Fuji 200/Kodak Gold

[Paul Howell]

I am hoping that Fuji is using Kodak as a place marker until they are able to resume full production. What concerns me is the lack any Fuji 35mm and 120 on Amazon Japan.

 

[blee1996]

Today I got alert from B&H that Fujifilm 200 is back in stock. But alas, it seems the one available is still the rebranded "Kodak 200" (logo sideways)? And the Fuji 200 is still in temporary back-order. I guess I have to try the local RiteAid again!

 

[mshchem]

This sounds like a bad tv show. This might explain some of the Kodak 35mm shortfall. I'm going shoot up the 13,000 Sq meters of various film I have in my fridge then I'm done.

 

[Patrick Robert James]

Gotta make you wonder about the price gouging of BH et al. if Meijer can sell it for $19...

 

[mshchem]

I think Fuji and Alaris are both taking this opportunity to try to take care of more than just B&H and Adorama. B&H is raising prices to try to keep stock, of any kind.
Many places like like Unique Photo have lower prices but are currently selling most color negative 35mm film in store only.

I think things will level out. I know higher prices are part of inflation. But I suspect most of this is simply a shortage of everything required to produce this stuff.

 

[Minolta93]

Gotta make you wonder about the price gouging of BH et al. if Meijer can sell it for $19...

I don't know if I can really fault them for this. Not that I want to defend B&H but I'm sure they could raise the price even more and still sell out anyway. The drug stores barely sell any film and I don't think they're really thinking about it. If it were a bigger part of their business they'd probably raise the prices even more. My local drug stores sell Superia for $27.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Gotta make you wonder about the price gouging of BH et al. if Meijer can sell it for $19...

Do you even know what B&H and others are actually paying for the film?

 

[Sal Santamaura]

Gotta make you wonder about the price gouging of BH et al...

"Price gouging" is a term appropriately applied to the charging of extraordinarily high prices for items critical to the preservation of life and/or property in the run up to or immediate aftermath of a disaster. Examples would be staple foods, plywood to cover windows, gasoline, etc. associated with hurricanes.

The lack of 35mm color film is not a disaster, nor is the item itself critical. B&H charges what the market will bear for an utterly non-essential, luxury item.

 

[mshchem]

A few weeks ago I bought a 5 roll prepack of Portra 160 from Samy's in Pasadena, good price 59.95, at that time included free shipping. Now it's same price but 11.95 for shipping, which is still a couple dollars less than B&H. Of course 5 roll limit applies.

I don't shoot a lot of color negative film, I'll get by.

 

[Sirius Glass]

A few weeks ago I bought a 5 roll prepack of Portra 160 from Samy's in Pasadena, good price 59.95, at that time included free shipping. Now it's same price but 11.95 for shipping, which is still a couple dollars less than B&H. Of course 5 roll limit applies.

I don't shoot a lot of color negative film, I'll get by.

I will have to skip it. I still have film left in my freezer including many rolls of Kodak UltraColor 400 in 35mm and 120. You guys can have at it, I just have the keep the hoarders from my place.

 

[mshchem]

Weird thing is I have a lot of everything except 35mm color negative. So I'm good. I'm not hoarding anything any longer. Im even trying to really cut back on natural gas use, water etc. I have an Ebike that I ride for groceries, prescriptions, my bike basket is rated for 10 kgs, and I have a rear rack as well.
I drive to take photos, I'm not risking my Hasselblads and the like on my bike, yet.

 

[wblynch]

I have tons and tons of BW film in my freezer/fridge but very little color. Probably 20-25 rolls. But that will easily last me a year and by then we should have a better picture of long range supply and pricing. Hopefully we’ll return to pre pandemic pricing, or closer to it.

 

[Ten301]

I will have to skip it. I still have film left in my freezer including many rolls of Kodak UltraColor 400 in 35mm and 120. You guys can have at it, I just have the keep the hoarders from my place.

How to you find your 35mm Kodak UltraColor 400 is holding up in the freezer? I have 10 rolls frozen, which I haven’t yet used. But the regular Kodak 400 Gold/Max (whatever it was called around that time) of the same vintage shows some fog and grain, and that has also been frozen at -15F since new. I generally find that higher ISO Kodak color negative films don’t fare that well, even frozen, although the Portras seem to be the exception.

 

[Huss]

Today I got alert from B&H that Fujifilm 200 is back in stock. But alas, it seems the one available is still the rebranded "Kodak 200" (logo sideways)? And the Fuji 200 is still in temporary back-order. I guess I have to try the local RiteAid again!
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[Sirius Glass]

How to you find your 35mm Kodak UltraColor 400 is holding up in the freezer? I have 10 rolls frozen, which I haven’t yet used. But the regular Kodak 400 Gold/Max (whatever it was called around that time) of the same vintage shows some fog and grain, and that has also been frozen at -15F since new. I generally find that higher ISO Kodak color negative films don’t fare that well, even frozen, although the Portras seem to be the exception.

I have not had a problem with any film, black & white or color, since I started freezing fresh film in 2005.