$7.49?

[Harry Lime]

When did TMY-2 400 hit $7.49 per roll?

http://tinyurl.com/aawedzs

That's a shame. It's a brilliant film, but that's a little steep if you're burning through several bricks a month on a project...

The problem is that this turns in to a circular firing squad.

The price goes up, and less people shoot it.
The lower demand drives up the price, so even less people shoot it.
Then one day it's gone.

I guess I'll just have to cut back a little, instead of dropping it completely, but this doesn't make my life any less complicated.

 

[MartinP]

Over here (Europe) it seems to be between between five and six dollars, including taxes. Are there recent Kodak price-rises which haven't filtered through over here yet? Fortunately I only use a couple of Kodak products, the Portra films, so don't keep track of the black-and-white news. However, Ilford Delta 400 appears to be about the same price that you quoted for TMax though.

 

[Photo_Smith]

In the UK it's about £3.75 for a 35mm roll or £18 for 5 120 here which is cheap (about the same at 2.5L petrol or a little more than a pint of beer for a single roll)
Is that the absolute cheapest you can find it?
If not a bulk order from UK or Europe might make sense...

 

[Harry Lime]

Oddly enough when I was living in London Ilford films were often more expensive than those from Kodak, which made no sense at all.

 

[Harry Lime]

The good news is that Arista 400 Premium aka Tri-X is still $2.69 a roll. Freestyle must sell that stuff by the truckload, because every time I drop by to restock, they are restocking. It sure would be nice if they sold TMY-2 400 under some fancy name for a discount.

TMY-2 400 is a really great film. I'm a dyed in the wool Tri-X shooter, but there are days when I long for the fine grain of TMY-2 400. It really is impressive that Kodak managed to make a 400 asa film, that has grain as fine as a traditional 100 asa stock. If I could nitpick anything about it, it's that I prefer the spectral response of Tri-X.

 

[brbo]

Yes, Ilford is more expensive than Kodak in Europe. Delta is 30% more than T-Max.

I don't shoot much BW, but I always liked Delta 100 (never tried Delta 400). I just tried a roll of T-Max 400 for the first time and liked it for some shots and not that much for others. I only have HC-100 so I used that. Maybe something else would've worked better? The only other developer I tried was Xtol and I liked it better than HC-110, but I feel I should use what I have. The problem is that HC-110 bottle I have is going nowhere. Seriously, I think it's filling up and not depleting 😉

How is T-Max 100 vs. Delta 100? Are they fairly similar?

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Tmax 400 is still cheap at the local camera store in Ft. Wayne. $5.50 a roll, which it has been for a while.

 

[thegman]

Does not look bad to me:

http://www.ultrafineonline.com/kotmy400bwfi.html

 

[Mackinaw]

$4.50/roll at B&H.

Jim B.

 

[raid]

So is Freestyle kinda "freestyling" here with the high prices?

 

[Mackinaw]

I buy the majority of my film and darkroom supplies from Freestyle but have been looking more closely at B&H the past few months. Some of the stuff I buy can be had for substantially less at B&H. Plus, shipping-wise, NY is much closer to Michigan than California. It is nice to have two choices!

Jim B.

 

[charjohncarter]

Maybe it's California's new carbon tax, B&H still has it at $4.50 for 36-135.

 

[Tijmendal]

4,50$ on BH.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/29139-USA/Kodak_8947947_TMY_135_36_Roll_T_Max.html

 

[Harry Lime]

Thanks everyone. Totally forgot about B&H. That price makes more sense.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Wow, Calumet has it up to $6.50 too.

 

[charjohncarter]

Wow, Calumet has it up to $6.50 too.

I don't think Calumet is in California, maybe it isn't the carbon tax.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

I don't think Calumet is in California, maybe it isn't the carbon tax.

I think they have a store or two in California (based in Chicago, and also has store in New York and some in the UK). The US stores all charge the same prices though. I wonder why its so costly; other Kodak films didn't seem that high, and B&H is still selling it cheap.

 

[kdemas]

I don't think Calumet is in California, maybe it isn't the carbon tax.

There's one in San Francisco, I was there last week.

2001 Bryant St
San Francisco‎ California‎ 94110
United States

 

[E__WOK]

http://www.adorama.com/KKTMY36U.htm...ransactionalEmail&utm_campaign=1point0product

$4.50

 

[tekst]

Try living in Melbourne, Australia, $9.90 here...