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Fujifilm to stop selling monochrome photo film in October
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Fujifilm, which began selling the product 82 years ago, said shipments of black-and-white film had dropped to below 1 percent of the peak level in the 1960s. (Shutterstock/File)
Fujifilm Holdings Corp. said Friday it will cease selling monochrome photographic film in October due to vanishing demand.
Fujifilm, which began selling the product 82 years ago, said shipments of black-and-white film had dropped to below 1 percent of the peak level in the 1960s. Demand has declined by 15 to 20 percent annually in recent years, it said.
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Fujifilm also plans to quit selling printing paper for monochrome photography by March 2020.
There are other suppliers of black-and-white film in Japan.
