Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/07

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Leica Users digest V16 #19
From: Guy Washburn/Laura Reiner <rgw@mediaone.net>
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 18:27:58 -0500

Fuji lovers take heart!

The story around nature circles is that given the breakthroughs Fuji
made with ProviaF (which has no virtually grain and does not loose
anything rated 320 with a 2 stop push), they plan a MS replacement based
on ProviaF due some time this fall.

Guy

>Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 15:15:04 -0500
>From: Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net>
>Subject: Re: [Leica]  Fuji MS 100/1000

>At 01:29 PM 3/7/00 -0500, you wrote:

>Jim,
>I went to my film supplier today to pick up some MS 100/1000 and was
told
>that Fuji has announced that they are discontinuing this film.  The
>supplier, normally well stocked with pro films of both Fuji and Kodak
only
>had a few rolls of 120 left.
>
>Hopefully Fuji has a replacement product waiting in the wings.
>
>Mike Gardner


>Someone on PhotoPro reported that their supplier said the same, but
when
>others checked with Fuji, they had no plans to discontinue the MS
>film.  It's still available in quantity from B&H.  I hope they don't
>discontinue it!

>Tina


>Tina Manley, ASMP
>http://www.tinamanley.com