Originally posted by aurele Btw keep in mind that Fuji stated in 2011 that they want to retire from slide film around 2017, and i think it will retire completely at that moment. They created a cosmetic division to replace the film one... Just sayin'
I'm really not into rumours etc... so I will see what happens. What did worrying ever fix? Nothing.
Right now I shoot any film I like for results I like. There's nothing like Acros or Neopan or Trix or Tmax 400. etc... I don't really like Ilford films except Delta 3200.
I picked up lots of cheap Neopan while I was in Japan.
Also Fuji is cheap in Europe, so I would say the prices you mention are of your shop or in France. Not in europe:
Fuji Neopan 400 135-36
I bought from them before and I'm in Australia.
And for that amount of money you should develop your own film. You will be ahead after 3 or 4 rolls. I do my own development and it costs me between 25 to 50 cents per roll (depending on film format and developer). BW film is easy to process, I do it in my kitchen, no darkroom here.