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Arista Premium, AKA Tri-X is going away

Richard Man

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Freestyle just announces that their re-badged Tri-X is going away :-/ I will need to stock up more...

Sigh.
 

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probably couldn't afford the price hikes...
 

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Just ordered and received two more bricks. It is short dated December 2014. They are very upfront about this in the printed catalog though so it should not be a surprise.

I'm gonna miss Tri-X at half price. Always wished that they would offer it in 120 too.
 

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I suspect it is not "going away" so much as "running out."

This was a one-time buy of surplus film, both asa 100 and 400, and they sold it out. Would be nice if they find something else. If you didn't stock up, too late.
 

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The stock of Arista Premium has been going down for about a year now. In fact I don't think they got any more after the Kodak Bankruptcy. The 100 Disappeared at the same time as Plus-X. the 400 first ran out in the 100ft cans, The Can I intended to bulk load next month is dated 4/2014

They had 36 exp rolls for quite a while, but have been saying when it is gone, it is gone.

They DID have some 24 exposure rolls left a month or two ago, but they are probably almost gone by now. http://www.freestylephoto.biz/192244-Arista-Premium-400-ISO-35mm-x-24-exp.
 

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summicron1 said:
This was a one-time buy of surplus film, both asa 100 and 400, and they sold it out.
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Think it was more a special buy rather than surplus, I bought bricks of the stuff several times and the Expiry dates and Emulsion Numbers kept advancing for quite a while. In lock step with the 400TX I was getting at the same time.
 

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Not a huge TriX fan. I wish they would come up with a way to repackage and discount TMX. I would be all over that one. It is up to $78 a can from BHPhoto now, but still worth it.
 

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What else is left to re-badge? Certainly not Ilford.
 

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chip j said:
What else is left to re-badge? Certainly not Ilford.
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Why not Double X Negative ?
But what's really is going on with Kodak products ? I can't get 120 TX at my local Henry's store chain at all. Out of production ?
 
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It's been predicted for a long time but it looks like the era of cheap film may be finally coming to pass.
 

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The price is tempting, but I still have a bulk roll of Tri-X from before the price hike, and I've not tapped into it yet.
 

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timor said:
I can't get 120 TX at my local Henry's store chain at all. Out of production ?
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It has dissapeared from their web site! Normally I have to ask Henry's Kanata a week in advance if I want more than a Token roll of HP5. They seem to only keep 2 rolls of 120 in stock.

400TX in 120 is only sold in Pro-packs, of Five rolls. CAT 115 3659 - Perhaps they are afraid it won't sell that many rolls. Self Defeating of course as I find it much easier to get my film from B&H these days.

Perhaps show the local store this page from their competition. http://www.vistek.ca/store/Film/263151/kodak-trix-400-tx-120.aspx
 

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timor said:
Why not Double X Negative ?
But what's really is going on with Kodak products ? I can't get 120 TX at my local Henry's store chain at all. Out of production ?
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But you can still get 20% off all Kodak B&W products if you are into ordering from Freestyle. This includes TriX. I just ordered another 5 boxes of TMX 100 120.

25 rolls of TMX. That will keep me happy for almost two months.
 
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