LocalHero1953 Posted October 18, 2022 Share #841 Posted October 18, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) 5 minutes ago, andrew01 said: I am in UK. I have been checking the photolab I have been using for the last few years and they have been out of stock for nearly 2 years. I did try your approach and found some fuji 200 at a pharmacy chain (at a fairly steep price). Perhaps the film manufacturers are prioritizing supply for generic shops instead of specialist photo shops. I've certainly bought film in the last couple of years (because that has been the period when I got back into film). Analogue Wonderland, Parallax, AG Photographic, Bristol Cameras and Speed Graphic are where I have looked and bought. Most recently, hunting for Portra at an acceptable price, I found some on ebay from the dealer 35mmphotostop (run from a private house in Bristol). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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madNbad Posted October 18, 2022 Share #842 Posted October 18, 2022 At the end of the NBC national news broadcast on Monday evening, the final segment was about the resurgence of film photography. The producers used a super 8 camera to film it and spoke to shop owners and photographers about why they were using film and how the market has expanded. Who knew we were trend setters? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted October 18, 2022 Share #843 Posted October 18, 2022 1 hour ago, andrew01 said: I am in UK. I have been checking the photolab I have been using for the last few years and they have been out of stock for nearly 2 years. I did try your approach and found some fuji 200 at a pharmacy chain (at a fairly steep price)... The subject of 'the price of Film' piqued my interest so I've just had a look to see what I could find on the web. According to one of the merchant's adverts in the Amateur Photographer back in 1991 a 36 exp. roll of HP5 cost £2.80 which - according to the Bank of England inflation calculator - equates to roughly £6.20 in today's terms. Today a roll of the same typically seems to cost around £7.25. Another website, comparing the price of a roll of Ektachrome, found that there was a relative increase in cost between 1984 and 2021 of 13%. One UK-based pharmacy chain (possibly the one mentioned by andrew01 in the post quoted) is currently advertising 36-exp. rolls of Fuji 200ASA C-41 film for £8.99 per roll which, somewhat surprisingly, is slightly cheaper (allowing for inflation) than it was 30 years ago when, apparently, it would set one back around £9.25 per roll. Considering the greatly reduced volume of sales garnered by 35mm film nowadays in comparison to 'yesteryear' I'm actually rather amazed that film isn't more expensive than it is. Philip. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew01 Posted October 18, 2022 Share #844 Posted October 18, 2022 39 minutes ago, madNbad said: At the end of the NBC national news broadcast on Monday evening, the final segment was about the resurgence of film photography. The producers used a super 8 camera to film it and spoke to shop owners and photographers about why they were using film and how the market has expanded. Who knew we were trend setters? Lets hope the trend continues. I have had a nice small collection of film cameras for a long time but from 2019 to 2021 I managed to accumulate a collection of almost all the desirable film cameras from the 80s to early 2000’s and have had many of them serviced. Some of these were the cameras I could only dream of owning in their day. I have FM2N, F2AS, F3, F1N, EOS 1N,KX, MX, LX, OM2n, OM4Ti,XD7, Contax S2, Contax RX, Leica SL, R6.2, M3,M6, and a bunch of cheaper cameras. Its a lot of fun shooting all of these high end cameras and I don’t think I would ever want to trim the collection down. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madNbad Posted October 18, 2022 Share #845 Posted October 18, 2022 The report probably bumped up the price of film. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.noctilux Posted October 18, 2022 Share #846 Posted October 18, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, maxfairclough said: I can't seem to find Portra 800 anywhere. There seems to be close to no good colour film in Australia at the moment for 35mm. In France we are lucky to have choices of expensive negative films, like here Portra 800 36, 18.50€ set of five rolls, 88.20€ even good b&w film is not cheap anymore Neopan Acros 100 II, five rolls, 71€ Edited October 18, 2022 by a.noctilux 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
armadsen Posted October 18, 2022 Share #847 Posted October 18, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) I just went to drop off some film at my local lab. They had more film in the film fridge than I've seen in a couple years, including fresh stock of Provia 100F in 35mm and 8x10 ($532/box!), along with almost every current Kodak emulsion. A few months ago color film was nowhere to be found, but the situation seems to be improving significantly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikep996 Posted October 18, 2022 Share #848 Posted October 18, 2022 (edited) Lot of "retro" in the marketing world today, usually sold to people who weren't born when the original products were selling. The current marketing philosophy toward (or by) young people seems to be, "Anything your grandparents owned or did was cool; anything your parents own or do is dumb." Next thing you know there will be a market for records and record players. Oh... wait...What? You're kidding!! Records are now outselling CDs? Go figure I mentioned earlier that I should drag my M6 out to see if it still works in preparation for it becoming the "hot new Leica". Someone suggested that if I wasn't using it I should I sell it. That's probably good advice but I kept it because, of the myriad cameras I have owned/used, I ENJOYED that M6 the most. I just couldn't bring myself to sell it. But heck, maybe I'll try that old-fashioned film thing again... 🤣 Edited October 18, 2022 by Mikep996 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
logan2z Posted October 18, 2022 Share #849 Posted October 18, 2022 43 minutes ago, Mikep996 said: But heck, maybe I'll try that old-fashioned film thing again... 🤣 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/336216-new-leica-m6-film-camera/?do=findComment&comment=4538310'>More sharing options...
