Film is coming back but where's the film?

http://nameloja.com.pt/

One with the less expensive prices!

Or Macodirect.de, the shipping should still be less than the price-difference. There are also relatively cheap online sellers in Spain I think, by that I don't mean evilbay but shops with an online product selection.

If postage is an acceptable means of delivery then it should work out alright. For example, I live in the Netherlands but order RA4 and a few other bits and pieces from the UK (ag-photographic.co.uk) and the packages of paper and chemicals are not a logistical problem, even with the English Channel in the way.
 
Art gallery clowns take art and sell it. Religious clowns take jesus and sell it. Carnival clowns take balloons, turn them into dogs and sell it. Killer clowns from Outer Space killed people and sold movie theater tickets.

Killer Clowns From Outer Space was an awesome movie. I always recommend it to people who tell me that they're afraid of clowns!
 
But at what cost?

But at what cost?

Over on the other side of the globe, Fuji film has gone up 10-20% while Kodak is in the 30%+ range (just nuts). I just lost Acros at my favorite store (someone was said to have bought up the remaining stock they had), and its nowhere to be found elsewhere 🙁

So what is a film user to do? I am now shooting Agfa film (made in Japan) like Precisa 100 and Vista 400 along with Efinity UXI 200 for color. If I get a chance to buy film at the far and hard to get to Costco, I can only buy Fuji Xtra 400 which is cheap compared to all others (less than $2.00USD per roll).

I like the fact I had variety back in the day, but now I guess I'm going to have to get used to mixed results or off colors with the left over companies that make film (that's like buying Holga color film for $7-10USD per roll and liking the off colors).
 
I'm on my last remaining rolls of film ... 😱

Fortunately, there is at least one photography shop in Vancouver that still stocks and sells just about every film and paper in production today, along with many out of production that have yet to expire. 🙂
Beau Photo: http://www.beauphoto.com/frames/filmfrm.html ... Look under "Pricelists ---> Film, Chemistry & Darkroom Papers (PDF)".

Who said film was dead? 😀

Now if only the cost of developing film wasn't so high ... 🙁
 
Film is making a comeback as a niche for artists and pros who use it for personal projects not to mention fine art, some real world feedback:

http://www.apug.org/forums/forum390/111070-photokina-2012-report-english-version.html

So where do you find it, same places you are best to be looking for the past TEN YEARS BRO!!! Freestyle, Adorama, B&H, etc. Plenty of film in stock, plenty of us using it too instead of posting this same old tired crap all over the internet on multiple sites ( LUF ) just to be the center of attention.
 
What in the world are you going on about??

I was wondering that, myself. Sounds like someone's been sniffing the fixer.

Show me one business that hasn't undergone some change in the past decade (heck, five years even).

Ilford for one is in it for the long haul. Not for nothing is Kodak's film line its few (or only) profitable division, still.

The world changes. Smart business sees it, prepares for it and rolls with it. No big change there.
 
freestyle still has film. i ordered some today ...

I buy most of my film from Freestyle, they carry everything, even obscure things like Foma film that local stores never carry in the USA. I just got a box from them today with 12 rolls of 120 film. I also bought 4 rolls of another film at the local camera store yesterday.
 
Never mind film but what about flashbulbs ?
They haven't been made in decades but I'm still able to get them at reasonable prices.
And I mean by the case. Please don't mention that company in Ireland.
They are expensive and meant for special applications.
What I'm trying to say is that film will be available for decades to come.
Probably well after we're all dead.
Although limited in variety we will just adapt to availability and press on.

Ya know, on the other hand... digital isn't looking so bad.
 
Never ever have problems getting film. Buying online is in all circumstances the cheapest and most convenient way. I have most of the stuff i want in 24 hours. But am never far away from any roll of kodak or Ilford film i want if i am short of itl (I live in the Netherlands close to the German border).

I do not know about the film revival but are amazed by the huge amount of YOUNG people i run into regularly who switched from digital to film.
And i am not refering to lomo type of photographers.
There is also a vast and rising interest in old printing processes, wet plate photography etc. if i look around me.....yes i see a revival and growing interest in filmphotography.
 
Over here in Bangkok I pay about 1.50-1.75 USD for Kodak Pro Image 100.....it's basically the only film I shoot besides Tri-X....when I was in San Francisco last month, I saw the same film for 5.00 USD and it was advertised as something to the effect of "cheap, pro quality film" ......it costs me about 3.00 USD to develop and scan the film.......I feel like I have it pretty good over here as far as what prices I have seen elsewhere in the world......

that said, with all the talk about Kodak and stuff, I'm going to buy A LOT of film this week just because it's readily available, I have space in my refrigerator and I plan on shooting A LOT more over the next couple of months .....

Cheers, michael
 
Ilford has just bought their own cassette-making machine. This tells me that (a) cassette demand worldwide is presumably still falling quite fast, or they'd not worry about supplies, and (b) Ilford is in it for the long run.

Cheers,

R.
 
Ilford has just bought their own cassette-making machine. This tells me that (a) cassette demand worldwide is presumably still falling quite fast, or they'd not worry about supplies, and (b) Ilford is in it for the long run.

Cheers,

R.

Hmm, I would like to take this as good news, at least in the sense that Ilford are committed to film production for the long term future, what ever happens to Kodak or Fujifilm......
 
Film will be around as a medium for artists for as long as there is demand. But the everyday photography, mass market has gone digital. So the market is much smaller, more specialised, it will cost more because it will serve a niche market with limited economies of scale.
 
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