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Fuji Pro 400H film discontinued in all formats

Jonathan-Mac
Posted 15/01/2021 - 10:28 Link
I was shocked this morning to see this announcement. I honestly thought that Fuji were more committed to their last remaining "pro" grade film. It's a sad loss as 400H has great colours, better than Portra in my opinion, though prices have been very high for a few years now. Makes me glad I bought a couple of five-packs of 120 when it came up for a good price in the summer.

Announcement here:

https://asset.fujifilm.com/master/americas/files/2021-01/4ec4fab236259fdc37bb120...
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cardiffgareth
Posted 15/01/2021 - 10:54 Link
Wow

Glad I got a 5 pack also in the summer when they came up cheap. I just checked and on 7dayshop they're all showing as out of stock as I was going to get some more and fridge it all.
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johnriley
Posted 15/01/2021 - 10:58 Link
It does say though that the decision was made because of difficulty obtaining raw materials, so it wasn't a lack of sales. I can see this might be a problem going into the future, especially as we seem as a society to be increasingly wary of noxious chemicals. Hopefully alternative materials will continue to be available long term.
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cardiffgareth
Posted 15/01/2021 - 11:26 Link
If they can make a digital back for my medium format camera then I'll be okay still
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Jonathan-Mac
Posted 16/01/2021 - 10:01 Link
cardiffgareth wrote:
If they can make a digital back for my medium format camera then I'll be okay still

It might cost a bit more than a five-pack of 400H...
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Fan of DA limited and old manual lenses
womble
Posted 16/01/2021 - 11:56 Link
I have a few rolls left in 120. No idea why, but it always looked good when I used it in my old folders whereas for 35mm I prefer the Kodak offerings.
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