Huss Posted October 19, 2022 Share #850 Posted October 19, 2022 19 hours ago, ianman said: Do you mean the ColorPlus 200? I bought three bricks last year for just under €50 each. Worked out at around €4.90 per roll. Now it’s over €70 for a brick a ten. The Fuji equivalent is just under €60. I wonder if there was some mistake in the price you paid for your Fuji200? Good for you if there was No, it says made in Japan on the box. The colorplus Fuji says made in the USA. It was just over $15 for a 3 pack, so I bought a case. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted October 19, 2022 Share #851 Posted October 19, 2022 (edited) Off topic but the strangely the Fujifilm 200 available in USA market that says “made in USA”, is Kodak Gold 200 stock rebranded by Fuji. Unsure why/how but read about it elsewhere and so tried it. sure enough it was identical to Kodak Gold 200 that I use a lot. Only managed to get it here once which was handy during a Kodak drought . (Not to be confused with C200 which is Fuji and presumably says “made in japan” ) Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited October 19, 2022 by grahamc Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/336216-new-leica-m6-film-camera/?do=findComment&comment=4538559'>More sharing options...
ianman Posted October 19, 2022 Share #852 Posted October 19, 2022 4 hours ago, Huss said: No, it says made in Japan on the box. The colorplus Fuji says made in the USA. It was just over $15 for a 3 pack, so I bought a case. Sorry I wasn’t clear, the ColorPlus I mentioned is Kodak (see below), not Fuji. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 2 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/336216-new-leica-m6-film-camera/?do=findComment&comment=4538656'>More sharing options...
Danner Posted October 19, 2022 Share #853 Posted October 19, 2022 For the very finest vintage vibe, bring back the metal film canister! Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 2 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/336216-new-leica-m6-film-camera/?do=findComment&comment=4538709'>More sharing options...
TomB_tx Posted October 19, 2022 Share #854 Posted October 19, 2022 6 minutes ago, Danner said: For the very finest vintage vibe, bring back the metal film canister! Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Now that would be nice! I still have a shoebox full of them... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikep996 Posted October 19, 2022 Share #855 Posted October 19, 2022 Well...You guys (Huss) have convinced me. Clearly I've fallen in with a bad crowd!! I ordered a 10 pack of HP5 this morning, and dragged out my M6 - I didn't know until now (reading about it on the internet) that they changed the M6 "label" during production. Mine has "Leitz" on the red dot and at some point they changed to "Leica." I bought it shortly after the M6 came out and used it for years. I bought an M7 in the late 90's but never really bonded with it and sold it along with all my other Leica gear in '02, keeping only the M6 body. Re the HP5 - I was a Tri X fan back in the day but in looking for film, found that TriX was 2x the price of HP5 here in the UK. We'll see how this "experiment" goes. I might end up spending more money and buying some TriX...OR deciding that film was a fun experiment and going. back to my digital Leicas and putting the M6 back in its box. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huss Posted October 19, 2022 Share #856 Posted October 19, 2022 4 hours ago, ianman said: Sorry I wasn’t clear, the ColorPlus I mentioned is Kodak (see below), not Fuji. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! I guess we both misunderstood! As Graham mentioned, Fuji sold/sells Kodak 200 film in the US badged as Fuji, AND they sell ‘real’ Fuji 200! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huss Posted October 19, 2022 Share #857 Posted October 19, 2022 21 hours ago, pippy said: The subject of 'the price of Film' piqued my interest so I've just had a look to see what I could find on the web. According to one of the merchant's adverts in the Amateur Photographer back in 1991 a 36 exp. roll of HP5 cost £2.80 which - according to the Bank of England inflation calculator - equates to roughly £6.20 in today's terms. Today a roll of the same typically seems to cost around £7.25. Another website, comparing the price of a roll of Ektachrome, found that there was a relative increase in cost between 1984 and 2021 of 13%. One UK-based pharmacy chain (possibly the one mentioned by andrew01 in the post quoted) is currently advertising 36-exp. rolls of Fuji 200ASA C-41 film for £8.99 per roll which, somewhat surprisingly, is slightly cheaper (allowing for inflation) than it was 30 years ago when, apparently, it would set one back around £9.25 per roll. Considering the greatly reduced volume of sales garnered by 35mm film nowadays in comparison to 'yesteryear' I'm actually rather amazed that film isn't more expensive than it is. Philip. That’s the thing, when you use an inflation calculator film is not expensive. We just think it is! We just want everything dirt cheap. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldwino Posted October 19, 2022 Share #858 Posted October 19, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Mikep996 said: Well...You guys (Huss) have convinced me. Clearly I've fallen in with a bad crowd!! I ordered a 10 pack of HP5 this morning, and dragged out my M6 - I didn't know until now (reading about it on the internet) that they changed the M6 "label" during production. Mine has "Leitz" on the red dot and at some point they changed to "Leica." I bought it shortly after the M6 came out and used it for years. I bought an M7 in the late 90's but never really bonded with it and sold it along with all my other Leica gear in '02, keeping only the M6 body. Re the HP5 - I was a Tri X fan back in the day but in looking for film, found that TriX was 2x the price of HP5 here in the UK. We'll see how this "experiment" goes. I might end up spending more money and buying some TriX...OR deciding that film was a fun experiment and going. back to my digital Leicas and putting the M6 back in its box. So you don't have a re-issue M6, you have a pre-issue M6. Nice! Have fun with the film. HP5 is nice. Tri-X isn't the same now as it was "back in the day". Edited October 19, 2022 by oldwino spelling Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_P Posted October 19, 2022 Share #859 Posted October 19, 2022 2 hours ago, Mikep996 said: Well...You guys (Huss) have convinced me. Clearly I've fallen in with a bad crowd!! I ordered a 10 pack of HP5 this morning...... you got off lightly, as a result of earlier digressions in this thread I now have a Rolleiflex 3.5 F on it's way to me! 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huss Posted October 19, 2022 Share #860 Posted October 19, 2022 24 hours to go before the reveal!!! what could it be? So excited! (Actually I do want to see how different this will be) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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