| Photo: AB Ferguson |
Unfortunately, the film brings some disappointing news on Friday. Price hikes are still in news everywhere, and it includes film prices, at least for those in Japan. Earlier this week, Fuji shared rumors This, with a redesign of a disposable camera, Fujifilm is increasing the price of its film in Japan.
Fujifilm of Japan Press release It is said that prices are increasing due to the cost of film making and transportation. “Prices of materials, raw materials, and transportation costs for photographic film are increasing, we are working to improve production efficiency and reduce costs by cutting costs, but as it is difficult to absorb costs alone through corporate efforts, we will modify some of our photographic film products,” a machine-translated status-translated status will modify the prices of a machine-translated status. version.
| Price change date | selected items | size | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 April | Color negative movie | 135 | About 21% to 22% |
| 1 April | Disposable film camera | 135 | About 44% |
| 1 April | Reversal film | 135/120 | About 31-52% |
The release states that the prices of 35 mm color negative film have increased by about 21 or 22%, while 35 mm and 120 mm reversed film prices have increased by about 31 to 52%. Quickcamp disposable camera is also about 44% more expensive. While the new prices came into effect on 1 April, it was not a joking April Fool’s Day. A discovery on BIC camera, one of Japan’s largest electronics retail chains, is currently a single role of 135 velvet 50, priced at 6050 yen or $ 41.57. If you want five-packs of 120 Velvia 100 in Japan, you are looking at 23,650 yen, or $ 162.51.
The color negative film is not almost as bad, but it is still extremely expensive. A single roll of 135 Fujifilm 400 is generally considered a initial-un-faced budget option -2420 yen, or listed in $ 16.63. For comparison, the same film is listed in B&H in the US for $ 8.39.
Fujifilm has not said whether pricing outside Japan will be affected, but it is possible that high cost will be implemented elsewhere. Looking at Recent tariffThis is particularly likely in the US. If you are an analog photographer, it may be a good time to stock a film.
