Fujifilm reversal film prices. Beyond all reason...

[james.liam]

Velvia 50....US$34 a roll: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...lm_15757464_RVP_135_36_Fujichrome_Velvia.html

Provia 100...US$26 a roll: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...4883175_RDP_III_135_36_Fujichrome_Provia.html

Looks to be pre-extinction pricing.

 

[raydm6]

Wow! Over $1 an exposure after processing. Crazy!

 

[jsrockit]

Just crazy...

 

[Retro-Grouch]

And try to even find either in 120! I've switched to Ektachrome, which is readily available and somewhat cheaper, and have altered my seeing and shooting to accommodate its different palette. It was the same story when Kodachrome was discontinued.
Hard to say whether this represents "pre-extinction" or just the current astronomical inflation in the price of pretty much everything. But at these prices, the already limited demand for color reversal film will continue to decrease. It does not bode well...

 

[Nitroplait]

Velvia 50 35mm 36exp in Japan JPY 2500 (US$ 17): https://www.biccamera.com/bc/item/1514160/
Provia 100F 35mm 36exp in Japan JPY 2200 (US$ 15): https://www.biccamera.com/bc/item/1514157/
Both prices including 10% VAT.
BicCamera is a reputable Japanese seller with online and physical stores country wide - and with a company rebate card you get 10% discount.

BH or the importer is over charging.

 

[Retro-Grouch]

Velvia 50 35mm 36exp in Japan JPY 2500 (US$ 17): https://www.biccamera.com/bc/item/1514160/
Provia 100F 35mm 36exp in Japan JPY 2200 (US$ 15): https://www.biccamera.com/bc/item/1514157/
Both prices including 10% VAT.
BicCamera is a reputable Japanese seller with online and physical stores country wide - and with a company rebate card you get 10% discount.

BH or the importer is over charging.[/QUOTE

Thanks for the tip! They have quite the selection, but the only film in 120 is Rollei RPX400. The site is difficult to navigate because of the machine translation to English, but it's possible.

 

[peefeeniz]

What do people do with slide film now? Other than looking at it on a light table or resurrecting a slide projector what possible advantage can it have over color negative?

At least buggy whips still have a function and a market, albeit smaller than before. I can not for the life of me imagine wasting so much effort for a worse photographic product. Kodak never intended it to be used for reproduction and printers have long since abandoned that workflow... just asking as a professional photographer and former print production/designer/publisher. I would laugh at anyone coming to me with chromes unless they were vintage.

It's been done for twenty years, it's as dead as Polaroid, let the corpse rest in peace!

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Velvia 50 35mm 36exp in Japan JPY 2500 (US$ 17): https://www.biccamera.com/bc/item/1514160/
Provia 100F 35mm 36exp in Japan JPY 2200 (US$ 15): https://www.biccamera.com/bc/item/1514157/
Both prices including 10% VAT.
BicCamera is a reputable Japanese seller with online and physical stores country wide - and with a company rebate card you get 10% discount.

BH or the importer is over charging.

30+ USD price means the end of it... Freezer people won't buy it. 😀

Even at 15 USD per roll, the price show low demand and as result small production and higher costs associated with it.

 

[PRJ]

B&H has been price gouging on film for quite a while now. I'd suggest finding another place to purchase your film. For example, they have a three pack of Fuji Superia 400 listed at $47 now when you can go to your local Walmart and get it for around $22. That is pretty disgusting.

 

[f.hayek]

BH doesn’t price gouge. Walmart is likely sitting on old stock while BH turnover is higher and the prices reflect what Fujifilm is charging for fresh stock.

 

[santino]

Velvia 100 20 Euros per roll plus 15 Euros for developing. I think trice before I take a shot, a new kind of stress I haven‘t experienced before.

 

[santino]

Btw i found a roll of sensia 400 expired in 2007… usable? 😱

 

[Mackinaw]

BH doesn’t price gouge. Walmart is likely sitting on old stock while BH turnover is higher and the prices reflect what Fujifilm is charging for fresh stock.

Sure they do. Last month, I bought a three pack of Fujicolor 200 (36 exposure 35mm film) at our local Meijer's (Michigan store) for $19.00/three pack. This is real made-in-Japan Fujicolor 200, and not the Kodak rebranded version they were selling earlier in the year. Fresh film too, 7/24 expiration date. The same three pack costs about $30.00 at B&H, when it's in stock.

Jim B.

 

[Capt. E]

Btw i found a roll of sensia 400 expired in 2007… usable? 😱

Should be useable. Certainly if it has been refrigerated.

 

[james.liam]

Sure they do.

Jim B.

They don't. B&H and Adorama will typically be the best priced in the US. Exceptions do occur. Checking Amazon Japan, no Velvia or Prove 135 is even available. There's a 5-pack of Velvia 120 at $29/roll.

Unique Photo in Philly has Velvia 135 at $23 and Provia at $25

Extinction prices.

 

[Darthfeeble]

Digital isn't killing film, film manufacturers are.

 

[jsrockit]

You know it is bad when someone says they are over charging because it is $17 in another country! Like $17 is a great price.

 

[fireblade]

Velvia 50....US$34 a roll: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...lm_15757464_RVP_135_36_Fujichrome_Velvia.html

Provia 100...US$26 a roll: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...4883175_RDP_III_135_36_Fujichrome_Provia.html

Looks to be pre-extinction pricing.

A touch high there.
Equivalent here is Velvia $22US Provia $17US

 

[gavinlg]

Digital isn't killing film, film manufacturers are.

I work at a lab/camera shop and I can assure you that besides fujifilms disinterest in it, film is most assuredly not dying - it's on an upward trajectory.
It would be nice if Fuji would stop being so pigheaded about it, but kodak is scrambling to keep up with demand and reinvest in their manufacturing.

edit - we're seeing about a 7-10 fold increase in film bought and film developed from 2 or so years ago 90% of it from younger people.

 

[Retro-Grouch]

I work at a lab/camera shop and I can assure you that besides fujifilms disinterest in it, film is most assuredly not dying - it's on an upward trajectory.
It would be nice if Fuji would stop being so pigheaded about it, but kodak is scrambling to keep up with demand and reinvest in their manufacturing.

edit - we're seeing about a 7-10 fold increase in film bought and film developed from 2 or so years ago 90% of it from younger people.

Fuji makes high-end digital cameras. Kodak makes a few cheap Pixpro models as a sideline. Who do you think has more skin in the film game, and is that reflected in their film prices and availabilty? Rhetorical question, of course...