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This sweet sad story would make for an excellent short film.

As those who might care probably already know, Fujifilm has stopped production of their 400asa PRESTO 120 black and while film. What you see (empty spots on the shelves) are what you get. There will be no more.
In other news, Fujifilm is re-releasing their latest 6×7 camera to the American market.

I’ve shot over 600 rolls since 2005 (2006?) and will sorely miss Fuji presto in “Brownie” format. Above are my remaining 65 rolls.

Tonight at Bic Camera (after seeing the aforementioned empty spot on the shelf) I picked up some weird yellow boxes labeled “Kodak T-Max” so we’ll see how that works out. Since Kodak is 300 yen a roll to Ilford’s 480 yen it is simple economics and not a sense of nationalism which will probably have me buyin’ American. 120 sized 100 asa ACROS will still be in production, but will be sold only in packs of 5 (which is fine with me). I wonder if I can push it to 400 . . . ?

The man at Bic Camera told my why Fuji cut 120 Presto but all that I could understand from his explanation was that it wasn’t due to a lessened demand and instead that someone told someone else they can no longer make it. Or something. Any clarifications would be welcome.

Anyways, here’s to the final 650 Fuji Presto shots through my Mamiya 7.