SciAggie
Well-known
Well ... I guess beer comes in a six pack!
I like the way you think...
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
Yes ... and we've all seen what happened to the local camera stores.
But I agree totally ... not being able to wander into a shop and get one roll of your favourite film is just another disincentive to keep using the stuff.
May as well just follow the rest of the sheep and go digital!
d_ross
Registered User
Yes ... and we've all seen what happened to the local camera stores.
But I agree totally ... not being able to wander into a shop and get one roll of your favourite film is just another disincentive to keep using the stuff.
May as well just follow the rest of the sheep and go digital!
I don't think any law has been passed that says shop owners cant break packs of Kodak film up and sell then in singles guys
cosmonaut
Well-known
No one in my area sells Trix or Tmax. I dont think I would ever order just one roll of anythingl
Chuck Albertson
Well-known
Kodak used to sell Tri-X in 50-roll party packs; K64, too. Ilford used to do that with HP5+, too. Lately, I've seen HP5+ available in 100-roll packs.
Colin Corneau
Colin Corneau
Why is this still being discussed? It's a non issue..get out and shoot this stuff!
d_ross
Registered User
Well ... I guess beer comes in a six pack!
I had a six pack once, but then I started to drink beer !
d_ross
Registered User
exactly, use it and they will make it!
JohnTF
Veteran
You're absolutely right, there is no mention in the entire thread of 35mm film, those 24 ex rolls in the OP were probably 220.
And I do have one roll of 70mm just in case.
I also cannot recall the last time I bought less than five rolls of MF at a time, perhaps 20 years ago when I photographed a wedding in Champagne and I was a roll short.
We generally shot all one lot to make it more practical on the pro labs, 20 or more rolls at a time, and rarely at Revco, later CVS.
Regards, John
sevo
Fokutorendaburando
No, that must be 135-12 and 135-24. Gold and Max have never been made in 220 (nor even in the more popular 120). Besides, the discontinued CN films are mostly three and four pack entitities, while the 120/220 pro packs are strictly five films.
Jamie123
Veteran
So just open a pro pack and sell them a single roll. That's what the consumer photography shops around here have been doing for ages.
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varjag
Guest
I buy Tri-X in 10-packs, plastic-wrapped. Available both online and from the stores. Maybe that's what they mean by pro-packs?
Nokton48
Veteran
That's regular (400 EI) Tri-x, available only in single rolls. Similar to Tri-X in 35mm rolls. Freestyle still has it in stock, I checked last night. B&H does not.
A propack is five foil wrapped rolls, in a cardboard package. Tri-X Professional (ISO 320) only comes in pro-packs. It is not the same emulsion as the regular Tri-X, it is slower and has a retouching base.
If I was a regular Tri-X 120 user, I would be tempted to stock up. Sounds to me like it might be going away. They probably want you to switch to TMY.
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varjag
Guest
Yes I was talking about 135 stuff. Is TXP/320 even available in small format at all?
Nokton48
Veteran
Nope just regular Tri-X.
JohnTF
Veteran
I had my hand up, you must have missed it. ;-) The hand up signifies I am pulling someone's leg.
Seems more a packaging change, IMO, and the question remains, will there be enough of a market to support film eventually.
MF film was hard to find "locally" before digital, things have not improved.
I must be old, when you wanted quality when I was a lad, you shot 4x5, which I used for my first wedding, having to go home to change the holders.
Then I took the radical approach using MF for a very long time for wedding photographer, separating the pro from the GWC shooting a "pro" job with 35mm with hot shoe flash, then came digital and the race was on to provide "full frame", or new Mercedes price almost MF size sensors.
About that time I began to carry only one Domke and found printing myself I could get 12x15 size good prints from 35mm full frames.
I hope they develop that reasonably priced perfect digital back for the Hasselblad, etc. before the availability of 120 in any packaging truly becomes a bother. ;-) Well, I am hoping for world peace too.
Regards, John
Are people settling for good enough?
ps-- I can no longer buy one nut or bolt I need, the hardware stores are mostly gone, now I have to buy bags from Home Depot, 90% of which I will surely lose before I use them.
dallard
Well-known
This should clear up any confusion that may remain about what they're doing.
http://www.bjp-online.com/british-j...378/kodak-denies-film-discontinuation-rumours
http://www.bjp-online.com/british-j...378/kodak-denies-film-discontinuation-rumours
Trius
Waiting on Maitani
OK ... wtf (WHY the f*ck) cannot people read???
Vics
Veteran
For the same reason that there are so few who can write.
wotalegend
Well-known
or as one of my Aussie froends says, "storm in a coffee cup".
I am Australian born and bred. In all my 65 years I have never ever heard the expression "storm in a coffee cup", but "storm in a tea cup" is quite common. It must be an American expression.