raid
Dad Photographer
There were super deals for $1.50/ roll of Reala 24 exp film and $1/roll of 36 exp. Kodak 100UC film.
Those were the days.
Those were the days.
Bob Michaels
nobody special
Because I shoot and process a lot of film, I got to thinking about what film and processing it cost. Then I got to thinking about what it costs in relation to other things I consume.
I have had an ongoing project for several years that does involve travel. My film and processing costs are about 2 1/2% of the total I spend on that project.
I have another ongoing local project. I shoot almost every week. Film and processing for that costs:
* less than what I pay for internet connectivity
* about 1/2 what I pay for my cell phone
* less than half what I spend for lunch and I eat cheap.
Even though I shoot film for anything important, I still buy a used, not the latest model, digital camera for family happy snaps. And I still spend more on digital cameras than I do on film and processing.
So I figure what I spend on film and processing is insignificant.
I have had an ongoing project for several years that does involve travel. My film and processing costs are about 2 1/2% of the total I spend on that project.
I have another ongoing local project. I shoot almost every week. Film and processing for that costs:
* less than what I pay for internet connectivity
* about 1/2 what I pay for my cell phone
* less than half what I spend for lunch and I eat cheap.
Even though I shoot film for anything important, I still buy a used, not the latest model, digital camera for family happy snaps. And I still spend more on digital cameras than I do on film and processing.
So I figure what I spend on film and processing is insignificant.
David Hughes
David Hughes
Hi,
Interesting to think about the cameras we had too, my first was swapped for cigarette cards and so I can't price it but one went for 407 pounds on ebay this week and my third one was bought new for 16 pounds then a Peiflex for, I think/hope 30 pounds.
But I'm fonder of my bargains thanks to digital making people throw out all the film cameras they had lurking in drawers and cupboards...
Regards, David
Interesting to think about the cameras we had too, my first was swapped for cigarette cards and so I can't price it but one went for 407 pounds on ebay this week and my third one was bought new for 16 pounds then a Peiflex for, I think/hope 30 pounds.
But I'm fonder of my bargains thanks to digital making people throw out all the film cameras they had lurking in drawers and cupboards...
Regards, David
zuiko85
Veteran
About 1973 I paid $8 for a roll of Tri-X. Of course that is a 100 foot roll I'm talking about. That and $1 for a box of 10 Kodak Snap Caps empty cartridges. the Illinois sales tax was 5% on top of that so less than $10 total for 19-36exposure rolls. at the time I took home about $108 per week. So about 9% of a one week earnings.
Now, at B&H 100 ft. of Tri-X is $62, 10 empty film carts are $12 and shipping is $4 for a total of $78, to have the same ratio of film cost to earnings I'd have to make $890 per week clear. Or $46K per year clear. My highest earnings ever were a 25K per year gross. So for me B&W film is now a little more than twice as expensive as it was in 1973.
I don't buy color film but interestingly B&H has 24exp loads of 200 ISO Kodak color negative film for $2 a roll. That is way cheaper than Kodacolor-X at asa 80 was in 1973.
Now, at B&H 100 ft. of Tri-X is $62, 10 empty film carts are $12 and shipping is $4 for a total of $78, to have the same ratio of film cost to earnings I'd have to make $890 per week clear. Or $46K per year clear. My highest earnings ever were a 25K per year gross. So for me B&W film is now a little more than twice as expensive as it was in 1973.
I don't buy color film but interestingly B&H has 24exp loads of 200 ISO Kodak color negative film for $2 a roll. That is way cheaper than Kodacolor-X at asa 80 was in 1973.
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