Black Dog
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Hi!
Portra 400 (Medium Format)
Regards!
Why? Tri-X is still available, right?!2 rolls of Tri-X. Dwindling down my final supply of this film before I convert over to all Ilford HP5.
Why? Tri-X is still available, right?!
I'm shooting Tri-X and Provia400X right now.
I am not hording film. I just buy it as I go. I happened to live right next to one of the biggest camera stores in Tokyo.Haha so you're on the other side, you prefer to live dangerously at the edge of oblivion haha
I am not hording film. I just buy it as I go. I happened to live right next to one of the biggest camera stores in Tokyo.
I have a hard time believing Kodak will discontinue Tri-X unless they go out of business. Provia400X is not discontinued in Japan at least. Their Japanese website doesn't mention anything, while they do mention discontinuing provia 100f in non-35mm formats etc. We'll see what happens. But for now I am enjoying these films.
http://fujifilm.jp/personal/filmandcamera/film/reversal/
check this site. All of them are still available in 135. some of the other formats have been discontinued. The red writing lists what's been discontinued. Provia400X is the only one that doesn't have any remarks. It's also widely available here in Tokyo. (may only be left over stock, but there's a ton of this film in the stores here)
That's fine. I'll switch to something else when I can't buy it anymore. But again, for right now, I enjoy shooting it!
Good idea! Neopan 400 is also one of the cheapest 400 speed b&w films available here. I might as well buy a bunch, dump it in the freezer and enjoy it a few years down the road.
Good idea! Neopan 400 is also one of the cheapest 400 speed b&w films available here. I might as well buy a bunch, dump it in the freezer and enjoy it a few years down the road.
HP5+ is more versatile, cheaper, and will be around decades longer...? Hehe :devil:
Just because they still have large stocks there and it's for sale it doesn't mean it's not discontinued. There was an official notice from fuji. They stopped production.
Does 400x and Velvia 100F have new boxes? No? They are discontinued, no matter how you think otherwise.
They also list Neopan 400 on their website. It is discontinued too!
http://fujifilm.jp/personal/filmandcamera/film/monochrome/film.html
The stores don't run out of stock the hour something stops being produced.
Why? Tri-X is still available, right?!
It's cheaper, insignificantly so unless you buy 100' rolls. It MAY or may not be around longer, hard to say. More versatile? Um... dunno about that. HP5+ is a great film but Tri-X is still my all time favorite if-I-could-have-only-one black and white film.
I second or is it third that Neopan (Presto in Japan) is the best 400 speed film. I like it's grain and it's sharper than TriX.
I soup it in Super Prodol and it comes out great. I have a whole stack of it in freezer and I want to buy more.
I shoot it alongside trix, since they both have different looks. Once it's gone, it's TriX for me with a bit of Tmax for finer grain.
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