Is Kodak Plus-X totally GONE?

[filmfan]

I just bought a bunch of PX125 on craigslist. FP4+ is nice as well. I would not worry too much. There are plenty of film options still out there.

 

[Keith Fleming]

You can buy 35mm Plus-X from Freestyle.com in either the Kodak version or Freestyle's rebranded version sold as Arista Professional 100. The Arista Professional 400 is Tri-X. Both are available in 24 and 36 exposure rolls and in 100 ft. bulk rolls. The Arista Professional version is quite a bit cheaper than the Kodak version. Also, the boxes of Arista Professional are marked "Manufactured in USA, Packaged in Mexico," so Freestyle obviously buys the huge bulk rolls from Kodak and has it packaged in Mexico. I'm using both types of Arista Professional, and I've been pleased with it and the cheaper price.

Keith Fleming

 

[haempe]

You can buy 35mm Plus-X from Freestyle.com in either the Kodak version or Freestyle's rebranded version sold as Arista Professional 100. The Arista Professional 400 is Tri-X. Both are available in 24 and 36 exposure rolls and in 100 ft. bulk rolls.

Sadly Arista Premium 100 is only in 135/24 available at freestyle at the moment.
135/36 and 100 ft. bulk are not longer listed.
I don't know if there will be come back. Hope dies last.

 

[ChrisPlatt]

In late March 2011 in response to an RFF thread regarding the availability of 120 Plus-X I contacted Kodak.
The following is the text of my email exchange with customer support:

Re: Your question to Kodak PROFESSIONAL Film - No Product Form Configuration [#7834395]
From: "Kodak Professional Traditional" <kprotraditional@kodak.com>
To: <my email address deleted>
Date: Monday, March 28, 2011 7:31 AM

Dear Christopher,

Yes Plus-X Pan has been discountinued.


Regards,
Ron B.
Kodak Professional
Technical Support
800 242-2424 ex19


--Original Message--
From: <my email address deleted>
Date: 3/25/2011 7:08:12 PM
To: kprotraditional@kodak.com
Subject: Re: Your question to Kodak PROFESSIONAL Film - No Product Form Configuration [#7834395]


Has Plus-X film in 35mm been discontinued as well?

Christopher Platt

--- On Fri, 3/25/11, Kodak Professional Traditional <kprotraditional@kodak.com> wrote:


From: Kodak Professional Traditional <kprotraditional@kodak.com>
Subject: Re: Your question to Kodak PROFESSIONAL Film - No Product Form Configuration [#7834395]
To: <my email address deleted>
Date: Friday, March 25, 2011, 10:03 AM


Dear Christopher,
Kodak Professional Plu-X Pan has been discountinued. The replacement is Kodak Professional T-Max 100 cat # 857-2273.

Thank you for contacting Kodak Professional.

Regards,
Ron B.
Kodak Professional
Technical Services
800 242-2424 ex19

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Question: Kodak Plus-X film in 120 rolls is presently unavailable at retailers.
Is this product discontinued? Please advise.

Christopher Platt
Oceanside NY

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If the Kodak rep is correct this film is discontinued in 120 and 35mm formats, at minimum.

Chris

 

[mwoenv]

Photo Warehouse (www.ultrafineonline.com) has PlusX in 135, single roll and 100 ft. roll ($69.95) and 120 ($19.95 for a 5-pack).

I picked up some Plus-X 120 from Unique Photo in October but see now that they no longer sell 120.

 

[Tim Gray]

I defer to Chris's message. I had emailed in February, so Chris's is more current.

 

[sepiareverb]

In late March 2011 in response to an RFF thread regarding the availability of 120 Plus-X I contacted Kodak.
The following is the text of my email exchange with customer support:...

...If the Kodak rep is correct this film is discontinued in 120 and 35mm formats, at minimum.

Chris

I guess your rep hasn't heard this:

Plus-X is not "completely" discontinued. It is still available in 135 & 120. They have discontinued motion picture reversal stock and arial stock. Plus-X Pan has been been gone for years having been reformulated to PX125.

Gah, are we going to keep having these end of the world of Plus-X threads because people are afraid to use google to learn something?

Getting information firsthand from the source is my preferred method of learning things.🙄

Most films hang around for a while after getting discontinued till stock is gone, so stock up if you like it. I'm sticking with FP4+ as Ilford has proven they want to make B&W analog materials.

 

[---f]

Photo Warehouse (www.ultrafineonline.com) has PlusX in 135, single roll and 100 ft. roll ($69.95) and 120 ($19.95 for a 5-pack).

I picked up some Plus-X 120 from Unique Photo in October but see now that they no longer sell 120.

they list the 120 as out of stock. Too bad.

 

[alfredian]

Thanks for the sad, but not unexpected, news. The dwindling-variety of the Plus-X product line was my major clue. Had all the hallmarks of an inventory being sold off. The presence of only single-rolls-in-yellow-boxes was the last straw. Personal bets-with-self: what will be the last roll on-the-shelf? 24- or 36-exposures.

The rot set in when they switched from the way-neato-cool screw-top metal 35mm roll-cans to the snap-top plastic ones. Who knew?

 

[ChrisPlatt]

Most films hang around for a while after getting discontinued till stock is gone, so stock up if you like it.

I sure hope the Kodak customer service rep is wrong,
but we can't rely on his information being as bad as his spelling,
so this is what I would advise too.

Gah, are we going to keep having these end of the world of Plus-X threads because people are afraid to use google to learn something?

The great thing about Google (and the Internet in general)
is that you can always find an answer that supports your opinion,
regardless of whether it is factually right or wrong.

Chris

 

[alfredian]

Thank, sadly, you

Thank, sadly, you

Thanks for the sad but not unexpected confirmation. The dwindling variety & availability of the Plus-X product line was the main clue- had all the hallmarks of an abandoned product. Personal bet-with-self: what will be the last roll on the shelf: 24- or 36-exposure roll.

The rot set in when they shifted from the way-neato-cool screw-top metal 35mm cassette-cans to the snap-top plastic ones. Who knew?🙁

 

[Ljós]

Now it is...

Now it is...

Now it is officially gone:
http://www.kodak.com/global/en/prof...&ClickID=bq6nqnyfmekknfkeuqsdydvqzvskg1uk6ggg

 

[Tzelet]

For the record, I asked Freestyle and they have 23000 rolls of Arista Premium 100 in stock (24 pictures/roll). Expiration date is 2012/07.

 

[Uncle Bill]

Sad but not surprised, I liked plus X in 35mm especially in Xtol. It never sold as well as Tmax 100 or even it's faster product brother Tri-x. I have since started messing around with Ilford FP4 in medium format and Delta 100 in 35mm and see how they behave. I'm not a huge fan of Tmax 100.

 

[sevo]

Sad but not surprised, I liked plus X in 35mm especially in Xtol. It never sold as well as Tmax 100 or even it's faster product brother Tri-x.

Deservedly. I liked it - it was my main large format film until T-Max was introduced. But there was no ignoring that improvements to Tri-X that had not been handed down to Plus-X had made it a bit too close to Tri-X to be competitive, and the Tmaxes finally pushed it into a tiny niche...

Sevo