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Kodak discontinues the Professional BW400CN film

By PR admin | Published: August 20, 2014

Today Kodak announced the discontinuation of the Professional BW BW400CN film – “the world’s finest-grained chromogenic film“. The BW400CN film is still in stock at B&H, Adorama and Amazon. Here is the full text of the discontinuation notice:

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Fujifilm Neopan 400 PRESTO and Fujicolor PRO 400 to be discontinued

By PR admin | Published: March 2, 2014

Fujifilm Japan announced that they are discontinuing the Neopan 400 Presto 135 and Fujicolor Pro 400 120 photographic film because of  decreased demand. The Neopan 400 Presto and Fujicolor Pro 400 films are still available on eBay. Last year Fujifilm discontinued the Neopan 400 B&W and Provia 400X slide films and had two price increases (one in March and […]

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Ricoh GXR camera system discontinued in the UK

By PR admin | Published: January 10, 2014

AP reports that the Ricoh GXR camera system is already discontinued in the UK and is no longer in production (check current availability on Amazon UK): “In an interview with AP at CES, Ricoh Imaging UK managing director Jonathan Martin said GXR sales have been discontinued in the UK and, as far as he knows, […]

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Pentax K-5 II and K-30 DSLR cameras are now discontinued

By PR admin | Published: December 12, 2013

The Pentax K-5 II and K-30 DSLR cameras are now listed as discontinued at B&H. The Pentax K-5 IIs version (without AA filter) is still available. The K-30 was announced in May 2012, the K-5 II came out in September 2012. The current Pentax DSLR lineup consists of the K-3 and K-50:

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Sony reassures that A mount will stay alive

By PR admin | Published: September 22, 2013

Few weeks ago Amateurphotographer reported that Sony is still committed to the A-mount: “Though designed to work with E-mount lenses, Sony UK’s head of digital imaging, Frederik Lange, stressed that the A3000 launch does not signal the end of A-mount cameras.” The a99 camera will run out of production in late November. The Sony a65 camera is […]

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Fujiflm Neopan 400 B&W and Provia 400X slide films discontinued

By PR admin | Published: July 20, 2013

Freestyle Photographic Supplies posted on their Facebook page a Fujifilm marketing bulletin announcing the discontinuation of Neopan 400 B&W and Provia 400X slide films. The Neopan 100 is the only remaining Fujifilm B&W film. For slide film your options are: Fujifilm Provia 100F, Velvia 100 and Velvia 50. You can stock up on the soon to be discontinued […]

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Canon EOS M listed as “no longer available”, new models coming soon

By PR admin | Published: July 7, 2013

Adorama currently has listed the two different Canon EOS M kits (with 18-55mm and 22mm f/2.0 lenses) as “no longer available“. Another online retailer (OneCall) has also listed the camera as “currently unavailable“: After the recent 50% price drop, the EOS M is listed as backordered at B&H, while Amazon only has discounted the 18-55 EOS M kit. […]

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The Hasselblad V system is now dead

By PR admin | Published: April 29, 2013

Today Hasselblad announced the end of life for their V camera line because of declining demand. The 503CW model is no longer in production but can still be purchased in retailers while supply last ($3,460.00):

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Ricoh GXR camera body and two lens modules listed as discontinued

By PR admin | Published: April 23, 2013

The Ricoh GXR camera body, GRX + S10 lens kit and GRX + A16 lens kit are all listed as discontinued. The GXR system was announced in November 2009 but since the modules where the sensor is located are interchangeable, it remains to be seen if Ricoh will decide to upgrade the camera body. The Ricoh GXR camera body […]

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Hasselblad H4D-31 is now discontinued

By PR admin | Published: March 19, 2013

A recent Calumet newsletter indicated that the Hasselblad H4D-31 medium format camera ($11,995) is now discontinued. Some of the H4D-31 kits configurations are also listed as discontinued at B&H. The H4D-31 was introduced in September 2010 and had a huge price reduction last  year.

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