How dependent on the internet is your continued use of film?

How dependent on the internet is your continued use of film?

  • Most of it.

    Votes: 296 67.6%

  • Very little of it.

    Votes: 60 13.7%

  • A combination of online and conventional retail.

    Votes: 82 18.7%
  • Total voters
    438
I have a great camera store here that caters to professional photographers and they do carry a very good supply of refrigerated film. I have spent many thousands of dollars worth of cameras, lenses and a 17" wide Epson printer from them and I bought some film from them when I was shooting mostly film. Their film prices were a little high so, I bought most of my film from B&H or Adorama. - jim
 
I must be the lucky one, when i'm spending time in Australia i have two privately owned businesses that stock film in fridges and are priced no differently than the internet, surprisingly, and have an excellent range.
 
Internet resources like finding used books on photographic processes and techniques, or advice from others in sites like this are also extremely valuable. I see many new practitioners stumbling through the same learning curve as I did many years ago.
 
Adorama sells Ildord D3200 for 5.90 a roll for 120, which is cheaper than Freestyle or B&H. I work about 6 blocks away, so I head down there and pick it up.

I bought 200 rolls of Arista EDU from freestyle and have been working my way through that. Plenty of 4x5 and 120 from Craigslist. Some new, some expired. I don't care. I just like shooting. And when I get something good, I like printing :)

I am lucky because NYC has a pretty strong photography user-base and lots of great film deals (and camera deals) come across Craigslist in the area. So between that, Freestyle and the occasional D3200 I buy from Adorama, I'm mostly online.
 
Vics said:
??? I just bought ten rolls of Plus-X 135/36 on Amazon! Is this for real???
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Either very expired, or you'll receive a out of stock notification (or something other than Plus X, if the shop is even worse disorganised than that)...
 
I'm lucky to have two good camera shops nearby that specialize in film and darkroom supplies: Looking Glass Photo in Berkeley, and Glass Key Photo in San Francisco.
 
I can buy Fuji Superia and Kodak Gold at Walmart and BJ's but black and white is very hard to find as the only local camera store has abandoned film. Therefor, I buy all my film on line unless I need color in a hurry which is very rare.
John
 
After a brief foray into digital, I'm going back to film. I've only very rarely bought film at drug stores but rather at camera stores, even before the web. I'll be shooting frugally, so I'll probably keep buying from Jeremiah's Photo Corner.
 
If you live in a rural area as I do, there is no other choice. It's 75 miles each way to Huntsville AL , and there's just ONE camera store that has B & W film anymore-at high prices. The last store in Chattanooga TN that sold film (TX 35mm only) closed 2-3 months ago.

So it's the internet or nothing.
 
Won`t be long now when film will be scarce and internet will be the only way to get it.

Chicago shops carry little to no film.

One store 10 miles away caters to a local college so they used to stock it.

In the USA there is Freestyle, B&H, adorama, and that is really all that comes to mind immediately where I could get FRESH film and some processing chemicals.
Chemicals have become more and more scarce and commercial processing worse and worse.

Digital is winning
 
michaelwj said:
And an update, want to get it from Freestyle or Adorama? Still cheaper here. I'm getting pretty sick of this "its so much cheaper online" garbage. It sounds like you're just lazy or somehow feel like the camera salespeople are beneath you (not directed at anyone in particular btw)

Michael
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Odd. When I add bulk Tri-X to a cart B&H shows shipping to Australia starts at $12. Perhaps you should plan ahead so that you don't need express shipping.

And I, too, buy pretty much all of my film online because it's delivered to my door, and the prices are excellent.
 
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