Spidersnaps: The case of the American Fuji

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Late last year (October or thereabouts), I saw my usual lab selling Fuji 400 for THB420 (about USD11), so not having shot Fuji in a while, I grabbed a box... Turns out that Fuji has been outsourcing its film to the states, likely to Kodak, their long-time rivals in the film scene (! Also, check out this Reddit comment suggesting only subtle differences from Kodak's own Ultramax) On top of that, while I was shooting the US Fuji came bad news regarding Japanese-made Fuji: Superia X-Tra 400 being discontinued, effective immediately :-\ (and even when it was available, it was going for THB550 [USD 15!])

Also, although I shot this roll half-frame with my Kodak H35, when I got this roll processed, it ended up getting scanned as full-frame diptychs instead of half-frames: I was buying a couple more rolls at the same time and the total price was getting pretty expensive as it was, so I didn't notice that they hadn't included the half-frame split surcharge; that said, I did write on the processing envelope that it was half-frames, so I would have expected them to recognize that I wanted them split, especially since they didn't ask like the previous times I'd sent in such rolls :-\ Similar to the ones developed at the ECN2 lab, it results in some of the frames looking overexposed or underexposed when the other half of the frame was shot in different conditions :-\ Anyways, let's check out the pictures...


Film and camera


New Fuji and Old Fuji boxes, showing that New Fuji is made in the USA and Old Fuji was made in Japan


Diptych showing flowers at uni (a recurring theme in my photos :-))


Diptych of petanque action on the final days of the uni personnel games (Note: in both diptychs the right picture was taken first)


Basketball practice at the indoor stadium


Snoopy display at the station near the photo lab


Drooping wallflower


Takraw practice at the indoor stadium


Crows on tree


Pigeon sitting in front of the indoor stadium


Flowering tree near my home


Preparing for the uni personnel games closing ceremony








Closing ceremony atmosphere


Instamatic


Wallflower


Student futsal action


Student badminton


Ideo Q condo


Yellow flowers in Nakhon Pathom


Riceboat in Pathum Thani


My parents' faculty


Columns at uni


Paddleboarding at the swimming pool


Dad doing woodwork, with a minor light leak issue


Shopping mall balcony view, blighted by a light leak of some sort that affected this, the previous two (half-)frames, and even the Dad woodwork pic


Flowers


Uni homecoming


Large gear at my old faculty


Food festival at Mitrtown


Soccer practice at the uni stadium... on the day it was due to close for track renovations


Early morning road repairs


Flowers at the intersection near Mitrtown


Food festival press junket


Elephant from a Google-sponsored event on internet safety


Painting from the food fest


That Thong Temple for a funeral


Pink flowered tree



Promo display for Sunny Side Up Summer event at Mitrtown


Trying to shoot the petals on the ground


Shrine in my house, now with washed ribbons


Red flowers (also cranes in the BG :-))


Flowers at my parents' old faculty


Finishing the roll with the uni royal statues