Film Dead? Nah, just bought a ton! Happy New Year

[Benjamin Marks]

Coming from Freestyle:

5 100 foot rolls OEM Tri-x
20 rolls of Tri-X in 120
100 4x5 Tri-X sheets
100 5x7 Tri-X sheets
10 8x10 Tri-X sheets (hey, a man has to economize somewhere).

Digi is dandy, but I just love the silver. And while the purchase price amounts to a long-toe inspired love letter to MasterCard, my new year's resolution is to shoot it all between now and the end of summer. HAPPY NEW YEAR (almost.

Ben Marks

 

[DonaldJ.]

i just bought a decent amount myself,

75 rolls 35mm arista premium
10 rolls arista ultra 120

 

[robbeiflex]

I also just bought some Ilford, Rollei and Fomapan. My digital camera isn't getting much use these days. 😉

 

[Nokton48]

Yep.
Just bought 100 sheets of 4x5 and 100 sheets of 5x7 Shanghai from China.
And 125 sheets of 4x5 ERA. The last of the last. Great stuff.

I need some 8x10 Shanghai, but I need to economize as well and have alot of HP5+ to shoot up.

 

[Sonnar Brian]

Just got back from Lunch and a Movie in Fairfax. Saw two Young Women out with their Film SLR's with 50s on them.

 

[Keith]

Just got back from Lunch and a Movie in Fairfax. Saw two Young Women out with their Film SLR's with 50s on them.

Well ... considering that young females seem to be the target market for all that is shallow and consumer driven in this world ... that's a good sign!

If they were using 1600 Neopan that would be even better. 😀

 

[Brian Legge]

In the past 2 weeks;
25 sheets of 4x5 fomapan 400
50 sheets of 4x5 hp5+
25 sheets of 4x5 fp4+
10 rolls of hp5+ in 120
And a few fresh rolls of various 35mm film

The 4x5 will likely last me a good long while. I have a bunch of expired film at home but I burned through most of my fast 120 and fp4+ in 35mm. Ive been averaging about 2 rolls if film a week through 2010.

 

[Al Patterson]

Today is a sad one however, the last for Kodachrome processing.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/us/30film.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper

So, while Kodachrome may be dead, at least I can still get Tri-X and Ilford B&W film.

 

[Gumby]

I'm still eating leftovers that are in the refrigerator. Food and film.

 

[Keith]

I think I have enough film in my freezer to see me right through next year. Actually at the rate I'm curently shooting possibly 'til 2020.

 

[mgd711]

I have close to 1,700 roll's off film, 5 can's of Double X and a couple hundred sheets of 4x5 in my fridge/freezer, not much room for food which is pissing the wife off at the moment. I'll be shooting film for many years to come with that stash. Unfortunately though nobody process's E6 in the Philippines anymore, not since the only lab in the country with a processor got flooded in 2008. I'm going to have to look to Hong Kong or Thailand to get my last couple hundred roll's off chromes developed (any suggestions?).

Let's hope that in 2011 film's decline stabilises and we have some good quality films that will always be available to us... after all there is still people who buy (new) vinyl some 30 years after the CD was launched.

Happy New Year everybody, the party's going to start early here as I've already had my first drink off the day and it's not yet 9am here... (hair off the dog.. ahhhh!!)

 

[venchka]

I have dorm fridge full of 13, 120, 220 & 4x5. I'm more concerned about chemistry. I will need more chemicals before film. A nice place to be.

 

[mathomas]

I waiting for Freestyle to get some more Efke KB25 in 100' rolls, I have come to really appreciate that film.

I like Efke 25 too. Closest I've gotten to MF look in 135. Looking forward to trying it in 120. I have 5 rolls each of 25 and 50 coming in from Freestyle this week.

 

[raid]

I just need to get over misplacing 2 bulk film loaders and 200 cartidges,and go buy a film loader.

 

[andredossantos]

As soon as I get some extra dough I'm making a huge order of Rollei Retro 80s and new Portra 400, all in 120!

As long as film is made I'll be running it through my Rolleiflex. Not that I don't like digital, but there is no digital with a WLF and a 6x6 sensor. Far and away my preferred way of shooting.

 

[tokengirl]

I just got 50 rolls of HP5+. After being away from film for so many years I cam back in 2010 and tried a little of everything out there. Guess what? HP5+ is still my all time favorite.

 

[wblynch]

2010 was my big film buying year. (got over 100 rolls in the cooler)

2011 will be my big film Shooting year 🙂

 

[Spyro]

I'm all stocked up as well but I've packed up my dark room because of moving and wont be able to develop film for a couple of months. Just ordered a GRDiii to see me through that period, then its back to film.

 

[pachuco]

Just purchased a new bulk film loader to replace a broken one. This is going to be a good year for film in my house.

 

[Riverman]

I've spent a few hundred bucks on film (135, 120 and 4x5) since October. Just getting into 5x7 and managed to find some Portra 160. To my disappointment though it seems the only stock Kodak 5x7 black and white is TXP 320 - I'd prefer to get my hands on TMY 400 but that's out in 5x7. Apparently Adox are releasing a new incarnation of Agfapan 400 in various formats. I hope they offer it in 5x7.