Unfortunately, although many are good, very good, most suck. It's all gotten cheaper and easier since then, everyone's a photographer. Maybe the loss of this Fuji instant won't matter much to those who still shoot film, more to those doing it in-studio, and I defy anyone to tell me a good scan from a perfect 120 frame ( ah, my Fuji 6x9), wasn't / isn't a beautiful thing.won't mean much to those who see us "old bores" as that.but I guarantee you never got to do what I got to do, was paid to do, a lot as a.matter of fact.shooting film. I don't shoot film anymore, haven't much since about 2000, but I love seeing someone on the street with a film camera as opposed to the masses with DSLR's, battery grips, giant cheap zooms, shoe mount flash.taking a picture of a f***ing squirrel in the Boston Public Garden. Land around 1987 (my then studio was nearby to his "Rowland" Institute in Cambridge, (I used to see him outside on rare occasion, but that's another story) I'm definitely an "old bore" who laments the passing of film.even though I started my transition to digital around '92 with a Leaf back on my Hassy ELM.I've owned every film format from 35 to 11x14 (two of those), shot every type of Polaroid film there is (even Polavision), shot for clients including Polaroid for advertising & collateral in-studio and internationally, and still own two vintage Polaroid cameras, an SX70 and a 195B that were signed for me by Dr. There is a Japanese notice on the Fujifilm Global website, and the film’s data sheet is available in PDF format. This can be removed with domestic bleach, and when thoroughly washed and dried a very serviceable negative can be had. The film comes in a peel-apart format, and the section most people discard contains a negative that is difficult to see because it has a black coating on the outside – to prevent light getting into the pack. The Fujifilm FP-100 films are particularly popular with enthusiasts and professionals because they produce very good quality images, but also because a negative can be recovered, cleared and used for making prints. The company used to produce a black and white version too, but that was stopped in 2014. Falling demand and sales are cited as the reasons for the ending of the product line, which also spells the end of the working life of Type 100 cameras. The company says that it will halt production in spring this year, but that stocks will continue to be available for some time after that. The film has only been available in the 3.25x4.25in size recently, since the 5x4in version was discontinued, but it has been keeping vintage cameras clicking since Polaroid stopped production itself. If it works, you have film for the next 20-30 years.Fujifilm Japan has announced that it is to stop production of its FP-100C instant film that enthusiasts use in old Polaroid-type cameras. I for one am going to have to try this idea. The "photographers" already knew about the regular 35mm, 120, 220, 4X5 etc films being able to be frozen and the only hindrance there to longevity was gamma radiation that would eventually fog the film, hence fast speed film did and does not last as long in the freezer as say something in the 50, 100, 125 ASA range. You want them to buy it and use it up near or soon after the "expiration" date so they can buy more. Think about it! You're a big company and want people to shoot up and use up the film you produce as fast as "they" can, and you do NOT want to give them any idea that they can buy a bunch and put them in the freezer for the next 2 decades, do you? Absolutely not!! No money in people buying something that can store that long. Could it be the same with the Fujifilm FP-100c? I'm wondering. Eating a Klondike Ice Cream Bar and thinking.hmmm this ice cream is not solid, just stiff.
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