PaulCoen

<p>The current Fuji 100-pack information seems to be:<br> - FP-3000B discontinued as of November 2013 - anything made at that point will be expiring November/December of this year, but should be good for a year or two after that if you buy some of the remaining stock floating around.<br> - FP-100C45 (the 4x5 film) discontinued February 2014, still some floating around<br> - FP-100C - still in production, but who knows for how long. <br> There are a number of parties interested in acquiring the manufacturing equipment from Fuji (especially since Polaroid scrapped their 100-pack production lines), but it's unclear that Fuji would be interested.</p>

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<p>Should be noted that Fuji has discontinued the FP-3000B packs - the price has shot up to $18 or $19 a pack from B&H and Adorama (it was $10 to $12 last fall). So a "big Swinger" isn't a great investment. I grabbed a few B&W packs last fall to use with my Land 360. I really love that film.<br> They're continuing FP-100C. For now. <br> I'm hoping that when Fuji finally ends production, the equipment gets to the Impossible Project folks somehow, but I'm not counting on it. </p>