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.

:D

[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..:rolleyes:

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..

[MWitmann]

just bought a 20 sheet pack from a forum member; i've considered that still worth having a quickload holder, paying 30$ for it new.

[Drew Wiley]

Depends what you're planning to do with it. After you've been out backpacking a few
days, thirty bucks doesn't seem like much of a loss for the dramatic convenience of
the Quickload system, even if it's only for one or two trips. Heck, you all ready saved thirty bucks a day by boiling freeze-dried taters instead of walking into a restaurant. It's even cheaper to camp if you do it Donner-party style. And as you can see elsewhere on this forum, there are attempts underway to get film packets imported
from Japan where there's still a reserve inventory.

[Alan Gales]

Before spending $30.00 on a new one advertise for a used one on here. Who know? Someone may just give you one for the price of shipping!

I know, I'm a cheapskate! :D

[Nathan Potter]

The choice of Quickloads is also related to the volume you expect to shoot. If you are a casual but careful shooter you may only require several or less boxes per year, like me.

If you are in the business and a large user it may be time to find a substitute. QLs are expensive for large users but for my small volume they are essentially free. The costs of my travel and lodgings for a two month road trip far exceed the cost of Quickloads used.

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

[MWitmann]

Before spending $30.00 on a new one advertise for a used one on here. Who know? Someone may just give you one for the price of shipping!

I know, I'm a cheapskate! :D

I know that probably i could find the holder for less than 30$, but considering the shipping prices for europe (and the fact that almost all the offers comes from the US) i preferred to buy one new from Badgers, together with a bigger order from them.

Considering that i've tried to keep my setup/backpack very compact ( Ebony 45s, darkcloth, lightmeter, 3 lens, loupe and holders, everything in a Lowepro runner 350) i've found the quickload system a big advantage.

For the moment i have only 4 double holders, and i'm after landscape photography, so the quickload system allowd me to carry more without the need of extra holders (i will buy few more anyway).

Where i live and photograph, Bucharest/Romania, is better to move fast and go straight....so the quickload seems a good solution for me; shame that i have to hunt the film, because is no longer produced...

[Kuzano]

Quickloads and Readyloads are important to me. I have decided that the most convenient and lightweight method of LF is to not have a fixed GG on the back of my camera. Rather, I will use the Graflok mechanism only. I will use one quickload holder for film. I will also modify another Quickload holder for the Ground Glass. Or, I will just use a double dark slide film holder (with Graflok slots in the sides) and modify the holder with a ground glass.

I currently have about 160 Quick and Ready loads in the freezer and a holder.

The latest quickload and readyload professional holders had slots for Graflok