Kodak Film Prices Set To Rise By 15%

[dcsang]

Not surprising really.
Combine this with the fact that they're eliminating their slide films (E100 series) and this is news that most of us should have seen coming.

If you've got the money, hopefully, the retailers haven't jacked their prices yet on this news....

http://www.amateurphotographer.co.u...rviving_kodak_films__news_311757.html?aff=rss

Cheers,
Dave

 

[maddoc]

Again ?? Prices for all Kodak products have just gone up by 25 % here in Japan last month ... 😱

 

[Keith]

And so it begins .... this was predicted by Nostradamus in 1556! 🙄

 

[dave lackey]

In retrospect, Kodak should have done this years ago gradually increasing prices according to future needs.

 

[hipsterdufus]

A 5D is looking mighty tempting right now...

 

[Keith]

In retrospect, Kodak should have done this years ago gradually increasing prices according to future needs.

Surely that would have buried film even more quickly Dave?

 

[jsrockit]

😉

 

[paulfish4570]

others are bound to follow on pricing. i already am shooting fewer BW film frames because of a self-imposed editing process. reckon i'll have to treat my 35mm film cameras like 120s, or 4x5s if prices keep rising at that rate ...

 

[Keith]

Suddenly that M9 I'm lusting for seems a little less expensive! 😛

 

[Snapper_uk]

That's put the Kodak prices on par with Fuji where I get my film from in the UK, at about £6.20 for a roll of 35mm Portra 160. Ouch.

 

[burancap]

If you've got the money, hopefully, the retailers haven't jacked their prices yet on this news....

For convenience, I buy a lot of BW400CN and even Tri-X at my local drugstore.

A few months ago, I could buy a 3 pack of CN for ~$13.00 and a single roll of X for ~$4.00

Today, all they have are single rolls of both and the price is $7.29 each...

 

[dave lackey]

Surely that would have buried film even more quickly Dave?

I don't think fifty cents over a three year period would have deterred us hardy photographers. It might have helped Kodak's predicament but I doubt it with the rumors of bad management decisions they have had... Either way, a little as they go is one thing, fifty cents+ over the rest of this year is a different story.

Hopefully they will survive because of us hardy photographers. But, it really depends on one's degree of hardiness doesn't it?😛

 

[dcsang]

I'm shopping at B&H right now and, so far, I'm spending $150 just on Tri-X, P3200 and Portra 800 *LOL*

There's more to come too..

Cheers,
Dave

 

[dave lackey]

For convenience, I buy a lot of BW400CN and even Tri-X at my local drugstore.

A few months ago, I could buy a 3 pack of CN for ~$13.00 and a single roll of X for ~$4.00

Today, all they have are single rolls of both and the price is $7.29 each...

Yeah, the price of gas is considerable and convenience has it's place, but Freestyle still has it for $5.99 a roll. I recently bought 20 rolls of Arista Premium 400 for less than half that. A roll of Acros 100 at Showcase was $7.99. I got one.🙄 I need to get my next documentary moving and will, again, factor all the costs of film into that.

http://www.freestylephoto.biz/sc_search.php?rfnc=402

It's all relative. If gas goes up to $5.00/gal, my transportation to the RFF Meet in Pensacola will be 25% higher...or in real terms, an increase of about $32 over the present cost of premium gas at $4.00/gal. Hardly a problem as we are already on bologna sandwiches and Ramen noodles anyway in anticipation of meeting with fellow RFF members on April 28th!😛

 

[Benjamin Marks]

Funny. I am just about to embark on a series of film projects. It was ever thus.

Ben Marks

 

[dave lackey]

As I have been mentioning since I first landed on RFF...I am a hybrid. With new technology and the prices of cool film gear going down (on some, not all), it is only smart, and fun, to be both a film and digital shooter these days.

If we all look at our work and consider it an art/craft/passion, whatever, there is always room for film based photography. If those who just shoot, well, they will most likely drop out for one reason or another. It really depends on the individual, but there is a lot of logic in being a hybrid shooter IMO.🙂

 

[rover]

Well, I wanted to order more Portra 800 in 120, seems like a good reason to do that this morning.

 

[Benjamin Marks]

As I have been mentioning since I first landed on RFF...I am a hybrid. With new technology and the prices of cool film gear going down (on some, not all), it is only smart, and fun, to be both a film and digital shooter these days.

No kidding. There is pro-level gear available for a song these days. I just bought a Mamiya RB 180 K/L lens for $100. Unbelievable. This weekend I will be slapping a 6x17 back on a Linhoff Tech IV for some tests. In Vermont, Spring is almost here!

Ben

 

[bwcolor]

I packed my a dedicated stand alone freezer some time ago. I would rather have high prices in the future vs. no future.

 

[efix]

I'm just glad that I stacked up on my favourite Kodak film last year ... Elite Chrome 100. Got 50 rolls (now 48) in the basement that will probably last me a couple years.

Now is probably the time to get some Ektar, Portra and Tri-X.