Discontinued film worth hording?

skorpiius · Nov 7, 2015

Sirius Glass said:
That happens too.

That's probably my plan with the Fp-3000b I'm stocking up on. Probably going to get 25-50 packs (I figure 250-500 pics is plenty), and see what I can come up with.
Only have 12 so far, come on payday!

GarageBoy · Nov 8, 2015

So what projects have you come up with for your last rolls of your films? I saved my e100vs for my first cross country road trip, Provia 400x for some twilight city scenes I have in mind and some portraits

Sirius Glass · Nov 8, 2015

I have a roll of Velvia that I am waiting for a special project for it. In three years the project has not been conceived.

Nuff · Nov 8, 2015

I have a lot of rolls in my freezer, around 400. I bought a lot of it because of price increases or founding good deal on it. Others because I loved the look and it got discontinued.

I have hoarded E100VS in 35mm and 120. I was planning on using it for a trip to Myanmar (or maybe India). But since it doesn't look like it's going to happen any time soon. I'm using it now in Autumn. I'm down to 5 rolls in 120 and maybe 20-30 in 35mm. Another film I'm trying to finish off is Reala in 100. I have 10-15 rolls left in 120. For black and white I'm trying to finish off 125px and Neopan 400. I still have long way to go with both.

Sirius Glass · Nov 14, 2015

I am adding to my hoard with

5 rolls Kodak Portra 160 NC (Exp 3/2011--kept frozen since around '08 or so)
2 rolls Kodak Portra 400 VC (Exp 5/2011--kept frozen since around '08 or so)

5 rolls Kodak Portra 400 VC (Exp 1/2004--acquired from another person, who assured me it's still color accurate)
5 rolls Kodak Portra 800 (Exp 7/2003--same as above)

BrianShaw · Nov 14, 2015

We saw.

Sirius Glass · Nov 14, 2015

You do not miss a thing.

skorpiius · Nov 14, 2015

Just ordered a 2nd batch of 10 packs of May 2015 exp Fuji FP-3000b, in a couple of weeks I'll probably grab the rest of the stock the store has for a total of about 32 or 33. The only other thing I've been curious to get is a some e100g ektachrome, but I'm not sure if it's different enough than current Fuji slide film to really care. It's more a 'I missed out and want a chance to check it out while I still can' mentality I think, but realistically it's not going to be so superior to the fuji offerings that I'm going to buy an overpriced brick of it.

Discontinued film worth hording?

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