Fuji dedicated to film ?

[clubgrit]

Well, they have a new film camera, and now this :

Fuji relaunch of Velvia 50 film

Well, Fuji definitely makes my favorite colour films these days, hope they thrive and also relaunch all formats of the Velvia 50, such as 120.

[antitrust]

this is great news! glad to see Fuji still interested in the film business. thumbs up man.

[iggy]

I doubt that they'll get out of it so quickly. Imagine how much they would have spent on film production facilities alone.

[Tetrode]

I don't think that they ever stopped production or supply in Japan. I suspect that it was just that the European and US business units decided to stop importing it bec they projected declining sales due to the digital onslaught.

I think this 'restart of manufacturing' thing is just a marketing ploy to cover up the fact that they made a boo boo. Anyway, I'm happy to see it's return.

[brian]

nice news.

Good to hear that, but my guess is that the price will probably be higher now that its probably targetted at the "niche market" (i.e. hobbyist that don't mind spending more). Of course I'm not sure but if this is the case, and together with the increase in processing prices nowadays for films which I am starting to see, I'm going to keep my plan to move on to digital once my supply of Velvia50 in the freezer runs out.

Time to move on. But I'm going to keep a few rolls unopened for old times sake.

[clubgrit]

Well, all the best to you moving to digital. As for me I am coming from digital into film And if film is really gone, there's always the digital backs to fall on.

But, sheesh, I went back to buy Provia 100F, and lo and behold, all suddenly sold out at CP, Konotoa, Fotohub, Colourlab. And I just saw some in these shops a few weeks back. I didn't buy more then as I thought they will be there when I need them. I had to buy a whole bunch from HK guys in eBay. Why do I have the feeling that HK guys are having all the fun with film ?

[Bobman]

Originally Posted by clubgrit Well, all the best to you moving to digital. As for me I am coming from digital into film And if film is really gone, there's always the digital backs to fall on. But, sheesh, I went back to buy Provia 100F, and lo and behold, all suddenly sold out at CP, Konotoa, Fotohub, Colourlab. And I just saw some in these shops a few weeks back. I didn't buy more then as I thought they will be there when I need them. I had to buy a whole bunch from HK guys in eBay. Why do I have the feeling that HK guys are having all the fun with film ?

Damn, still have another 20 over sheets of 4x5 and 20 rolls of 120 haven't develop Think must really switch to gigiter...... then CF card crash, harddisk crash......

[brian]

Originally Posted by clubgrit Well, all the best to you moving to digital. As for me I am coming from digital into film And if film is really gone, there's always the digital backs to fall on. But, sheesh, I went back to buy Provia 100F, and lo and behold, all suddenly sold out at CP, Konotoa, Fotohub, Colourlab. And I just saw some in these shops a few weeks back. I didn't buy more then as I thought they will be there when I need them. I had to buy a whole bunch from HK guys in eBay. Why do I have the feeling that HK guys are having all the fun with film ?

Still planning to do B&W on film. That's because you dont worry about processing in a shop and the film keeps almost forever. Stocking up on my favourite b&w film. Seems that everytime I go to the shop to get colour slide films they're either out of stock or the prices have gone up. I dont have too much space in my freezer to store the film so I can't get them in large bulks.

I guess that the photo market is more vibrant in HK. I dont complain already, at least in singapore I'd say its not too bad. You can still get some of the stuff like films and chemicals. When you chat with the guys from CP etc, they keep on telling you about how the day before a thai or indonesian guy came to buy a whole carton of film to bring back to their country becuase they dont even sell it there.

[Andy Ang]

Originally Posted by brian nice news. Good to hear that, but my guess is that the price will probably be higher now that its probably targetted at the "niche market" (i.e. hobbyist that don't mind spending more). Of course I'm not sure but if this is the case, and together with the increase in processing prices nowadays for films which I am starting to see, I'm going to keep my plan to move on to digital once my supply of Velvia50 in the freezer runs out. Time to move on. But I'm going to keep a few rolls unopened for old times sake.

Ehh.. Share leh... We are all hungry from Velvia.. Release some can or not...

[Moonstone]

Fuji is dedicated to film, alright. But the problem is not many shop want to bring in slide film. Even those shop that bring it in; they stock only a few. Still back to square one. And the price is going north all this while.

[clubgrit]

I guess. But I heard one shop says it's Fuji Singapore that is the problem, even they don't bring in enough. Will look into the feasibility of bringing in film for sale The US, HK side, probably UK too seem still into it.

[brian]

Originally Posted by clubgrit I guess. But I heard one shop says it's Fuji Singapore that is the problem, even they don't bring in enough. Will look into the feasibility of bringing in film for sale The US, HK side, probably UK too seem still into it.

I guess thats becuase there's a shelf life on that thing... if the market is really there in singapore then someone would have brought a whole load of US or HK grey imports for the film already by now.

I was just thinking... you think we'd be able to get all those film fridges in the shop when they dont need them anymore? How cool would it be to have one at home!

[Andy Ang]

Aiyo, those fridge are cheap lah. Want contacts or not...