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Fuji Discontinues some films
Scott at the Inside Analog Photography Radio has posted that he has confirmed Fuji is discontinuing the following:
Fuji Pro160S - All sizes 
Fuji Pro160C - All sizes
Fuji 800Z - All sizes
Fuji T64 - All sizes
Fuji Neopan 400 - 120 size
Possible consolidation of E6 lines is also a possibility.
For now, Fuji 400H is safe. The unfortunate thing is that with the 160 films vanishing, there are no longer any C41 films from Fuji for 4x5 or 8x10 view cameras!
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 Originally Posted by David Luttmann  Scott at the Inside Analog Photography Radio has posted that he has confirmed Fuji is discontinuing the following:
Fuji Pro160S - All sizes
Fuji Pro160C - All sizes
Fuji 800Z - All sizes
Fuji T64 - All sizes
Fuji Neopan 400 - 120 size
Possible consolidation of E6 lines is also a possibility.
For now, Fuji 400H is safe. The unfortunate thing is that with the 160 films vanishing, there are no longer any C41 films from Fuji for 4x5 or 8x10 view cameras! I am not sure if i have to stop shooting with film as i just started not so long, 2 rolls so far only, and i even was planning to add a large format, so now i am not sure if it is a good idea to keep going with film now before i start it seriously even.
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There are still a mountain of different films available to keep you going for many, many years!
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Originally Posted by David Luttmann There are still a mountain of different films available to keep you going for many, many years! Even i am not sure about that as i feel all film brands discontinuing their line of certain films day by day, Kodak did, Ilford did, Rollei,...etc, so what is there that they will not discontinue forever? and honestly i wish if they DisC something at least they produce alternatives or even better products than those stopped produced.
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Fuji Pro 160S in 8x10 sheet film is my favorite. Shame on them.
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before everyone gets carried away, are you sure there are no C-41 alternatives? I would be surprised ... still Kodak is a choice
I don't see any announcements on their WWW site
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Originally Posted by pellicle before everyone gets carried away, are you sure there are no C-41 alternatives? I would be surprised ... still Kodak is a choice
I don't see any announcements on their WWW site The only C41 films avail in 4x5 and up were the pro line....now gone.
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Kodak has the lion's share of the negative color film market due to its presence in the movie industry. Fuji has the lion's share of the E6 market. If Fuji is discontinuing C41 films and E6 continue to drop like a rock in air, they must be seeing some fairly serious trouble.
The Neopan 400 120 format obsolescence is also troubling. They sell the 35mm version to Freestyle as 'Legacy Pro 400', so that may well be the reason why only the 120 format is going away.
But who knows, besides Fuji?
We need to buy more film, use more film, and support our favorites as much as we can.
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Originally Posted by David Luttmann Fuji is discontinuing the following:
Fuji Pro160S - All sizes
Fuji Pro160C - All sizes
Fuji 800Z - All sizes
Fuji T64 - All sizes
Fuji Neopan 400 - 120 size
For now, Fuji 400H is safe. Hmmmm, pro160 is no great loss for me: I stopped using it a while ago, there is much better now for 135 and 120.
800Z is a big loss for me: I love that film, it's the only high speed C41 film worth using in 135! I hope they keep it in 135 format at least. The consumer level Xtra-800 is nowhere near as good.
T64 is an unknown to me.
Neopan 400 120 is a loss, but there are plenty of alternatives.
I was kind of expecting something like this to happen.
The GFC has hit everyone hard.
Pro160 has been used mostly by pros for a long time.
Those have progressively moved to digital, so there is very little demand for "pro-class" film.
Consumer level will stay for a while longer.
The biggest problem is gonna be the niche markets, like LF 4X5 and 8X10, unfortunately. 120 and 135 are still relatively active.
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