marcr1230
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With a blizzard approaching, nothing better to do that take pictures of my film.
I'm just a little guppy compared to you guys:
I'm just a little guppy compared to you guys:
Film for Life!
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ferider
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As we speak, I have ordered 150 more rolls of Rollei Retro 100 (= APX 100), for 2 bucks a roll 🙂 Three years right there.
dave lackey
Veteran
Aw, man!!!! 😎One roll/week would be about where I want to be with my own stash. So, where did you order these from?🙂
hipsterdufus
Photographer?
Yeah, that seems like a great price. Fill us in!
MartinP
Veteran
The APX is around that price from suppliers in Germany (eg. Maco, but likely others too). And you can buy in 50's to get a better discount if you want (I just bought 70 rolls 😱). Happily, they also stock Rodinal. I'm not sure about suppliers over the pond though.
Platinum RF
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film will be too expensive to use and no place to develope it. Be realistic, most amature hoybbists do not have endless money to burn
NickTrop
Veteran
Survivalists! Do you have canned goods stored and plenty of fresh water? Y'all have old issues of Michael Ruppert's From the Wilderness next to those film freezers?
jawarden
Well-known
What's too expensive? How do you define it?
Shooting a roll of film takes me about two hours, developing it another half hour in my basement, and maybe making one good print, another hour.
That's 3 1/2 hours of quality entertainment, and right now it costs me maybe seven bucks for everything from the film to the final print in my hand. What would it cost if I had spent those hours at the movies? Or at a restaurant or bar?
This is cheap entertainment, and will continue to be for the foreseeable future. No need for "endless money", any more than there is a need for endless money for digital photography, with the hard drives, cards, printers inks and paper.
It's all good.
ferider
Veteran
Spleenrippa
Yes, Right There
I just ordered another two hundred feet of Plus-x and a hundred of Tri-x to go with the two bulk rolls I loaded up a few weeks ago 🙂
v_roma
Well-known
Recently got back to shooting film after doing it briefly when I was a teenager. Between then and now (in early thirties) it was all digital. But the satisfaction from shooting film and looking at what you get with zero photoshopping is unbeatable to me. Anyway, long live film.
PMCC
Late adopter.
Just saw this thread -- yikes, you guys don't mess around. Film "survivalists"? Next, someone will build an underground bunker to stock with film and chemicals! I'm just jealous that I don't have the cold storage capacity.
Chris101
summicronia
If film ever does die, I'm just hoping that some of you freezer guys need to eat once and a while and free up a brick or two.
On the other hand, I do see one thing in this thread that makes me itch right now:
In light of this array, my paltry stash seems a bit insignificant.
On the other hand, I do see one thing in this thread that makes me itch right now:
In light of this array, my paltry stash seems a bit insignificant.
maddoc
... likes film again.
Actually, instead of swapping around gear to often it would make more sense to stock up film in the freezer ... but on the other hand, space is limited, not all films can be kept frozen for a long time and I like testing new gear ...😀
dave lackey
Veteran
Thanks, Roland! And to paraphrase a well-known saying, you can have my last roll of film if you can pry it from my dead, cold hands!!:angel:
This is a great plan!
ferider
Veteran
Dave .... just got 3 more years. 150 rolls of TriX 400 for 2.19 a pop (in the form of Arista Premium). 🙂
