bob_mcbob Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 I received this e-mail from Megaperls a couple days ago, but it went into myspam folder so I didn't see it until now. Sorry if this is old news, but Icouldn't find another post on the subject.<p>We are disappointed to inform you that Fujifilm has announced that the followingfilm products will be dropped from their product line in March 2007:<p>Neopan 100 Acros 30.5m/100ft bulk roll<br>Neopan 400 Presto 30.5m/100ft bulk roll<br>Neopan 1600 Super Presto 30.5m/100ft bulk roll<br>Neopan SS 30.5m/100ft bulk roll<p>We expect a lot of stock-up purchasing before that, leading to fears that thepipeline will run dry long before that and will do our best to counter it. Werecommend that you stock up well in advance.<p>Note that this does not affect the Neopan film supplied ready in cartridges.Neopan will not disappear - for now (?).<p>Rembrant V fibre based papers are also affected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico_digoliardi Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 How depressing. Now if only J&C would go public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bljkasfdljkasfdljskfa Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 Truly sucks. Great film, but poorly marketed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert himmelright Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 Dear Robert: Thank you for contacting Fujifilm, USA's Contact Center. Please allow us to assist you. At this time, we do not have plans to discontinue our Neopan black and white film. We sincerely hope this information has been beneficial to you. If you should have any further questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us again. It would be our pleasure to assist you. Thank you for your interest in Fujifilm products and services. Respectfully, Contact Support Agent 3118 Fujifilm Contact Center 1-800-800-3854 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly_flanigan1 Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 Maybe Dropped in bulk rolls only? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_mcbob Posted July 22, 2006 Author Share Posted July 22, 2006 <b>Note that this does not affect the Neopan film supplied ready in cartridges.</b> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bljkasfdljkasfdljskfa Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 That sucks. I bulk load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam_n.1 Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 i don't bulk load but that's still depressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aurelien_le_duc Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 I have just bought a film loader. Indeed, it's depressing. But Fuji film distribution was very poor. And people didn't know they were selling their films as bulk. Ilford is one of the last brand to sell their film as bulk, and I hope it's going on. Bulk is really less expensiv (50% off)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_noble Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 This pretty depressing. I bulk load 400 and 1600. Looks like im going to have to hoard a few hundred foot of the stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_n1664876959 Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 <P><I>Truly sucks. Great film, but poorly marketed.</I></P> <P>Fuji is not neccessarily spending a lot on the enthusiast. I think most serious amateur photographers know that Fuji exists and what their products are. They need volume and they spend a lot on marketing - anyone who watched the World Cup couldn't have failed to notice the FujiFilm adverts all over the stadiums. They were very prominent in the most watched sports event in the world. That must have cost a lot of money.</P> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan_w. Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 I'm going to show my lack of knowledge of manufacturing and distribution here, but I wouldn't have thought that it would be a big financial burden on Fujifilm to keep 100' rolls available. Assuming they have big spools of thousands of feet of film anyway (from which the 36exp factory loads are rolled), how hard/expensive can it be for them to just roll off 100' lengths of it and stick them in plastic cans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich815 Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 <p><i>"...how hard/expensive can it be for them to just roll off 100' lengths of it and stick them in plastic cans?"</I><p> And then what? Distrubute them. That costs mucho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich815 Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 uh, that <i>"distribute"</i>. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl_borowski Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 Why woudl they get rid of bulk rolls? That's what they cut individual rolls from anyway. I would think that, with a big enough initial order, they would still sell bulk rolls. Doesn't make any sense to me. What is Rembrandt paper? I've never even heard of that product, although admittedly, I'm more of a Kodak-Ilford man. Regards, ~Karl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aurelien_le_duc Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 Exactly the same problem with film in format 220. They have the film, but they don't want to cut it twice as long as 120. They say that it's not the same machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pc_b Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 (Ooh! Aurelien, you're way off! That's a paper/no paper machine problem.) It is really sad to see Fuji act like that.... As far as I want to lean out the window, my guesses about Fuji's 'New Strategy' go like this: Not selling bulk rolls will probably help keeping the bw production financially attractive for some more years, as Fuji gets more cents per meter film when sold in canisters. Dropping bulk rolls should also get some of the bulk loading folks back to shopping at their local retailers again. So they'll keep Fuji bw products in stock for longer than could be expected with bulk rolls around. It must be quite a complex calculation with sales volumes, prices, number of retailers, customer mood and so forth all interacting heavily! Just my USD 0.02 though. I'll surely stock up seriously on Neopan bulk rolls in Jan07. Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_drew4 Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 They probably did the math & the accounting and figured out that it's more profitable for Fujifilm (not the few hundred world-wide buyers of bulk film)to still offer the 35mm films, but not in bulk rolls. Do you think that 10 years from now there will be significantly more bulk users, or fewer? This decision, if true, is merely a cost reduction move for Fuji. It may help keep the costs of other products from escalating sooner . . . let's hear a cheer from from the Reala section! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirk-san1 Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 If film prices continue to rise, then there may well be more bulk users. Rembrant V is a fibre-based paper available only in Japan (and via my web site, which sent out the news that Chris originally posted - thanks). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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