FujifilmFP-100C

Fujifilm FP-100C was a daylight-balanced, 100 ASA peel-apart instant color film sold in packs of 10 [1]. You pulled the sheet out of the camera or back, then separated the positive print from the negative after development [2]. Fujifilm announced its end in early 2016, citing falling demand and sales [2]. Very little technical documentation survives, so this page rests mostly on a few reviews.

Look and color

• Vibrant reds. Jim Grey writes that “vibrant reds are a hallmark of FP-100C” [4].
• Greens and blues. Greens are vibrant too, though less than the reds; blues come out “on the cool side”, and light grays can take a slight blue tint [4].
• Candy colors in sunshine. The film’s “appealing candylike colors” made it a good choice on a bright day, but Jim Grey found flat colors on overcast days [5].
• Prints that last. Jim Grey reports that the prints stay bright for years, unlike older Polaroid films that darkened [5]. The brochure claims a 75 % improvement in fade resistance over the previous version, a manufacturer figure we could not check [1].
• Saturated, per another photographer. Emulsive describes “deep saturated” colors [6].

The sources do not describe skin tones or neutrals in detail. The Grain Archive style therefore stays near the base rendering there and avoids a warm cast [7].

Tonality

• Shallow latitude. Jim Grey says the film needed good exposure, and that uneven lighting gave inconsistent results [4]. He also notes it loses detail in the highlights and struggles with shadow detail in available light [5].
• Contrast is unclear. We found no characteristic curve. A single blog excerpt, read only as a search snippet, praised the tonality as not too contrasty, which sits uneasily with the shallow latitude above. The style takes a firm contrast, milder than the Instax Mini style [7].
• Development matters. Pulling the sheet smoothly and at a moderate pace mattered; otherwise corners could stay undeveloped [4].

Grain and sharpness

• No silver grain. This is a dye-diffusion process, so there is no grain structure to reproduce.
• Sharpness depends on the lens. Jim Grey found “great sharpness” when the film was used in a camera with a capable lens [5]. The Grain Archive style does not simulate sharpness.

Names, status and history

• Formats. The last size sold was the 3¼ × 4¼ inch pack; the 5 × 4 inch version had been discontinued earlier [2]. There were ten exposures per pack [1].
• 2016: discontinuation. DPReview reported the announcement on March 3, 2016, with production ending in spring 2016 [2]. Photography Bay dated its report February 29, 2016, and quoted Fujifilm USA that the decision was needed “to remain sustainable” (as paraphrased in that article) [3].
• Contradiction on the end date. Jim Grey wrote in 2023 that the film had been out of production for “almost ten years”, which points to around 2013 [4]. We could not verify when the last packs were actually made. This page uses 2016, the year of the announcement.
• The last of its kind. Reports at the time call it the last peel-apart color film available. A black-and-white sibling, FP-3000B, had been discontinued earlier [2] [3].
• Still findable. Remaining stock is expired and its price rose after the announcement [5]. Storage and age change the results, and the style represents a fresh print.
• Datasheet. We found no datasheet with a curve. The only manufacturer document is a two-page brochure copy hosted by a retailer [1].