CBC news on film's revival.

cmacd123 said:

also the price of a 400 ft roll of Double-X is now over 300 dollars US.

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went back in my files: the colour negative films were almost all on the 35mm by 100ft size {
/ SP417 / 35 mm x 100 ft roll / Camera Spool / BH-1866 } in the March 2009 catalog, and Back then a 400 ft roll of 35mm Double X {
EASTMAN DOUBLE-X Negative Film 5222 / DXN718 / 35 mm x 400 ft roll / On Core / BH-1866 CAT 1737279} was only US$ 140.76 Now that is inflation.

cmacd123 said:

is the fixer really expensive for FIVE us Gallons?

and looking now myself, I see a couple are on a 200ft roll, the rest all 400 and 1000. I wonder if Kodak ran out of the S-83 35mm Spools. the spools are much more common with 16mm

also the price of a 400 ft roll of Double-X is now over 300 dollars US.

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Stop bath with indicator and PhotoFlow are very inexpensive.
Most developer are inexpensive as long as they do not have glycol.

Film is more expensive and the price is increasing because of worldwide inflation brought on as a fallout from the COVID pandemic.

cmacd123 said:

is the fixer really expensive for FIVE us Gallons?

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Note to self - don't read quarts as gallons!
No, it is quite economical.

There is also a Canadian dollar version of that catalogue: https://www.kodak.com/content/produ...Motion-Picture-Products-Price-Catalog-CND.pdf

I couldn't believe it when I was in the camera store in Calgary and the chemical cabinet was full of bottles of flic film chemicals!! Hydroquinone, Metol, Phenidone, CD-3. I snapped up a bottle of each. Now I make my own RA-4 developer (that 100g bottle will make 20 litres!) and can mix custom batches of developer. These chemicals were hard to get in Canada--esp. Cd-3. So hooray for analog revivals and flic film!

It’s a fad and has been for the last 30 years.

MattKing said:

There is probably a Euro Catalogue, but here is the US Dollar catalogue: https://www.kodak.com/content/produ...-Motion-Picture-Products-Price-Catalog-US.pdf

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He (Ernst-Jan) and I were talking about Orwo.

Ten301 said:

FlicFilm Elektra 100 is respooled Kodak Aerocolor IV. Ultrafine/Photo Warehouse and a few others sell it here in the States.

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Great tip! Aerocolor IV is excellent and it's nice to know there is a local source for it in the US packaging it in 36 exp rolls.

I bought it from pophoto in Canada labelled as Luminaire 100. PW is $1 more per roll, and will charge tax. Wondering how much shipping will be to see who is cheaper.

Compared buying Aerocolor IV from Canada as Luminaire 100 vs Photo Warehouse as Flic Elektra.

Delivered to California - Luminaire is $12.48/36 exp, Flic Elektra is $16/36 exp

Recently, I went into my favourite little photography store in Ottawa, Canada - Galaxy Camera. I have been there before but on this particular day, it was actually crowded with young students wanting to buy film and related chemistry, etc. So what do I mean by crowded? The store is tiny and holds about ten people and on that day, there were ten people in it. Not a huge crowd but everyone was after film. I chatted up one of the young students and he told me they were all taking a fine arts degree, which included film photography, at the University of Ottawa,

That's full circle in my experience. Ages ago, the local community college got out of film photography and I got, for almost nothing, a 5x4 Devere colour enlarger and a Durst 138s. Thy both had good lenses. The only catch was that I had to remove them from the building. I hired a guy with a truck who put both enlargers (huge beasts) in my basement for a hundred bucks, I think. No more than that. I still have the Durst.

Doc W said:

Recently, I went into my favourite little photography store in Ottawa, Canada - Galaxy Camera. I have been there before but on this particular day, it was actually crowded with young students wanting to buy film and related chemistry, etc.

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I was so sad when they moved downtown, I should have bought more when they were nearby, and had parking, but my darkroom was packed up at the time.

Huss said:

Compared buying Aerocolor IV from Canada as Luminaire 100 vs Photo Warehouse as Flic Elektra.

Delivered to California - Luminaire is $12.48/36 exp, Flic Elektra is $16/36 exp

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Did you convert the cost of Elektra to USD. Cost up here is $14 per roll + $10.40USD. I know postage is high to the USA and even worse in Canada


The Film Experience store is a sister company of Flic

gordrob said:

Did you convert the cost of Elektra to USD. Cost up here is $14 per roll + $10.40USD. I know postage is high to the USA and even worse in Canada

35mm Film | Film Experience

filmexperiencecamerastore.com

The Film Experience store is a sister company of Flic

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I am comparing prices in USD from where I would buy them. Luminaire shipped from pophoto.ca website in Canada to the US. Their prices are in USD.
Elektra bought from Photowarehouse in California - obviously in USD.

The prices are as delivered - prices per roll including tax/shipping. It is much cheaper buying it from pophoto than Photo Warehouse.

Huss said:

I am comparing prices in USD from where I would buy them. Luminaire shipped from pophoto.ca website in Canada to the US. Their prices are in USD.
Elektra bought from Photowarehouse in California - obviously in USD.

The prices are as delivered - prices per roll including tax/shipping. It is much cheaper buying it from pophoto than Photo Warehouse.

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Couldn't find the pophoto.ca web site but if you check the Filmexperience site vs Photo Warehouse in the USA you can see why it would be cheaper to ship it from Canada. Canada Post is the biggest cost in shipping anything largely due to fuel surcharge for the high fuel prices here n Canada.

gordrob said:

Couldn't find the pophoto.ca web site but if you check the Filmexperience site vs Photo Warehouse in the USA you can see why it would be cheaper to ship it from Canada. Canada Post is the biggest cost in shipping anything largely due to fuel surcharge for the high fuel prices here n Canada.

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Sorry, this is the correct URL

Here is the latest Youtube video of what goes on at Flic Film. Thought it might be of interest to some of you that have used their film and chemicals. It appears that they have a very large well stocked warehouse.