larrydressler Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 I wrote to Agfa and requested the future line of of films they will produce. This is the reply Dear Larry, Scala 120 will be phased out this year. Scala 135-36 will be phased out during 2006. AgfaPhoto will continue to produce the following 35 mm films: Agfacolor Vista 200 & 400, Agfacolor Optima Prestige 100, 200 & 400, Agfacolor Portrait 160, Agfachrome RSX 100, Agfachrome Precisa 100 and Agfapan APX 100 & 400. APS: AgfacolorAPSstar 200. Sincerely, John Auer AgfaPhoto USA Corporation Agfa@ezaccess.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <inetjoker@zzzzzz.zzz> To: <agfa@ezaccess.net> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 10:36 PM Subject: agfaphoto-067545 WWW-request (agfanet) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georg_kern Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 The restructuring of Agfa-Photo is still in progress, so I doubt that anyone can really make a forecast of what will be available in the future. Relating to Scala, the cited statement above is surely just a rough estimation, how long existing stocks may last. It does not mean that you can reliably buy Scala in 2006. To my knowledge, the Optimas (and Portrait) are longer "ripend" than the consumer Vistas, so maybe with "producing" they just mean "cutting of existing rolls for the next two years". If they really plan to abandon 120 film completely, then the "continuing of producing film" is just a fake, as the re-incarnation of "Agfa-Photo" has been a year or so ago. In my eyes, there is no economical basis for APX100 and APX400 in 35mm alone. It's election-day in Germany on September 18th, so we might have to wait for the truth until end of september. Regards Georg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris haake Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Ultra isn't gone, is it? I've never heard of it being discontinued, yet it isn't listed in either category. Does anyone have the scoop on Ultra? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.t. dowling Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Well crap. With the exception of Portrait 160, they're getting rid of the films I actually used and enjoyed... Vista 100, Ultra 100, RSX II 50... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_tuthill Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Didn't realize they had already discontinued Vista 800. This also implies the demise of Ultra 100, which remains available. XPS 160 seems like an even smaller market than APX, eh? It's ironic that Agfa, thru their d-Lab product, was the principal reason for my continued use of Kodak and Fuji film. Now that my choices are $23 a roll d-Lab TIFF scans or crappy $2 Frontier scans, it's hard not to buy a DSLR. Will the d-Lab continue, do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.t. dowling Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 From what I've heard, Agfa Portrait 160 is still quite popular with wedding photographers in Germany and other European countries in that area. That may be why they haven't discontinued it. Then again, one would assume that a fair number of those wedding photographers are shooting medium format, which means they'll have to switch to Kodak or Fuji. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_pike1 Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 So they're going to cut Scala. Too bad-another unique and excellent film gone the way of the dodo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_eaton Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Yeah, I guess you'll have to start using color slide film like E100G (which is superior in the first place) and desaturating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_m Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 I've noticed that the Polaroid film sold at Walmart in the USA is marked 'Made in Germany by AgfaPhoto'. I don't know what Agfa film it is. I buy the 12 exp cassettes at 77 cents each. There is also Perutz Primera 200 which is made by Agfa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearhead Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 When they killed Ultra 50 I lost interest. And before that, Agfachrome 1000. Music and Portraits Blog: Life in Portugal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkka_nissila Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 I guess some people really liked Scala, since it was produced for a long time. It was horribly expensive in Finland and the processing produced results which were a nightmare when I tried it. I'd never seen so much scratching in a roll of film. But I suppose there were better labs than the one in Denmark. Yeah, desaturating E100G gives cool results. Iso 100 slide film is excellent raw material for b&w conversion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oskar_ojala Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 I like APX100 a lot, but the volumes they're selling it in must be small... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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