Sorry for being so blunt but Adox won't see another Euro of my money unless they come up with a film that is distributed and ready to buy on fotoimpex or macodirect for at least 10 years without interruptions.
I'm tired of investing time and money on a product only for it to disappear just when I thought I had understood it.
Precisely why I will not buy Bergger Pancro 400 sheet films ever again, even if they do reappear in the marketplace. (The sheet film sizes have been MIA since 2019)
Unfortunately I am starting to feel the same way about Adox films. The sheet sizes of CHS 100 II have been gone for several years now, up until a year ago, you'd occasionally see someone offering 4x5 or 5x7 boxes, but it's been a year or more since that happened. I'm becoming less and less likely to buy it as the months (years?) pass without it being available.
Fomapan looks more and more attractive all the time.
Now, I realize that the pandemic and other production issues have made it difficult for some of these manufacturers to maintain their production facilities. However, the lack of information coming from them about some of their products isn't exactly encouraging. I have likely emailed Bergger six or seven times in the last 3 years, asking about sheet film sizes of Pancro 400 and not once have I had a response. After being missing for FIVE years, I'm pretty much assuming this product is never coming back. I sure hope that's not going to be the fate of CHS 100 II.
Oh, and I read two relatively recent (2025) blog posts that stated that CMS 20 II is now a "discontinued" product as well. Anyone happen to have any factual evidence that this is true?
EDIT: nevermind, I found the Adox post from 2024 that states that they are no longer manufacturing it.
I also found a post from Adox on April 8, 2024 stating:
"Yes, HR-50 is planned in 120." It certainly hasn't happened yet — anyone have any information about HR-50 coming to market in 120 format?