alfredian
Well-known
What's up with Kodak Plus-X pricing? Since 1969, my first & favorite film. Prices have climbed the last 5 years, but now I see, uniformly, $70 for 100' bulk, up from the mid-$40s last time I shopped. Is anybody reading Kodak's mind on this?
Vics
Veteran
How about FP4+ at $47.50?
Vic
Vic
Tim Gray
Well-known
I've only used it the last 4 years, but Plus-X pricing has always been a bit goofy. The single rolls I think have gotten a bit cheaper, so I'm ok with that. Currently, at B&H, 24 exp rolls are more expensive than 36 exp ones. WHUT?
36 exp rolls are a full $1.25 cheaper than they were one year ago. 120 rolls are about $1 more expensive than they were a couple months ago. Who knows. I would guess though that if the the bulk roll price went up $25, then they aren't moving as much of those as they used to. I'm ok with $4.25/roll though.
36 exp rolls are a full $1.25 cheaper than they were one year ago. 120 rolls are about $1 more expensive than they were a couple months ago. Who knows. I would guess though that if the the bulk roll price went up $25, then they aren't moving as much of those as they used to. I'm ok with $4.25/roll though.
kxl
Social Documentary
Just shoot Arista Premium 100 -- same stuff @ $2.09/36 exp. roll
Rebranded as Arista Premium, 100 ft roll for $30
http://www.freestylephoto.biz/192110-Arista-Premium-BandW-100-ISO-35mm-x-100-ft.-roll?cat_id=402
Seems like a real deal since it is the same stuff.
http://www.freestylephoto.biz/192110-Arista-Premium-BandW-100-ISO-35mm-x-100-ft.-roll?cat_id=402
Seems like a real deal since it is the same stuff.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
Freakscene
Obscure member
The Arista Premium 100 is definitely Plus-X. I did gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy tests on both emulsions and they are identical.
Marty
Marty
alfredian
Well-known
Thanks for the info
Thanks for the info
Sounds like what I suspected is true - low volume = higher prices. I had just gotten over the shock of no-more-Microdol-X when I did the post. That was me in '69 - brand new SRT-101, Plus-X and Microdol-X @ 1+3. I tried to figure out which Freestyle package was Plus-X by comparing dev times & all. Shows what happens when I was away over t' APX100 & Efke25 for a spell. I will definitely check out the Arista Premium. Of the older types of emulsion, I go with PX. Maybe I'll give FP4 another try, but I do like Delta 100. The 100's are my "fast" film anyway. Thanks, all.
Thanks for the info
Sounds like what I suspected is true - low volume = higher prices. I had just gotten over the shock of no-more-Microdol-X when I did the post. That was me in '69 - brand new SRT-101, Plus-X and Microdol-X @ 1+3. I tried to figure out which Freestyle package was Plus-X by comparing dev times & all. Shows what happens when I was away over t' APX100 & Efke25 for a spell. I will definitely check out the Arista Premium. Of the older types of emulsion, I go with PX. Maybe I'll give FP4 another try, but I do like Delta 100. The 100's are my "fast" film anyway. Thanks, all.
Freakscene
Obscure member
Ilford Perceptol is a decent substitute for Microdol-X. And if you can't get that you can always mix your own D23:
Distilled Water (125 degrees F) . . . . . . . 750 ml
Metol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7.5 g
Sodium Sulfite (Anhydrous) . . . . . . . . . . 100 g
Cold Water to make . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ltr
Metol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7.5 g
Sodium Sulfite (Anhydrous) . . . . . . . . . . 100 g
Cold Water to make . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ltr
or Grant Haist's formula for a salt containing developer that he attributed
to Egar Hyman.
Metol 5.0 grams
Sodium Sulfite, anhydrous 100.0 grams
Sodium Chloride 30.0 grams
Water to make 1.0 liter
They all work well with Plus-X, just from my own experience.
Marty
naruto
GASitis.. finally cured?
Thanks for that Marty. Another developer to try since I have all the ingredients.