polyglot
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Hey all,
I've been buying my C41 from Macodirect but they no longer ship interesting liquids to Australia. You can maybe still get the Fuji Press kit from Ag Photo in the UK but with shipping, you're looking at probably $160 for 80 rolls.
I think it's time to consider organising an APUG group buy of pro-lab quantities (about 40L of each replenisher) of chemistry and split it up between a handful of members. If we can get a multiple of 2 or 4 people (due to how the bottles are bundled) willing to buy a few litres each, we should be set. Personally I just need C41 at the moment as I have loads of RA4 chemistry and have stopped doing E6 but there's no reason why we couldn't also buy those other chemicals if there were sufficient demand within the group of buyers to hit the min purchase quantity.
There seem to be two main suppliers, at least for Kodak stuff:
- APS, MOQ ~$500 of Flexicolor SM (they sent me their current price list, I can share it via email if you PM me)
- Dead Link Removed (I haven't tried contacting them yet)
I would much prefer LU/LORR over SM for replenishment, capacity & value-for-money reasons; APS seems to only have SM though.
Has anyone dealt with either of these companies? Have suggestions for other Australian photolab-chemistry distributors that are worth talking to?
More importantly, who is interested in possibly joining me in a group buy later this year, and what quantity would you hypothetically be in for?
I've been buying my C41 from Macodirect but they no longer ship interesting liquids to Australia. You can maybe still get the Fuji Press kit from Ag Photo in the UK but with shipping, you're looking at probably $160 for 80 rolls.
I think it's time to consider organising an APUG group buy of pro-lab quantities (about 40L of each replenisher) of chemistry and split it up between a handful of members. If we can get a multiple of 2 or 4 people (due to how the bottles are bundled) willing to buy a few litres each, we should be set. Personally I just need C41 at the moment as I have loads of RA4 chemistry and have stopped doing E6 but there's no reason why we couldn't also buy those other chemicals if there were sufficient demand within the group of buyers to hit the min purchase quantity.
There seem to be two main suppliers, at least for Kodak stuff:
- APS, MOQ ~$500 of Flexicolor SM (they sent me their current price list, I can share it via email if you PM me)
- Dead Link Removed (I haven't tried contacting them yet)
I would much prefer LU/LORR over SM for replenishment, capacity & value-for-money reasons; APS seems to only have SM though.
Has anyone dealt with either of these companies? Have suggestions for other Australian photolab-chemistry distributors that are worth talking to?
More importantly, who is interested in possibly joining me in a group buy later this year, and what quantity would you hypothetically be in for?