Fuji got smart!

[psychophoto]

So maybe I'm a little weird for getting so excited over this, but Fuji finaly got smart and made the little paper strip for sealing the end of a roll of 120 self-adhesive! Maybe it's been this way for a little while....I'm not sure. I just bought a case of NPS and this is the first that I've seen of it. I'm pretty psyched about not having to lick that little *&$%##@ paper strip any more, personally. I wonder why it took so long for this to come about. Also, I wonder when Kodak will catch on. Who knows, maybe they already have. Enough rambling out of me - I just thought this was an interesting development.

[garry edwards]

You did?

[carl smith]

Woopee? I kinda liked the cherry flavor.

 

Kodak is bland though, either they need to add some pizzaz, or go with self adhesive. Ilford is minty. I like that.

[kevinteo]

I think this is interesting too. I noticed this about four months

ago, but this self-adhesive thingy might have been around a

while before that too. Maybe Kodak will attempt to supplant this

Fuji coup by introducing flavored strips.

[roger c]

Who does the peppermint flavour - is it Ilford?

[douglas_green1]

And who said that MF film technology had reached maturity? Will the wonders of innovation never cease?

[montague_withnail]

Can "Tooth Whitening" be far behind?

[psychophoto]

Hmmm....perhaps someone will start marketing a line of films with nicotine in the lickable adhesive, the product being specifically marketed towards photographers who are trying to quit smoking.

[carl smith]

A Kodak and Nicoderm CQ collaboration?

 

Yes, Ilford is minty, as I mentioned in my previous post.

[lawrence_title]

Obviously, another reason to resist selling your MF equipment in favour of a Canon 1Ds.

[tim_delorto]

...you mean they really are self-adhesive??? THAT'S why they stick to my tongue.

[canon man]

Cool, that means I can keep using Fuji when I buy my MF camera. Between Poligrip and my pain medication I don't have enough spit to lick a stamp. I always carried scotch tape when shooting school projects. Whats even neater is not having enough spit to break doen your food, nothing like simply cjanging its shape as you chew.Too much information huh.

[h._p.]

So if it's self adhesive, how come it doesn't stick to the end of the roll? Is there (gulp) a piece of waxy paper to peel off the sticky end? In which case, what do you do with the waxy paper? Will we see policemen following MF photographers around waiting for them to drop the waxy paper on the ground?

 

I think I'd better go lie down till the pills take effect.

[kieran_hamill]

Flavouring the tabs sounds like closing the stable door once the horse has bolted. That's as bad as bolting the stable door once the horse has closed. To retain their existing customer base nicotine impregnation would be a much better option.