Fuji lauch 'choose-film' website

[Baxter Bradford]

Good news for us film users.

Just received this from Jerry Deeney at Fuji Professional UK

Dear Friends

We have just launched a brand new website today called:
http://choose-film.com/

The site is entirely dedicated to photographers that shoot on film. It will
offer film photographers a community to show off their images and discuss
all things film, be able to buy 'out of date' and 'short dated' stock, buy
and sell camera equipment and suggest and seek out dusty little back street
shops that sell film cameras.

There are more web functionality options to come, and as you will see we
have a bit of a 'chicken & egg' situation, so all sections are looking a
bit empty at the moment, as we have literally only just gone live.

Please sign up today. All sign ups are automatically entered into our prize
draw to win £200 worth of Fujifilm Professional film of your choice and a
host of choose film goodies that include t-shirts, badges, stickers and our
very own choose film branded beer!

If you are at Focus-on-Imaging at the NEC in Birmingham this weekend/next
week, please do come and join us on the Fujifilm stand where we will be
launching the choose film website and drinking some choose film beer.

Please spread the word to anyone you know that shoots on film.

Many thanks
Jerry
http://choose-film.com/


Looks like those making it to Focus will have to make at least one refreshment stop to their stand there!

I think we should commend Fuji for making this initiative.

[Rory_5244]

Thanks Baxter. Joined.

[roteague]

Thanks Baxter. It is good to hear from you, I haven't seen you much. I suspect you have been quite busy.

[Lazybones]

Wonderful! Now we just need a version for the States.

[Capocheny]

Hi Baxter,

That is wonderful news! We should certainly support those companies that support us and that's why I'm already a Fuji film user.

Ha! Who says film is going antique???

Now, if they could only institute a program like this world-wide.

Thanks for the information... I'll have to look at signing up this evening!

Cheers

[Baxter Bradford]

Thanks for signing up guys. Yes Robert I have been quite busy with one thing and another, photography present, but a small part of it all!

I am sure that having set the precedent, that other Fuji 'arms' could set up something for their particular part of the globe, or easier still, try to piggy back on this site.

Haven't really worked out how to get email notifications on this website yet...!

[dslater]

I signed up a couple of days ago. You should be aware that they expose your e-mail to spammers.

[David A. Goldfarb]

They've fixed the exposed e-mail address issue.

[David Rees]

I've joined the site; definitely a good idea. Good to see a shop, too, but a couple of points:

a) it is not clear what is meant by "no. of packs" where a minimum order requirement is imposed. Maybe I'm stupid, but more clarity would help me, at least. And
b) £10 for postage is a big hit, even on a largish order. If I were buying a brick of 100 120 films (as I often do for emulsions I sue a lot), then fair enough, but if I'm only buying a couple of 5 packs to experiment with, it is definitely on the high side.

Would be good to see more emulsions on there though -- I'll be keeping an eye on it in the future.

[Downix]

Very smart idea. It's what Kodak should have done... 10 years ago.