06-10-2012
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Expiry date 2014.05 Neopan 400 is now on the shelves:
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06-10-2012
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... likes film.
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Bought some yesterday ...
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06-10-2012
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Bought some yesterday ...
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What's the expiry date, Gabor? |
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06-10-2012
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#104
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2014.04 & 2014.05 !
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06-10-2012
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Quote:
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2014.04 & 2014.05 !
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The freshest stuff! |
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06-10-2012
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The freshest stuff!
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Out of the three bricks they had in stock. The other was 2014.03. All other bricks were 135-24 only. |
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06-15-2012
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#107
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@ Yodobashi in Shinjuku - pack of Neopan 400 ten rolls dated 2012.05:
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06-15-2012
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24 or 36 ? They had plenty left of the 135-24 the last time I was there but only one 135-36.
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06-15-2012
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Quote:
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24 or 36 ? They had plenty left of the 135-24 the last time I was there but only one 135-36.
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36. There was about five or six bricks of 135-36, and about the same again of 135-24. I took this shot last Wednesday. |
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06-15-2012
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Good ! Then they still have some reserve and stock up !  |
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06-17-2012
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Good ! Then they still have some reserve and stock up ! |
Yup! Here's what the stock situation at Yodobashi @ Shinjuku for 10 packs was yesterday.
(half expected to bump into you somewhere around there  )
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06-17-2012
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I think that I have been twice in Shinjuku in the last month ... Going forth and back between Chofu and SPring-8 ....  |
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06-17-2012
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I think that I have been twice in Shinjuku in the last month ... Going forth and back between Chofu and SPring-8 .... |
最近、SPringにしょっちゅう行ってるか〜 大変だね  |
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06-17-2012
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しょっしゅうSPring-8に行く事は大変だよ～  |
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06-17-2012
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Got a roll hanging up to dry in my bathroom right now! Can't find any ten packs down here in Fukuoka though. Best I've seen is 24exp in packs of 5.
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06-17-2012
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Unfortunately the expiry dates on the package is no guarantee that there are still fresh coating runs. The date has no direct connection to the date of the actual coating, as the expiry date depends on the point in time when the master roll is taken out of the freezer and cut for production of final product, which can be years after the actual coating. In Europe every year or so a new batch of APX100 with "fresh" expiry date turns up on the shelves, even though the last master rolls of this film have been coated in 2005.
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06-20-2012
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#117
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith
True ... I saw Kodak BW400CN at a camera store in a shopping centre for $15.00 the other day!
There will always be diehards prepared to buy film (guilty) but motordrives could become obsolete.  |
Provia 400X in 35mm is $45 for local prices!
You guys need to get in on B&H group orders
Also there is lofico too.
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07-17-2012
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#118
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2014.06 dated Neopan 400 in 135 size is now on the shelves.
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07-18-2012
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#119
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Fujifilm has just a couple of days ago announced that Neopan SS and fiber paper are discontinued ...
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07-18-2012
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Unfortunately the expiry dates on the package is no guarantee that there are still fresh coating runs. The date has no direct connection to the date of the actual coating, as the expiry date depends on the point in time when the master roll is taken out of the freezer and cut for production of final product, which can be years after the actual coating.
I hate to repeat myself, but... the thread has become a bit "repetitive". All the pictures of "fresh" Neopan film prove ... nothing. Nothing but the fact that it is still available at the moment in Japan, which is nice for those over there but not really helpful for the rest of the world.
Yes, it might be there are still fresh coating runs. But it might also be they are only selling off old stock and pull the curtain at the moment it is sold out. So it might still be around years from now... or it might be discontinued tomorrow. We will know, sooner or later. So let's stop worrying about the future of Neopan 400. Let's go out and shoot!
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07-18-2012
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Exactly.
So far Fujifilm's strategy seems to be just officially put film to sleep once last master roll is cut down (Astia, Neopan 1600, SS..). Let's hope it's different for the 400!
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07-18-2012
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I really like the neopan films. 1600 was my all time fave. WTF is fujifilm thinking?
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07-18-2012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by joeswe
Unfortunately the expiry dates on the package is no guarantee that there are still fresh coating runs. The date has no direct connection to the date of the actual coating, as the expiry date depends on the point in time when the master roll is taken out of the freezer and cut for production of final product, which can be years after the actual coating.
I hate to repeat myself, but... the thread has become a bit "repetitive". All the pictures of "fresh" Neopan film prove ... nothing. Nothing but the fact that it is still available at the moment in Japan, which is nice for those over there but not really helpful for the rest of the world.
Yes, it might be there are still fresh coating runs. But it might also be they are only selling off old stock and pull the curtain at the moment it is sold out. So it might still be around years from now... or it might be discontinued tomorrow. We will know, sooner or later. So let's stop worrying about the future of Neopan 400. Let's go out and shoot!
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There was no need to repeat yourself as I think anyone who read your first comment understood your point.
You may be right that Fujifilm has already stopped production and is just slowly selling film from the last master roll in the freezer. But it's only speculation on your part.
My line of thinking is that Fujifilm is a much bigger player than Agfa, and I'm seeing thousands of rolls of film being sold through the various Yodobashi stores I visit from time to time. So I suspect that Fujifilm is still making Neopan 400 just like they say they are. Only speculation on my part of course.
I will continue to post updates when I spot newly dated film as I think there is some value in doing so. If the repetitiveness bothers you, you're free to ignore this thread |
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07-18-2012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jonmanjiro
There was no need to repeat yourself as I think anyone who read your first comment understood your point.
You may be right that Fujifilm has already stopped production and is just slowly selling film from the last master roll in the freezer. But it's only speculation on your part.
My line of thinking is that Fujifilm is a much bigger player than Agfa, and I'm seeing thousands of rolls of film being sold through the various Yodobadhi stores I visit from time to time. So I suspect that Fujifilm is still making Neopan 400 just like they say they are. Only speculation on my part of course.
I will continue to post updates when I spot newly dated film as I think there is some value in doing so. If the repetitiveness bothers you, you're free to ignore this thread |
Thank you, Jon.  We appreciate your posting what you find and I only wish we had a film Disneyland here like you do! |
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07-18-2012
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Yes ^ we actually do appreciate it - I'm checking back every now and then.
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