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Just to let you know that AGFA Vista Plus 200 is back in stock at Poundland. Picked up 5 today and still a quid.
Just to let you know that AGFA Vista Plus 200 is back in stock at Poundland. Picked up 5 today and still a quid.
This store hasn't had any for months but the batch dates run from 06 to 08 2018 on the ones I just bought, so it could be old stock but not sure.
But they are back in store for now.
Edit: fat fingers
It appears Agfa Vista is no more
https://www.japancamerahunter.com/2...la-vista-baby-another-fan-fav-takes-dirt-nap/
I presume this (along with the previous killing of multi-packs) points further to the demise of Fuji C200 and Superia 400 ?
It is not necessarily about Fuji. If Agfaphoto don't order any, then Fuji will not make the Agfa branded version. If Agfaphoto order a great deal, then Fuji will be happy to make it for them.It seems a bit odd to remove other-branded sales of these products when presumably they'd want to keep their production volumes up. Maybe there really are differences between the Agfa and Fuji versions after all (there is a slight difference in edge coding for the 400)?
AFAICS it's still just a rumour. However, it's not at all clear whether the rumour applies to Vista 200 only, or 400 as well. Nevertheless I ordered a 10-pack of Vista 400 from AG when I first read that.
We know that Fuji have stopped making Superia 200, leaving C200 and Superia 400. It seems a bit odd to remove other-branded sales of these products when presumably they'd want to keep their production volumes up. Maybe there really are differences between the Agfa and Fuji versions after all (there is a slight difference in edge coding for the 400)?
I'll take a guess that Fuji aren't making any more C200/Superia 400 and Lupus Imaging just can't buy any more to re-brand as Agfa Vista.
Fuji have run the last print run and it'll disappear when the remaining Fuji branded singles have been sold, probably sometime early next year.
They haven't announced the end of Superia 400, but killing off the multipacks tends to be read as a sign of impending doom:It's possible, but to date Fuji have been signalling their film withdrawals in advance, or at least in advance of stock disappearing. I've not seen a notice about C200 or S400 that I can remember, except for the one last year saying they were continuing...
It's possible, but to date Fuji have been signalling their film withdrawals in advance, or at least in advance of stock disappearing. I've not seen a notice about C200 or S400 that I can remember, except for the one last year saying they were continuing...
EDIT: Fuji has a real problem managing the move from large to small quantities of film in terms both of cash flow and also having inappropriate production lines geared for very large batches. It does make sense to reduce the number of lines they sell, hoping that will increase the volumes on other lines, although it could backfire if (for example) C200 users move to the Kodak equivalent...
AFAICS it's still just a rumour. However, it's not at all clear whether the rumour applies to Vista 200 only, or 400 as well. Nevertheless I ordered a 10-pack of Vista 400 from AG when I first read that.
AG are offering Superia 400 in 5-packs for £25 plus postage. Cheapest I can see on fleabay is now 3 for £14.95, most offerings work out around £6 per film.
Meanwhile AG are offering Kodak Ultramax 400 at £29 for a 5 pack plus postage. I've never shot with this that I can remember... Their Portra 400 5 pack is £48 plus postage....
I bought some Ultramax to try out yesterday. From the fact sheet it looks as though it's from the same family as Vision 3/Ektar/Portra, but with a bit more (T)grain.
Portra is starting to get out of my price range now to shoot regularly.
Weirdly, my local lab just got a new order of Agfa Vista having not had it before.
Interested to see your Ultramax results, Stephen. I see you're Birmingham, which lab and which Vista film was that?
Interested to see your Ultramax results, Stephen. I see you're Birmingham, which lab and which Vista film was that?
Palm Labs in Digbeth. Didn't look too closely to see which flavour of Vista it was. I'll have a proper look next time I'm in
Email today from AG:
"We want to let you know that your order xxxxx status is currently
PENDING ADVISED
Vista 400 is out of stock at present...