FUJIFILM Archives

June 10, 2019

Fujifilm Neopan 100 Acros II is Coming – New Black-and-White Film in 2019

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Fujifilm Japan has just announced a new black-and-white film, Fujifilm Neopan 100 Acros II, and that it will be available in 35mm and 120 formats beginning in the fall of 2019 (the full press release…

James Tocchio
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April 26, 2019

Where Have All the High ISO Color Films Gone?

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For my thirteenth birthday I was given a Canon Sureshot 105 Zoom camera and a booklet explaining, among other things, how to load the film, frame a photo correctly, and shoot without getting your fingers…

Charlotte Davis
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February 1, 2019

Fujicolor Industrial 100 – Film Profile

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The simplest, most cost-effective way to jazz up one’s film photography is to spring for a new film stock. Sure, you could seek a rare lens or a unique body, but nothing beats the ease…

Drew Chambers
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December 5, 2018

Pack Film Comeback – Everything You Need to Know About the Supersense Kickstarter

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A new Kickstarter from a familiar face in the instant film community hopes to resurrect the magic of peel-apart pack film. Supersense is an Austrian company led by Florian Kaps, the former founder of Impossible Project.…

James Tocchio
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November 28, 2018

Fujifilm Fujicolor Pro 400H Film Profile

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I’m going to talk about Fujifilm’s Fujicolor Pro 400H, Fuji’s pro-level color negative film. I really am. But I’ve got to get something off my chest first. I really don’t like being the “get off…

Josh Solomon
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November 16, 2018

The Fujifilm Natura Black F1.9 is an Ultra Wide and Super Fast Point and Shoot Film Camera

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With a 24mm ultra wide-angle lens and a super fast maximum aperture of F/1.9 the Fujifilm Natura Black is a unique point-and-shoot camera!

James Tocchio
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May 15, 2018

What I Learned from a Weekend Doing Everything Wrong (Photographically)

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Before we get too far in, and to ensure that we feel the full impact of my idiotic failings of the past weekend, it’s important to really make clear all the things at which I…

James Tocchio
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April 26, 2018

The Rolleiflex Instant Kamera Kickstarter Launches Today – Full Details and Editorial Commentary

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A new Rolleiflex Instant Kamera project is launching today on Kickstarter. This twin lens reflex camera isn’t a medium format TLR, as you might expect given the brand’s lineage. Instead, it exposes Fujifilm’s Instax Mini…

James Tocchio
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April 9, 2018

How Fuji C200 Convinced Me that Cheap Consumer Grade Film Still Matters – Opinion

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Author’s note : For a more technical look at the properties of Fuji C200, please refer to our film profile on AgfaPhoto Vista 200, AgfaPhoto’s discontinued rebrand of this film stock. Cheap consumer-grade film might…

Josh Solomon
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March 30, 2018

FUJIFILM to Discontinue Acros 100 Film in October 2018

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UPDATE : This report has now been officially confirmed by Fujifilm. Looks like murmurs out of Japan point to some troubling news for Fujifilm shooters (again). It seems that the brand will discontinue Acros 100…

James Tocchio
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December 8, 2017

Fujifilm’s Fujinon XF 16mm F/1.4R WR is a Low Light Master with Just a Few Flaws – Lens Review

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Consumer bias is a tricky thing. Once you’ve bought something, you don’t want to admit you’ve made the wrong choice, and just as often you’d like to believe that others have made the wrong choice…

Chris Cushing
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September 11, 2017

Fujifilm XF 23mm F/2 WR Lens Review – The Fuji X Series’ Best Kit Lens?

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Lens names seldom roll off the tongue. Most sport an alphabet soup of millimeters and f-numbers, and while these tell us most of what we need to know about a lens, this valuable info is…

Chris Cushing
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August 28, 2017

Fujifilm Provia 100F Slide Film Profile

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Many people will tell you that there’s nothing as scary in film photography as shooting slide film. It’s harsh, unforgiving, and only for experts. With every shot, they say, slide film will either deliver you…

Josh Solomon
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August 21, 2017

Fujifilm Superia 1600 / Natura 1600 – Everything You Need to Know About This Super Fast Color Film

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Over the past few years, color film has never managed to grab me the way shooting black-and-white film does. I enjoy the depth of black and white images, the low cost and the process of…

James Tocchio
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