affordable 35mm BW film

youngcoby said:
Thijs,
I'm in Belgium too.
In case you haven't ordered yet, I have some rolls of Rollei Retro 100. If you want, I can send some.
Send me a pm.
Filip
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This seems to become a Belgian club here :). I'm told there's a shop in Diest that sells the Rollei films. I'll ask tomorrow and I'll let you know.

Stefan.
 
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Stefan,
I bought some rolls last year from a photographer who closed down, or wanted to empty his freezer.
Can't find his name though.
Filip
 
I just bought 5 Rollei retro 100 30.5 meter rolls from Macodirect for 89.94 euro.

http://www.macodirect.de/rollei-retro-100br5-rolls-35mm-305m-p-2287.html

I think shipping was 10 or 12 euro or something alike (I bought some other stuff too), so let's say for about 100 euro, you get 152.5 meter of film.

Divide that by 1.70 meter for a 36-images film, makes 89 films, so about 1.12 euro per film. Seems reasonable to me; as we say: you can't make them yourself for that amount :)
 
Not from Belgium but perhaps you'll allow your small neighbour to the southeast to speak up? ;)

Macodirect has Rollei RPX 100 and 400 for 37.50 per bulk roll. I have tried both, they dry flat quickly and scan well. Check my flickr in my signature for some samples developed in XTOL. I don't bulk load so I buy their roll film at € 2.78 for a roll of 36. They also have a great deal on Tri-X rolls in large quantities right now, quite tempting at € 3.15 per roll.

Cheers,
Rob
 
APX 100 / Rollei Retro 100 is the cheapest deal: Eur. 1,80 each 135-36 film.
Then the Rollei RPX 100/400 films and then Foma.
Last two are also available in 120 roll film and Foma in sheet film sizes too.

Greetz,

Robert
 
tombla said:
Has anyone tried Kentmere 100 or 400? (I haven't)

http://www.speedgraphic.co.uk/black__white/kentmere_100/21354_p.html
http://www.speedgraphic.co.uk/black__white/kentmere_400/21356_p.html
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I have been using Kentmere 100 and 400 in Minolta srt201 and Leica IIIf. Inside the carton it lists the following developers: Ilfotec DD-x, Ilfosol 3, Ilfotech HC, Iltotec LC29, ID-11, Microphen, and Perceptol. In fact I'd just posted a inquiry on on the HK club board asking for Kentmere or equivalent.

B & H in NYC is having a special deal of $1.99 per roll, but limited to a quantity of 10. Well, with the shipping in the US it comes to about the same $2.5 US to by in store. Shipping to outside of US is can be 3 times the price, so probably not that much of a deal. There are some review of the film at the B & H website.
 
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Anyone use Kentmere 400 (through FreeStyle), It is $36.00 USD for 33m (100') and that is $15-25 cheaper than most....
What does it compare to, IQ and Tonality wise? and what more main stream film times to use for developing... I use Rodinal, Use, Tri-X times, or Fuji 400 times?....Or ???? I normally shoot Fuji Neopan 400, But Freestyle has no Legacy Pro 400 in stock, and I am almost out of my 33m roll.
Oh, Yeah.. does this curl in 35mm after drying?
 
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I use Arista Premium 400 as my TriX substitute. It looks like TriX, develops like TriX and is cheao. Earlier this year I bought 1000 rolls @ 2.19/roll (only 600 were for me - the rest for friends). I think the price is now $2,49 - but even at that, it is cheap.
The saving was considerable - triX in canada is close to $6.00/roll. The saving allowed me to get the Super Elmar 21f3.4 from Leica!!!!! OK, strange rational - but it works for me!
Freestyle is very good to deal with - shipping to Canada was overnight (FedEx). Dont know what it would be to Europe - but if you rope in some friends and do a bigger order, the shipping cost decreases the per roll cost.
 
Tom, what was the expiration date on those film rolls? From my experience, the Arista Premium is far more short dated than ordinary Tri-X - but I might put that down to bad luck.
 
all re-branding films at freestyle has same result as the "branding" one.

*IMO

or buy HP5 at freestyle 1roll price for 2rolls of HP5, 1+1 =5$
 
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emilsand said:
Tom, what was the expiration date on those film rolls? From my experience, the Arista Premium is far more short dated than ordinary Tri-X - but I might put that down to bad luck.
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The date is 06/2012 - and by that time I will have used it up anyway. It is also TriX which last quite a while, even short-dated. Mine is in the freezer - though about 200 rolls are in a vegetable "Crisper" in the fridge. Bl/q film last a long time beyond the "expiry date".
 
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