Fuji Acros Quickload Bulk Order

[Kirk Keyes]

In case anyone missed it here there are a few people from this forum that are trying to get together a bulk order of Fuji Acros Quickloads.

The order will be made through www.japanexposures.com and we need to get at least a 50 box order together to get a price break - a 100 box order should get a better break. The price will depend on exchange rates between the US Dollar and the Japanese Yen, and there are some duty fees involved, and the orders can be shipped directly to the purchaser's home. I expect the price will be somewhere around $110 per box. The expiration date should be mid/2011.

If you are interested, send me an email at kirk@keyesphoto.com and let me know how many boxes you would be interested in getting. We need to get this info in by the end of October and Fuji is expected to fill them by the end of the year.

[Songyun]

I remember that Badger used to have acros QL for $55 a box when Fuji USA import these film. Good old days... Maybe price is the reason Fuji USA no longer import acros QL.

[vinny]

$110/box? Yikes. It may be cheaper for you to fly to Japan and buy it yourself, come back and sell off the extra boxes you don't need to pay for the flight!

[SW Rick]

Kirk,

Thanks for your work on this! That price doesn't work for me, so I'm going to forget about Fuji and Quickloads.

Rick

[jeroldharter]

Is that for a 20 sheet box? If so, that is more than TMY2 8x10. Quickloads/Readiloads are nice though.

[tgtaylor]

Geez, that's over $5 a sheet! The last time I purchased Acros QL was from Midwest for $45 or $48 for a box of 20.

If you really want to continue shooting Acros (I do!) and cost is a purchasing decision (it is with me!), then I recommend you become reaquainted with the film holder. It's really not that much of a hassle and IMO they hold the film flatter and vibration free than the QL holder. F-64 film holder cases (~$25 new) will hold 6 holders and zip closed to keep the dust, etc out.

[Kirk Keyes]

Bump.

[Drew Wiley]

I wouldn't get too cynical. The exchange rate is pretty rough right now, but won't stay
that way forever. And Quickloads aren't just about convenience, but about portability.
In my case, they're really handy for backpacking in order to keep weight down. I've only got enough in the freezer for one long trip left. In the meantime I dug out my old
Mido holders and Harrison "Pup" tent. Nice system, but it means trying to scrub your
fingers clean and finding a nice shady spot without dust in order to set up the tent,
weather allowing in the mtns. One more chore. The Mido holders leak a tiny bit of light
along the loading flap, but only enough to spoil about 1/16" into the image, so no big
deal. Then you have to take a set of change-out filmboxes or else corner notch the
film for development identification, whereas with Quickloads you just write your data
on the sleeve. Analogous issues with airline travel.

[domaz]

I like the idea of Quickloads but for that price I can buy a Grafmatic.

[Aahx]

I too would normaly be interested in a few boxes as I am down to my last two. But honesly not at that price point. I would need the price to be under $70 a box (before shipping) to make it worth my while.