E100GX Discontinued

<p>Tim, I have been following this thread and do not blame you for remaining skeptical. I had a similar experience awhile back where reputable retailers listed Velvia 100F as being discontinued. After a few days, a couple phone calls to Fuji, and several emails to the retailers (where customer service confused the product I was inquiring about with Provia 100F) I determined that there was just a temporary shortage and, behold, it did in fact reappear a few weeks later. I am sorry that is not how GX has turned out, but can appreciate the frustrations of trying to get a simple answer to a simple question.</p>

<p>FWIW, I ordered a paltry 2 rolls of E100GX in 35mm a couple years ago and never used them. I don't see the point in trying it now, so if anybody wants them for the price of postage (from North Carolina), send me an email. (They were refrigerated from purchase to shortly after their expiration in January 2008, when I moved them to the freezer.)</p>

 

<p>While I'm sure it's fun for everyone to rant on and yell about how Kodak or fuji or whoever is killing film, the real culprit is the fact that not enough film is being sold. These companies are in business to make money. If they can make money from a product, they will. If they can't, that product isn't going to be around long. The time has long past when arguments like "why aren't they advertising more, film just needs better marketing" carry any weight. Anyone who has worked at a large corporation knows that everyone bails on a sinking ship, including the ad budget.This goes double in a slow economy. The resources flow to the products making money.</p>

<p>If we want film to survive, we have to shoulder some of the burden ourselves as film photographers. And sitting around arguing about stuff like this isn't going to get it done.Shoot as much film as you can afford, introduce as many photographers to film as you can, and be an ambassador for film when you are out in the street. Talk to people and tell them that "yes, you can still find film and it's a lot of fun to shoot!". There's far too much of the head-back-to-the-clubhouse-and-bitch-about-it-to-my-friends mentality on the internet. It does nothing if we just sit around and agree with ourselves about how it's a shame that film is going away. It will take a real effort to stop the spiral and make things solid for film again.</p>

<p><a href="../learn/film/open-letter-to-film-users">Stop wasting time and start making a difference.</a><br>

<a href="../learn/film/open-letter-to-film-users"><img src="../learn/film/open-letter-to-film-users/viva-film-small.jpg" alt="" width="150" /> </a></p>

<p>Josh - I appreciate your response, it is very true. But, I'd just like to point out the obvious: most of us on this forum are buying as much film as we can. Over the last couple years, I have shot several hundred rolls of film - Kodak & Fuji probably at a 60 / 40 split in favor of Kodak.<br>

I am supporting them with my wallet. But, they need to figure out that it isn't going to be business as usual in the future. If they want more or even continued film use from photographers world-wide, then they need to market to the emerging photographers. You and I are already purchasing film. They need to get Junior and his girlfriend hooked on film too. That's where the market will begin to sustain itself.<br>

If not, it's just a downward spiral from here on out, as one by one we keel off or drop the hobby, or etc. :-)<br>

All the best,<br>

Jed</p>

<p>Lets try to keep our heads for the time being. Everyone's buying less of everything these days, but I hope that doesn't shape & mold the "future" of photography, or to be specific, availability & variety of various films years from now. Anyhow, did Kodak get some bailout $$$?</p>

<p>Wishfull thinking tells me that films we love, will just be ABSENT for the time being, and would be revived if not further improved upon years from now. O.K., enough of the crystal ball. Anyhow, didn't Kodak get some bailout $$$ ?</p>

<p>I gotta agree with Jedidiah.<br>

Most of us ARE buying as much film as we can shoot.<br>

In fact, this last weekend, I went out and bought more than I would normally after hearing the news about E100GX.</p>

<p>I also agree with Josh though. It may be up to us if Kodak isn't gonna pull their share of the load.</p>

<p>Your welcome Kodak.</p>

<p>I'm not sure that PN wants to be in the business of publishing private emails and making these sorts of personal attacks. That doesn't get anyone anywhere useful. I seriously doubt that any of us would like our emails promoted to the whole world. We've all got things we wish we had worded differently after we pressed "send".<br>

I've deleted those posts and anyone who would like to discuss the issue the issue can email me.</p>

<p>Other than that, I think the thread has reached it's logical conclusion. E100GX is discontinued. Anyone who cares about film and seeing it stick around will read my post above and take it to heart. Anyone who doesn't will just waste more of everyone's time arguing about how digital killed film and the world is going to hell because of it.</p>