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Hi...I've been lurking here for years. I tried unsuccessfully to register a few times...

 

My name has come up many times, as I was the owner of Raw Stock Inc., and I've sold millions of feet of film.

 

As some of you know, I recently became the East Coast representative of Fujifilm USA.

 

It was an exciting opportunity that I couldn't pass up, although I do miss the folks that used to sell to me and buy from me.

 

I know it sounds like a cheap plug, but, surprisingly, sales of Fujifilm are actually going up in this declining marketplace...maybe it's the stock, maybe the price, probably a combination of both.

 

I've never been a technical expert, but I always made sure my shipments arrived on time at a good price...so that's my starting point for my new adventure.

 

I can still be contacted at my old phone numbers and email address (recans@aol.com), or you can email me at rkalinsk@fujifilm.com (no "y" at the end of my name in the email address...)

 

Feel free to send me a note or call with questions, recommendations, information, or just to say "Hi!"

 

Thanks! Rich

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Turned out to be a blue sky day. Shot DAY - INT, 90% natural light, with the 85 filter, and 1/3 stop extra for a rating of 120asa. I am blown away by the shoulder of this film. Please let me do an ad for why it makes sense to shoot your low-budget short on 35mm!

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Here's the perfect question for you, since you seem to be the goto guy for Fuji now (congratulations!):

 

What is the possibility of getting Fuji's elusive Neopan B/W 16mm film distributed here in the U.S.?

 

Now that Kodak has us down to one B/W reversal stock and one negative, there just might be a market for it! We've lost Plus-X, so could Neopan be in the future...?

 

Exactly where is it sold these days? Fuji makes it sound mysterious....

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Here's the perfect question for you, since you seem to be the goto guy for Fuji now (congratulations!):

 

What is the possibility of getting Fuji's elusive Neopan B/W 16mm film distributed here in the U.S.?

 

Now that Kodak has us down to one B/W reversal stock and one negative, there just might be a market for it! We've lost Plus-X, so could Neopan be in the future...?

 

Exactly where is it sold these days? Fuji makes it sound mysterious....

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There's really no demand for Black and White stocks as far as I can tell. From a business perspective, and Fuji and Kodak are businesses, even if all the folks on the petitions actually ordered significant amounts of stock, it would still barely be a spit in the ocean.

 

If I were into the discontinued stock and really wanted them, I'd call the dealers worldwide, and buy whatever I could find and store it.

If the plus X stocks were gone, I'd learn to use the other B and W stocks or experiment with color neg.

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