Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Robert, It has been very available here since mid September. Prior to that I had to purchase it when I went south of the 49th. If your curious and can't find a local source email me your address off list and I'll put roll in the mail for you. Regards, Greg Robert G. Stevens wrote: > Greg: > > In B&W, I have not seen many Fuji films. I think the only B&W Fuji > films I have seen in the fridge at the dealers is 120 Neopan. In this > part of the country, AGFA pretty well owns the B&W market, followed by > Kodak. > > Halifax has an Art College that dates back to the 1700's and the > students tend to use AGFA because it is cheaper. There is also a > vocational school in town that teaches photography and they too seem > to use a lot of AGFA products, > > Fuji just may not market their B&W films around here because AGFA has > the price so depressed. I haven't done a comparison of AGFA B&W to > Fujis B&W, but their RSX 100 in Bulk is half the price of the Fuji and > Kodak films in bulk. > > I checked Fuji's Canadian web site and Acros is available in 120 > format only. That might explain why I have never seen it. > > Regards, > > Robert > > At 08:40 PM 2/15/2002 -0700, Greg J. Lorenzo wrote: > >> I can't speak about Fuji's service as I have never had a reason to >> contact them. Both Kodak and Fuji make a very high quality product. >> >> I quite simply like the results I get with Acros and I'm quite >> willing to suggest to anyone who shoots a lot of 100 asa B&W film to >> give Acros a go. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html