Gauging interest: New 122 Film (HP5+)

[Thesnowman21]

I'm considering a somewhat insane project, and I'm looking to gauge interest. I'm researching buying an 8" x 100ft roll of HP5 in Ilford's ULF program, and cutting it down into fresh 122 film, rolling it onto 3d printed spools with homemade backing paper, and selling most of the rolls in a limited run (likely on Ebay). I'm still in the very early stages of planning this, but I'm estimating based on rough material cost that the price would be $20-25 per 6 exposure roll, which I know is a lot, but it would be fresh HP5, not 50+ years expired, 400 iso, and the film would be big enough to take advantage of the size of these cameras. I would hope to get the rolls out in December.

Let me know if you would be interested in something like that. Again, I'm very early in the process, so no guarantee it'll happen, but the large roll of film would be quite expensive on my end, so I want to know I wouldn't just be eating that cost. Also, if anyone has any ideas or advice, it'd probably be good to hear that too.

I'm not super familiar with the rules of Photrio, so I just want to be clear that I am not selling or advertising any product in this post, nor am I asking for crowdfunding. That being said, I have no intention to break the rules and apologize if this post is a violation of them. Like I said, I'm new to Photrio.

Thank You

 

[koraks]

I'm not super familiar with the rules of Photrio, so I just want to be clear that I am not selling or advertising any product in this post, nor am I asking for crowdfunding. That being said, I have no intention to break the rules and apologize if this post is a violation of them.

We have reviewed your post and decided it can be published in its present place. Thank you for your patience while your thread was under review, and good luck with your endeavor!

 

[BrianShaw]

I'm interested; if not very interested. Looking forward to hearing about feasibility and the other important details, like cost. But I'm interested. Have you considered FP4+? For me the slower film is more usable than HP5+

 

[blee1996]

I might also be interested in FP4+ in 122 roll. Right now I have the last few rolls of Verichrome Pan in 122 size, for Kodak 3A Autographic and an Al-Vista 3B panorama camera. It would be nice to have some fresh film.