Second to Last Roll of 400X

[Lamar]

I became a grandfather yesterday so I loaded my second to last roll of 400X for the occasion........... I can see the last roll going pretty quickly on the same subject in the near future. Sure wish they still made it.

 

[M Stat]

Nice camera!

 

[MartinP]

Keep making hints to Ferrania - there is a high-speed E6 film in their roadmap somewhere!

 

[ME Super]

+1. They said if things go well, they would do a 400 speed E6, and possibly the 800/3200 E6 emulsion.

 

[gone]

Congratulations. It sounds odd when you first say it, doesn't it? Grand.... father. I do like the grand part though :}

 

[benjiboy]

Keep making hints to Ferrania - there is a high-speed E6 film in their roadmap somewhere!

It ain't going to be the same quality as 400X.

 

[richyd]

It still seems to be readily available in Japan and I can get 120 stock in the UK, though I already have fridge full. Fuji are very opaque with their global film availability and production
, Kodak always made clear announcements. If you go to www.fujifilm.com/products/professional_films/color_reversalfilms - you will still find Provia 400x listed.

 

[rbrigham]

hi Richyd

where have you seen 400x 120 in England recently ?

robin

 

[ME Super]

It ain't going to be the same quality as 400X.

That may be true, but it'll still be better quality than no 400-speed E-6 once all the 400X is gone. Heck the Wittner Chrome 200D (based on Agfa RSXII 200) reminds me a lot of Kodak Ektachrome from the late 1980s. It's not a bad film either. It's no Provia 100F, but better than non-existent 400X.

 

[RattyMouse]

400X is still very easy to find in China. As is Reala and Neopan 400. Reala is stupidly priced now though, at over $12/roll.

 

[richyd]

Robin
Mailshots.co.uk still still have it listed and also in 35mm.

Richard

 

[Roger Cole]

There is still a source on Amazon, albeit at $20 per roll plus shipping.

I still have something like 15-20 rolls in the freezer. I expect to shoot up a lot of them this summer. I'm mulling buying up some more even at $20+shipping a roll. The stuff is that good. :-/

 

[Roger Cole]

Gaa, once more how I wish APUG, alone among all the vBulletin sites I frequent in not implementing the multi-quote feature, would do so. Anyway, via copy/paste and Notepad:

Keep making hints to Ferrania - there is a high-speed E6 film in their roadmap somewhere!

I think they have said that. Can't wait.

+1. They said if things go well, they would do a 400 speed E6, and possibly the 800/3200 E6 emulsion.

Both would be welcome but I'd prefer the 400 first. E6 film generally responds well to pushing so getting a decent 800 out of it would probably be easy enough, and 1600 a maybe. A native 800 pushable to 3200 would be wonderful but only if the quality made using it worthwhile, which I'm not sure it would. Even C41 films faster than 800 have been quite grainy historically, and E6 would likely be more so.

It ain't going to be the same quality as 400X.

Probably not but I agree with the next poster:

That may be true, but it'll still be better quality than no 400-speed E-6 once all the 400X is gone. Heck the Wittner Chrome 200D (based on Agfa RSXII 200) reminds me a lot of Kodak Ektachrome from the late 1980s. It's not a bad film either. It's no Provia 100F, but better than non-existent 400X.

It's also likely going to be better than pushing Provia 100F two stops to get 400, which is the choice now, or maybe pushing Wittner Chrome a stop.

I had some Ektachrome 200 Professional in the freezer that I recently shot up. The color palate is rather startlingly different from Provia or even E100G, and the slides jump out when mixed into a show with the others, but I find I quite like it for some things. It's not exactly pastel but a lot more subdued than the others.

 

[Lamar]

Hahaha. You're so right, it does seem a bit weird saying it at first but then you get used to it and then even like it.

Congratulations. It sounds odd when you first say it, doesn't it? Grand.... father. I do like the grand part though :}