And for the Polaroid backs that do not take this film, such as the 545 backs, film is virtually non-existent, except for really old batches sold on eBay or the cool, but expensive New55 films. People who ever wanted to try a “Polaroid Back” with their film camera will be affected when there is no more pack film because virtually all Polaroid backs, especially for medium format systems, take the 3.25×4.25″ peel apart films.With no more pack film, here are just some of the after effects: It goes without saying that those who truly enjoy pack film and use it regularly will be most affected. The discontinuation of this film has more implications than it first seems. The announcement caused a bit of an uproar in the film community. Rise (or try to rise) again □Īs mentioned before, putting up a blog with any kind of quality content takes effort and I would rather not post unless I could put up something interesting for you.Īnyway, almost two weeks ago it was announced that Fujifilm would be discontinuing the FP-100C, the last commercially produced 3.25×4.25″ peel-apart pack film. I’m sure there’s more than a few of you who feel the same if you’ve been blogging or posting photos on the internet for some time. Periodically, I go through periods where I need a mental break from it all. Polaroid 110B converted for pack film, 127mm f/4.7 Ysarex, Fuji FP-100C. As I said, you kinda need “personality” when you’re doing this YouTube thing □ Oh please forgive me when I get into “character” lol. Even a couple of months ago, it was.Īnyway, I hope this is helpful to somebody out there. In fact, I already have a buyer for my Polaroid Land Cameras once I deplete my last few packs of FP-100C.Įven the honorable fellows at CATLABS of JP who declared two years ago: “WE WILL MAKE PACKFILM” have given up on the process as announced this week.Īs I had made my decision and prepared this video before their announcement I thought it was very timely! That’s what I mean by trends!īasically, to cut to the chase, and if you DON’T want or have time to watch the video, I’m stating that if you ever wanted to try this film this might be the time because after a period of relative stability last year, the prices for the FP-100C are rising back up which may or may not indicate that the remaining stocks are close to depletion.Ī sign that it is nearly gone is that B&H and Adorama no longer show this film in stock. I posted somewhere on social media a couple of weeks back that I was facing REALITY and giving up on packfilm. ![]() Second up is the Fuji FP-100C, the packfilm classic that Fujifilm discontinued in 2016. I repeat myself a lot in this video but the point is clear…The AE-1 should be a CHEAP CAMERA and the prices should still be CHEAP □ ![]() This is not right! This should be a CHEAP CAMERA in terms of used prices! Anyway, my reasoning is all in the video, please check it out if you’re interested. Now prices for a body alone averages $70. They never cost any more than $25-50 for a whole package of body, lens, filters, etc. I used to periodically buy this camera to give away to friends or kids who wanted to learn photography. I was quite disturbed to find the AE-1’s prices rising, after not checking for a long time. That said, if you have a choice, especially the choices we have in today’s used market then I would say I would much rather buy a purely manual camera that doesn’t need batteries to operate, other than the meter of course. On the contrary, I have always found most modern cameras that uses batteries to be reliable enough not to worry, Now I’ve never been an anti-battery camera person. ![]() Especially that last part about the batteries. If you’ve read my pages here, you could probably read between the lines. ![]() Shutter priority, manual mode, and relies on batteries. Keep in mind, I’m just talking about the AE-1 original, not the latter AE-1 Program though when it comes to rising prices we can count that camera in too. Yet, especially today, its specs are hardly earth shattering. It’s a great camera that introduced millions of people to the wonderful world of photography. Now first off, let me say I love the AE-1 for what it is. Part of the problem is because the AE-1 was, and is still so very popular, it almost always shows up during a search for film cameras. Not you my camera savvy readers, most of you guys probably have or have had the AE-1 at some point in your lives, but hipsters (you know who you are!), newbies, and anyone just getting into film photography. I came to the conclusion that the Canon AE-1 prices have been rising is because…YOU GUYS ARE BUYING THEM UP! □ Just for you guys, I’ve cut to the chase in the above video.
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