Plus-X, BW400CN and TMZ 135 gone now ?

Sorry for the caps:

KODAK'S STORE IS NOT AN INDICATION OF PRODUCT AVAILABILITY. As far as I know, it's a relatively new thing, and certain film products were never listed there.

Plus-X 120 is gone yes, but as far as I know, it's still sold in 35mm, as are the other films. The real 'film' page for B&W is here:

http://www.kodak.com/go/bwfilms
 
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YAWN! Kodak hasn't listed the prices for Plus X or many other films on their store for awhile. It is run by a third party supplier, hence the limited availability. TMZ and Plus X have been down at the corner of the b&w index for awhile now. Until there's actual news please don't start these rumors!
 
You could always reach for FP4 and XP2 from Ilford. Plus X Im pretty sure is going out, but FP4 is a seriously good film.
 
sepiareverb said:
Well it was discontinued in 120, that could signal it is not going to be made again in 135.
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As 120 and 135 films share nothing but the actual emulsion, their fates tend to be somewhat independent.

In my opinion, Kodak already destroyed Plus-X in 120 and the professional market when they dropped PXP (then still popular among older pros) and made "new PX" the only Plus-X, without readjusting its price to be slightly below T-Max. Few new photographers will have joined the Plus-X camp ever since it became more expensive than T-Max 100, and forcing that already crumbling old user base to adapt to a subtly different film can't have done it any good, when new PX was the least economical among the replacement options they had to offer.

We'll see whether PX 135 will survive, amateur and artist use might follow slightly different rules...
 
Plus-X in 135 is still available ? Good to know because I haven't seen it here in Japan for ages ...
 
Plus-X is no longer sold in 120?
That's news to me, I like that film, still finishing my last batch.

But I have no problem giving my money to Adox and Ilford if Kodak is thick enough to cut back on B&W when they should be promoting them.
 
Just ran some of the 'new PX' in the new Microdol-X (Perceptol). Looks as good as it did way way back when that was my standard.
 
Oh, boy, more panic from people due to Kodaks lousy website.

Try searching here. There was another recent kerfluffle about Plus-X.
 
Plus-X 120 and 35mm bulk rolls HAS been discontinued. 35mm rolls is still good though. That was the outcome of the Plus-X discussion the other month, and confirmed by Kodak when I emailed them.
 
jsrockit said:
Hmmm, college maybe, but grade school?
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I'm not the one that wrote that, but I can confirm at least some grade schoolers are shooting film. My son has his one 35mm camera, and did excellent work with my one Nikon SLR when still in Kindergarten. I honestly prefer him to shoot either film, or to use a DSLR. He takes both a *LOT* more seriously than using his digital P&S. He's even shot my Hasselblad before, something I've not even let my wife do!

Zane
 
I wrote that.

At least here in the San Francisco Bay Area, where we are heavily influenced by trends coming out of Japan, "Polaroid" and Holgas are cool amongst grade schoolers.

With Polaroid out of business, their instant camera is really a rebranded Fuji Instax. I brought my Instax Mini 25 to a 70's party (impossible project film was deemed too expensive for me to waste on drunken indoor shots) and it was a HUGE hit. A couple of people had their point and shoot digitals but moved on to buy their own Fuji Instax after the party. And that's how the film bug begins ;)

I also had another shooting with a Holga. Two people have bought Holga 120s after the party as well.

Film, its character, and the wait to see results is contagious.

And seriously: who wouldn't want a full frame point and shoot? My friends are constantly astonished at the level of quality I can get from a scan on my Olympus Stylus Epic.

These days I only carry a digital body for it's ability to shoot HD movies. My M8 sees action mostly for my commissioned gigs.
 
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