About shooting Fuji Quickload film today...

[MWitmann]

Hi,

I've recently thought that a Fuji quickload would be useful to have, but in the same time i'm considering the fact that the film has been discontinued..

I saw the holder on Badgers, new at a very acceptable price, but i'm thinking that most of the available film is expired, coming from old stocks..

I consider the system very useful (for the size and weight, and for the dust sealing) but i really don't know if it worth. The Kodak readyload holder accepts also fuji quickload sheets, but the most common offers on the market are for fuji sheets (not accepted by the kodak readyload).

I was considering to buy a Fuji quickload holder and "hunt" some fresh/almost fresh film, but i also wanted to ask you what do you think about it..if starting using a quickload system would still remain an advantage today or if would be more a PITA, considering the discontinued film...

Thx

[vinny]

just a bad idea. kinda like buying a motor for a boat your wife won't let you have.

[falth j]

I'm 70+, and I'm beginning to think I must be suffering from the same short circuited, faulty thinking...

I bought a motor scooter this summer, then a Honda Goldwing, and a few weeks later, went to the dr. and got a prescription for viagra.

My mother inlaw lives with us, and she said
'What-for'
for buying all of the above?

She's in her 90's...

[Heroique]

What do you think about it ... considering the discontinued film?

I often use a Fuji QuickLoad holder w/ Fuji films.

Through December 2011, it’s been easy for me to find Fuji QL film when I look in my Seattle area CL. Usually, I just wait for a batch to appear – but sometimes, I place a “WTB” post. I’ve never waited long for a good seller. This “finder’s ease” may not continue long, but who knows for sure? Based on my experience, I certainly haven’t reached the point where I think hoarding QL film makes sense for me.

What’s more, I’ve always had perfect results w/ expired Fuji QL films – and I mean several years beyond expiration. When I buy it locally, I make the best judgment call I can about the seller’s care of the film. Usually, it’s a “positive” call. And into my refrigerator it goes.

[MWitmann]

just a bad idea. kinda like buying a motor for a boat your wife won't let you have.

[Corran]

I shoot QL for E-6 process shots.

It's still easy to find on ebay and other places. Make sure it was refrigerated or at least not abused. I took a shot in the dark with some old Velvia (before the redesign, not designated "50" or "100") and it has a magenta cast from probably being stored improperly. But everything else I've bought that has been 3-5 years out of date shoots perfectly.

[Nathan Potter]

If you can locate the Quickloads it's fast, easy, light to carry and dust free. Use it while it's still around.

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

[MWitmann]

If you can locate the Quickloads it's fast, easy, light to carry and dust free. Use it while it's still around.

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

Probably i'll go for a fuji QL holder; its price is very resonable and it seems that the offers for film are still somehow common.

I'm very pleased about it for the dust sealing and the weight&size but, as somebody else has said in the forum, what a major step back having this option out of the market.

[David de Gruyl]

the prices for quickloads have gone up in the past year (since being discontinued), but they are still around and many are still in date. That, of course, won't last too long.

As with all film, if you find something you like, buy a freezer full of it.

[MWitmann]

the prices for quickloads have gone up in the past year (since being discontinued), but they are still around and many are still in date. That, of course, won't last too long.

As with all film, if you find something you like, buy a freezer full of it.

Yes, but for how long we'll be able to freeze it...that's the point

In order to assure me film supplies for years, i should sell my house and invest in film&refrigerators...and probably won't be enough, because i intend to shoot film and live for many years for now..

I must confess that all the "film will be at some point discontinued" problem gives me trully paranoic thoughts, but i will not go in that area right now..