Film Found

I had a few moments before I caught my morning train, so I stopped in at the Penn Station Duane Reade, and low and behold, I found Fuji film.

Fujifilm Superia X-Tra 400, 24 exposure/4-pack, and Fujicolor 200, 24 exposure/4-pack. They also had Fuji disposable cameras as well which I’ve rarely come across. There was no Kodak film in sight.

B&H has plenty of Fuji film, but if you visit the Fujifilm website, their offerings seem somewhat limited. Emulsions come and go all the time, so that’s nothing to worry about. When one is discontinued, it’s usually because another, better emulsion is on its heels.

Kodak Ektar was like that. This is truly one of the outstanding Kodak films. It’s been giving Fuji a run for its money for some time now. Not too long ago, Kodak Ektar 25 was discontinued, making way for Ektar 100, which is two stops faster and has just as fine a grain, with superior color saturation. Currently, Kodak has many more offerings than Fujifilm.

Pharmacies seem to be the best place to find film these days, and most have one hour labs in them. ISO 100 is hard to come by, having been replaced by the faster ISO200 with comparable grain and resolution. And even that is giving way to the more versatile ISO400.

Today’s digital cameras have such superior low light performance, that fast films are the most marketable. Fuji offers is Superia X-tra line in ISO400, 800 and 1600.