"So what's Ilford supposed to do, lose money on every product they sell? "
"Ilford has prices increase way to often and for way to high over last few years.
Looks like greed, not loosing money.
Kodak increasing prices due to over-bloated management and else not related to production chain as well."
"Up to 15% according to the article.
There’s a risk that the younger analogue users will say enough is enough and take to digital, and or shoot less film. What then? Raise prices even more until it forces more and more out of film photography?
I’m hoping Fomapan will hold their prices, and if so I’ll shift my allegiance. In this troubled time financially with a recession on the way, or possibly a full on depression, it can’t be a sound strategy to raise prices. They could kill it through greed."
It's interesting to me how the pitch of voices rise when the topic of price increases comes up. Typically it's about consumables; film, paper. Rarely do you hear so much heat with regard to much-loved hardware. This coming from a forum where the possession of multiple cameras (used or unused) is the rule rather than the exception. In this case all over (as an example) a roll of 120 film that costs about as much as a Starb*cks coffee.
I don't shoot X-ray film in LF, and i avoid using film from makers whose film QC gives questionable results. There's still plenty of choice out there. I do question though, if costs increases can always be assumed to be caused by greed.
