Published on 11:06 AM, April 08, 2018
Fujifilm sets date for death of monochrome camera film
The Japan News, Tokyo
Fujifilm Corp. announced on its website on Friday that it will end sales of black-and-white film and photographic printing paper.
Production has already ended. The company is likely to stop shipping black-and-white film by October this year, and black-and-white paper by March 2020.
Photographic film and printing paper were once at the core of Fujifilm's business. The company started producing and selling black-and-white paper in 1934 and film in 1936.
However, the advent of color film and the spread of digital cameras saw demand for black-and-white film decrease year by year -- making it unfeasible for Fujifilm to continue supplying it.
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