Late Much Lamented Fuji 3000

December 31st, 2018

On the day that Fuji announced they were discontinuing their wonderful 3000 speed black and white instant film I went on line and ordered as many packs of it as I could find. I loved the Polaroid 3000 film and then when it was discontinued, there was Fuji 3000. Now peel-apart instant film is a material of the past and will never be again. I’ve been told that Fuji sold the machinery in their factory and it was hauled away for scrap. Yes, I know about the Impossible Project. My experience with their film is that it’s impossible to get anything resembling decent results with it. And I don’t think even they are still making peel-apart film anyway.

I still have a few packs of Fuji 3000, but they will soon be all gone. I’ll be looking for good subjects for them this year. I have a Mamiya press camera with a back for the pack film, so I can get good, sharp photos with it. I need to use it up before it gets too old and out dated. Just looking for the right subjects. 

I shot these with a couple of my very favorite models on a shoot we did in West Virginia. Ayn and BlueRiverDream both understand what special film this is, so it was great to work with them using it. 

This wonderful film will be gone soon. There is nothing like it for the rich tonality it provides. These crappy scans can’t begin to show how beautiful and unique this film is. But it is rapidly disappearing from the world and will be much missed, at least by me.

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