Does Kodak sell film anymore?

ezwriter · Apr 15, 2012

I know Kodak is having problems but every CVS, Walgreens,Riteaid i've been at all only have Fuji 35mm color and Fuji one use cameras.
Does Kodak even sell film to the public anymore? I'm old enough to remember drug stores have those wall of little boxes w/ the yellow boxes in them.
yes I know u can get Tmax,etc at Samys,Adorama,etc but why no drugstores?

2F/2F · Apr 15, 2012

If it was profitable, they'd carry it.

SuzanneR · Apr 15, 2012

Yes, they still sell film, but it's easier to find online at places like B&H, etc.

swchris · Apr 15, 2012

In Germany drug stores still sell Kodak color negative film Kodak Gold 200 and Kodak Gold 400.

Ian Grant · Apr 15, 2012

The availability of Kodak films is something that needs addressing by the coating division as Kodak re-structures, it was poor before the current bankruptcy in many parts of the world.

Something went wrong with Kodak's supply chain which they attempted to change in many parts of the world a few years ago. In the UK Sangers the company who took on distribution struggled with it for a while before going bust.

Ian

CGW · Apr 15, 2012

Consumer films have been absent from Toronto area mass market vendors for 2+ years, though Kodak pro films are still available. Oddly, fresh single use flash cameras are widely sold in dollar stores for like 2 bucks.

CGW · Apr 15, 2012

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Mustafa Umut Sarac · Apr 15, 2012

Kodak and Fuji have been sold at every photo shop hand in hand until few months ago, now only Kodak is available at my side of Istanbul. Portra is 2 times more expensive than others. But what a high quality film !

Plate Voltage · Apr 15, 2012

CGW said:
Consumer films have been absent from Toronto area mass market vendors for 2+ years, though Kodak pro films are still available. Oddly, fresh single use flash cameras are widely sold in dollar stores for like 2 bucks.

Shopper's Drugmart isn't a mass market vendor? They were selling consumer print film at two different stores I visited recently, one yesterday and the other about two weeks ago. The thing that surprises me is that people actually buy that no-name-brand print film too when there's much better pro films easily available.

benjiboy · Apr 15, 2012

"Does Kodak still sell film any more", not much.

CGW · Apr 15, 2012

Plate Voltage said:
Shopper's Drugmart isn't a mass market vendor? They were selling consumer print film at two different stores I visited recently, one yesterday and the other about two weeks ago. The thing that surprises me is that people actually buy that no-name-brand print film too when there's much better pro films easily available.

Haven't seen any fresh around the westend GTA for ages--Walmart, Loblaws, Shoppers. Apart from Fuji Superia, there's "Life" brand that's also FYI Fuji Superia. This stuff was being cleared in February for about $2/roll. My sense is that Canadian Kodak product distribution has been a shambles since the 2005 shutdown of Kodak.ca

Roger Cole · Apr 15, 2012

Yes.

But all I could get locally in major stores would also be Fuji mass market C41. No loss. I just order what I need. Some Kodak, some Ilford, some Fuji, an occasional roll of Foma.

Moopheus · Apr 15, 2012

Last time I looked, local CVS's were still stocking Tri-X, though at close to $8 a roll. I could imagine sales weren't so great at that price. A local Rite-Aid had some Fuji color, and even some store-brand, who knows what that is. All the drug stores seem to still be stocking the one-use cameras, though I don't think the local supermarkets have any film of any kind now.

declark · Apr 15, 2012

Just got a few 3 roll packs of Kodak Gold 200 24 exp rolls at Target for around $6 a pack. Wasn't a clearance item so it looks like they normally stock it.

Marc B. · Apr 15, 2012

Yes, Kodak still sells film. In the future, and, with fewer brick-n'-mortar stores selling film, on-line sales may be many photographers main/only place to find a broad variety of film.
Buy film in pro-packs, 5-10 rolls at a time; saves on shipping costs.
Stock up, store film in fridge/freezer.

http://www.eastcoastphoto.com/nav/listing.asp?catid=122&hid=117

http://www.eastcoastphoto.com/nav/l...rt=3&manufacid=&feature1=&feature2=&feature3=

gb hill · Apr 15, 2012

The only kodak film I'm seeing left at drug stores is BW400CN. At Walgreens where I get my C-41 processed there not even restocking their house brand of film, only one time use camera's. I bought out their Walgreens 800 asa film when it was on sale. It hasn't been replaced.

Zewrak · Apr 15, 2012

The local place here stopped selling film few years ago. However, last year they started stocking fuji and kodak films again. Only 120 and 135 though.

According to him, they got quite a bit of requests. And now he sell more then he did the 2 years before he stopped.

He also started processing C41 in a minilab. 5 euros/roll for developed uncut film.

Sirius Glass · Apr 15, 2012

ezwriter said:
Does Kodak even sell film to the public anymore?

Yes!

Jeff Kubach · Apr 15, 2012

Kodak still sell film at some stores where I live. You can get Kodak at the local camera shop.

Jeff

MattKing · Apr 15, 2012

Kodak used to do their own distribution. They maintained a dealer network and exercised control over the entire process.

Since they stopped using that model, distribution has been, at best, inconsistent.

In Canada, it is terrible.

I can still buy Kodak 35mm colour amateur film at a local drugstore chain (London Drugs) and at a local grocery store chain (Save on Foods). They don't have much stock, little selection, and the prices are high. I expect that Save On Foods makes stocking decisions on a store by store basis.

CGW · Apr 15, 2012

MattKing said:
Kodak used to do their own distribution. They maintained a dealer network and exercised control over the entire process.

Since they stopped using that model, distribution has been, at best, inconsistent.

In Canada, it is terrible.

I can still buy Kodak 35mm colour amateur film at a local drugstore chain (London Drugs) and at a local grocery store chain (Save on Foods). They don't have much stock, little selection, and the prices are high. I expect that Save On Foods makes stocking decisions on a store by store basis.

It stinks around Toronto, too. Demand for consumer film tanked a few years ago here. The shifting distributorship for Kodak products jacked prices and screwed up availability. Labs suffered and ran, not walked, to Fuji.ca for price, availability, and flexible minimum order size. Pro film is around but current pricing makes buying from B&H attractive, especially when the dollar is at or above par.

David Brown · Apr 15, 2012

It always amuses me that folks are puzzled that film isn't sold in drug stores. I mean, after all, every camera store sells aspirin ...

MattKing · Apr 15, 2012

David Brown said:
It always amuses me that folks are puzzled that film isn't sold in drug stores. I mean, after all, every camera store sells aspirin ...

David:

It is due to a long history. George Eastman was the one who made the decision to use drugstores as the primary sales location for early Eastman Kodak products, and that ended up being part of the culture of expectations.

David A. Goldfarb · Apr 15, 2012

I recently saw moustache wax on the shelf at a drug store. Surely, there is a larger market for 35mm film than for moustache wax.

ChristopherCoy · Apr 15, 2012

I was looking at two rolls of Fuji Superior at our local rural grocery store the other day, and wondering the same thing. All the film stuff at our store is 50% off, on clearance and has four decades of dust covering it. I remember the last roll I had developed at a drug store...it was over 10 years ago now.

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