wattsy Posted February 2, 2017 Share #21 Posted February 2, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) Calumet UK have Provia 100 rolls for £9 each. Doesn't look extortionate to me, all things considered, and I wonder if Ektachrome could match it. I doubt it. Portra 400 is already £8-10 per roll and I can't imagine Ektachrome will be priced any cheaper. I bought some earlier this week from Amazon (the only place it seems with stock in the UK) and the price has already risen again since. As I've written in another thread, I think we will have to adjust to these kind of prices for the top brand colour film going forward. The Calumet Provia price is very good compared with other retailers – I hope you also took advantage of the 10% off available this month. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 2, 2017 Posted February 2, 2017 Hi wattsy, Take a look here Fujifilm to drop most 35mm film stock. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
sblitz Posted February 3, 2017 Share #22 Posted February 3, 2017 8 to 10 pounds for 35mm Portra 400? Wow! $6.99 at B&H, same at Adorama, etc .... why not buy in bulk from them and have it shipped? I have to believe it would still be cheaper than $12/roll .... when I am in London in a few weeks, I will bring you some rolls :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjans Posted February 3, 2017 Share #23 Posted February 3, 2017 If this is true why aren't Fuji making an official announcement and why did they decline to comment on their own comment? Something odd about that. I have searched and looked different Fujifilm websites and could not find an official announcement. Just saw an article on the German website photoscala.de and it seems photo imaging business are going well at Fujifilm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted February 3, 2017 Share #24 Posted February 3, 2017 8 to 10 pounds for 35mm Portra 400? Wow! $6.99 at B&H, same at Adorama, etc .... why not buy in bulk from them and have it shipped? I have to believe it would still be cheaper than $12/roll .... when I am in London in a few weeks, I will bring you some rolls :-) I have managed to order some for £7.20 per roll (Calumet UK 5 pack price with 10% February discount) but it is back ordered so I've no idea when it will be back in stock. I did look into buying from B&H but with a dollar exchange rate around 1.20 to the pound plus shipping and customs clearance charges, etc. it wasn't significantly cheaper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith (M) Posted February 3, 2017 Author Share #25 Posted February 3, 2017 The 'Big River' is currently offering Kodak Portra 160 35mm 36exp Professional 5 Pack at £27.99 inc delivery, which equates to £5.60 per roll. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted February 3, 2017 Share #26 Posted February 3, 2017 @ sblitz - you gotta remember that prices in the UK (and EU) include what amounts to national sales tax (VAT). 20% (?) in the UK. If we used that system, to get the same profit or markup, Adorama/B&H would have to charge and advertise $8.39 a roll over the counter (but there would be no NY state or city sales tax). Not that far off Ian's discounted Calumet price of "$9.00" at today's exchange rates. Add to that the big NY stores' negotiating price power - if they order 100,000 rolls a year, they can likely get their own large discount from Kodak Alaris. Locally here in Denver (small stores), P400 135-36 runs around $9.49 a roll - before any local taxes. Not to mention the cost of getting the film across The Pond - if airlines charged you by pounds (weight) and ounces, you might think twice about delivering a CARE package of film to London. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted February 3, 2017 Share #27 Posted February 3, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) The 'Big River' is currently offering Kodak Portra 160 35mm 36exp Professional 5 Pack at £27.99 inc delivery, which equates to £5.60 per roll.Yes, true but Portra 160 is usually cheaper than 400. It's £26 at Calumet (with the discount). Personally, I'm not so keen on it and rather pay extra for the 400 film even if I don't need the speed (which I largely don't). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collieslave Posted July 30, 2017 Share #28 Posted July 30, 2017 On this topic, I have just (30th July) been looking at 120 Velvia 50 on the 7dayshop website. The listing includes the following - **DUE TO STOCK CONSTRAINTS at FUJI UK THIS CURRENT STOCK IS DATED JUNE 2017**We have sold many packs of short dated film in our time with no issues reported at all. Fuji UK can not give an arrival date for any of this film unfortunately but rest assured we will stock as soon as it arrives in to the UK - thanks. The lack of information from Fuji UK is rather disquieting!! "as soon as it arrives in the UK" - perhaps IF it arrives in the UK! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjans Posted July 30, 2017 Share #29 Posted July 30, 2017 Just had a look at the Fujifilm Japanese website with Google Chrome and translation on. Color negative film: ISO 100, 400 (2 types), 800 and 1600 (Natura). Slide film (Provia and Velvia) is not listed as discontinued like the Provia 400X but with all remainig slide film they have in red some statement about shipping. Now statements in red does not sound good. Perhaps I should have choosen to translate to English instead of Dutch. Did not look at B&W. For the rest it's all about "Instax" instant film. The mini in many types of borders and also the B&W, the wide and the new square format. Sales of Instax go up year after year. Tha square is in fact film but the camera is digital. It's a digital camera with built in Instax printer. I my opinion not real instant film photography. They still have disposable cameras, even one with ISO 1600 and 39 pictures on it. I hope they will continue to make 135, 120 and other formats but I have some doubts. Perhaps I should by a second small freezer. Ps: I just noticed a German shop that sells just expired Velvia (135) at reasonable price for 10 films. Best Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collieslave Posted August 1, 2017 Share #30 Posted August 1, 2017 I have just ordered ten rolls of 35mm Velvia 50 from Speed Graphic (dated June 2017) and asked them about possible supply problems (or discontinuing) of Fuji 35mm films. The reply I received is as follows- As far as we’re aware there is no issue at all with Velvia, just Superia 200. It looks as though this will now only be available in 400 ISO And I note that Amazon have just received new stock of Velvia. There does seem to be varied opinions on the future of Velvia (and others) that have been circulating for some years! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 4, 2017 Share #31 Posted August 4, 2017 Provia is already in short supply in France. My normal supplier Miss Numerique has none. MX2 had 1 x 36 exposure and a short dated 24 exposure (which they would give me free). Strangely Agfa Precisa seems to be a bit more available. As I understand it, this is Provia sold under a different brand. I have just ordered someone's total stock (7 rolls) of Precisa. This is to feed my new acquisition, an M7 with a motor drive, so I expect to be ripping through those films Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham (G4FUJ) Posted August 15, 2017 Share #32 Posted August 15, 2017 As Fuji market medium format film cameras I suppose they can't really drop 120 film. I used to buy 220 from Japan Exposures, but haven't been able to get any for a while (anyone need a 220 Bronica SQA bacK?). I have shot Superia 200 in 135 for 20 years, will be sorry to see it go. However the M6 is presently loaded with Superia 400. One of the F3s has Fuji slide film loaded. I suppose i will be moving 135 away from Fuji... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 15, 2017 Share #33 Posted August 15, 2017 I sold my Mamiya 645 when 220 became unavailable, as the 220 insert was just fine but the 120 insert's pressure plate was not exactly at right angles to the optical axis, which resulted in OOF corners, as it was tilted in a diagonal plane. I bought another S/H 120 insert and it was exactly the same. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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