Fred Anonymous wrote:
> Hi folks.
>
> Fuji discontinued their APS slide film some while ago BUT they ARE still
> processing it.
>
> I shot a couple of rolls last January. I posted them, in their mailers,
to
> the Duisberg labs and they came back processed and mounted (and with the
> usual APS data printout on each slide mount). Turnround time was a
couple of
> weeks which was longer than when the film was still in production.
>
> I have been able to buy more Fuji APS slide film over the past year or
so.
> One retailer I visit seems to be finding small quantities of it and puts
it
> in their "out-of-date bargain price" film bin. The last rolls cost me 50
UK
> pence each (around 90 US cents) and that, remember, INCLUDES processing.
>
> Now - as the processing lab is still running (presumably on a small
scale),
> anyone have any good ideas about persuading Fuji to produce batches of
APS
> slide film (albeit on a small scale).
> [Personally, when Fuji ceased production I had to buy a 35mm body so I
could
> still shoot on slide film.
> As my APS SLR is a Minolta Vectis which doesn't share lenses with the
> Minolta 35mm bodies, this meant I moved into Canon EOS 35mm and APS SLR
> bodies so I'm now running two systems.]
>
> Regards, Ian.
Do me a favor - write Kodak a letter and ask them to offer Kodachrome in
an APS
size. And post back what they tell you.
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