for all the quick responses!

 

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• Oct 1, 2014

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If you would re-label a film of yours for another market (-segment), would you give the re-labeled one the same DX-code?

 

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• Oct 1, 2014

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AgX said:

If you would re-label a film of yours for another market (-segment), would you give the re-labeled one the same DX-code?

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Quite possibly, on the assumption that consumers would not know how to interpret a DX code while it might be useful for photofinishers to know what film they were really dealing with. Of course APUG members are not generally typical consumers!

 

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• Oct 1, 2014

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That's how we can tell that Solution VX 200 is Lucky 200. They have the same codes.

 

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• Oct 1, 2014

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Definitely not RXP- that is an older Fuji logo from around the early 90s?

 

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• Oct 1, 2014

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Not necessarily. The Fuji C200 still being made today and on sale on many countries, though not in the US as far as I know, still has much of the same style. The cassette is very similar and actually says "Fujicolor 200".

Fuji C200 by markus119, on Flickr