Ilford HP5 + 2 for $5 !

[Rogier]

Special started at Adorama.

Two rolls of Ilford HP5 Plus for $5 🙂


Ordered some for my trip back home to the Netherlands and an other vacation in NY in June.

 

[ItsReallyDarren]

Thanks for the heads up. I think I'll pick up a few to try out HP5.

 

[sepiareverb]

Thanks for the heads up. One of my favorite films.

 

[guoshuo]

Anybody knows why the outlook changed? OEM version?
Anyway I don't mind to take several tens, save my labor in rolling myself.

 

[Keith]

That's about what HP5+ is worth IMO! (ducking)

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[Keith]

I just checked Freestyle and they have the same deal for $4.59! 😱

Damn that's cheap!

 

[Morca007]

This worries me!

 

[marke]

I just checked Freestyle and they have the same deal for $4.59! 😱

Damn that's cheap!

Thanks, Keith. I just ordered ten 2-packs!

 

[Keith]

OK ... so not only do we have Fuji dumping film as Legacy Pro, Kodak as Arista Premium ... now 36 exp rolls of HP5+ are going for less than $2.50 per roll. 😱

Quality film bodies seem to have hit a recent high with Leica M's going steadily upwards!

I'm confused! Is this some new era we're entering where nobody seems to be buying enough film (hence the discounting) but they're happy to pay premium prices for the devices that use it ... WTF! 😕

 

[ChrisP]

Hp6?

Hp6?

Good deal, hopefully a Canadian dealer puts out some prices like this, freestyle shipping to Canada is a little high if you don't buy a lot of film.

Maybe they're upgrading the formula? Hp6- here we come! (doesn't have the same ring to it does it)

 

[sepiareverb]

Maybe they're upgrading the formula? Hp6- here we come! (doesn't have the same ring to it does it)

I doubt it would be called HP6-

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[Crazy Fedya]

I don't see any such special at Adorama. May be I am blind, or can't look for it properly?:bang:

 

[sepiareverb]

It wasn't listed under the specials tab, it was in the film listings.

 

[Keith]

I doubt it would be called HP6-

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Maybe HP5.2 ... then later on when we're all sucked in they'll release HP6! 😀

 

[Mcary]

Could be completely off base here, but maybe with today's lower demand for film the cost of the film itself, raw material and such, might now be only a very small part of the overall production cost in relationship to other costs such as employees salary, benefits, power ext. So they've simply decided that instead of worrying about maxing X amount on each roll to focus on overall profits.
Example if I can make a Widget for $1. and sell 100 for $2.00 each but can sell 1000 at $1.35 I end up with an increased over profit of $250 based of course on the other related cost remaining the same.

 

[dovi]

$4.50 for 2 now

$4.50 for 2 now

I was surprised to find that the price had gone to 4.50!

Nice... Thanks for the alert!!!

 

[Fawley]

Good deal, hopefully a Canadian dealer puts out some prices like this, freestyle shipping to Canada is a little high if you don't buy a lot of film.

Maybe they're upgrading the formula? Hp6- here we come! (doesn't have the same ring to it does it)

Its still worth it. On a $150 order, shipping came to 20%. Given that Canada Customs never seems to assess the tax we would pay at home, the shipping isn't much of a premium, especially considering that our dollar is at a high. If you need to push up the dollar value of your order, buy some Kodak Portra.

 

[ChrisP]

If I was gonna pay $150

If I was gonna pay $150

Its still worth it. On a $150 order, shipping came to 20%. Given that Canada Customs never seems to assess the tax we would pay at home, the shipping isn't much of a premium, especially considering that our dollar is at a high. If you need to push up the dollar value of your order, buy some Kodak Portra.

Oh yeah for $150 it would be a better deal forsure, even for 2 100' rolls of anything it would be worth it, I'm trying to decide between tri-x and hp5+ right now though, and being a student I don't have much time for developing (but somehow I make time to write silly posts like this one). So hopefully the sale lasts a while. Once I develope the 10 or 15 rolls sitting the fridge right now I should be able to make a decent decision on which to buy and at that price it might be easier to buy it pre-rolled if hp5+ than bulk if it wins out

 

[Keith]

For this deal to be happening Ilford has to have an excess of raw stock of this film IMO. It doesn't suprise me that Kodak and Fuji were happy to unload their excess any way they could but it's an unusual move for Ilford I think.

At Vanbar, who are one of Australia's largest on line photography suppliers, this film is listed at $12.10 per roll! 😱

I'm very tempted to get fifty of these two packs because as much as I've never really been a huge fan of HP5+ at box speed I think it's the best 400 black and white film around pushed to 1600.

 

[sepiareverb]

I'm very tempted to get fifty of these two packs because as much as I've never really been a huge fan of HP5+ at box speed I think it's the best 400 black and white film around pushed to 1600.

And at 800 in Rodinal 1:25 it is magnificent.