Fujicolor HR 1600 35mm Film 15oz Black Mug
Before ISO 1600 was a slider on your phone, it was a roll of film you loaded when the light ran out. Fujicolor HR 1600 was built for exactly that moment--the school gym with terrible overhead lighting, the reception after the sun went down, the show where flash photography wasn't allowed. This mug is a tribute to the cassette that let you keep shooting anyway. Roll Call: Honoring a High-Speed Original Color negative film didn't reach ISO 1600 until the 1980s. For decades, shooting handheld in dim, available light was the exclusive territory of black-and-white stocks--color simply wasn't fast enough. Fujicolor HR 1600 was part of the wave of high-speed color emulsions that changed that, giving photographers a way to expose color prints indoors, at night, and in low light without reaching for a flash and flattening the mood of the shot. It found its niche wherever light was scarce and a tripod wasn't an option: dim receptions, indoor sports, stage and concert photography, candid shots where a flash would have ended the moment. The tradeoff was grain--a lot of it--but that heavy, visible texture became part of the film's character rather than a flaw to hide. Like most fast color films of its era, HR 1600 didn't survive the shift to digital. Production wound down, and today it mostly turns up as long-expired rolls traded among collectors and shot for the unpredictable, slightly muted color shifts that decades in a fridge (or a drawer) can produce. Photographers who load an ancient roll now aren't chasing accuracy--they're chasing the specific, grainy, low-light signature that only a discontinued high-speed stock like this one can give back. This mug carries a faithful tribute to the HR 1600 cassette label--the deep green field, the yellow FUJICOLOR band, the CU 135-24 markings — so it's immediately recognizable to anyone who ever loaded one. Details Printed in, and Shipped from, USA High quality 15oz black gloss ceramic mug Full wrap decoration Dishwasher & Microwave Safe AAA ORCA Coating™ for maximum print vibrancy & longevity Decoration Type: Sublimation Part of our Film Cassette Tribute Mug Collection--the same 15oz ceramic mug our customers already trust for print quality, color accuracy, and a handle built for real coffee mornings, not just a shelf. Add HR 1600 to your Roll Call--because if you loaded this one, you remember exactly what it was for.