I hope foma knows what they are doing, things like that. back in the 00's that forced Ilford into financial difficulties,Freestyle almost certainly gets a big discount from Foma for buying in container lot (or larger) quantities -- which allows them to take a markup and make a profit selling the film a few cents a roll cheaper than Foma's retail (or in other words, Freestyle paid less for the film they relabel than they do for actual Foma-packaged film).
I hope foma knows what they are doing, things like that. back in the 00's that forced Ilford into financial difficulties,
The only "ads" you will see anywhere for most photographic products are internet based ads.
The reason that store brand films and related products can sell for less is that a huge portion of retail selling prices comes from distribution costs. Store brands have simpler (= less expensive) distribution chains.
Arista is Freestyle.This would have worked if Arista was exclusive to Freestyle, but others sell Arista film too, at a similar discount to Foma, usually for around $0.2 less.
Matt, you're repeating "sky is blue" statement. May as well say that Freestyle is based in California. None of that even begins to answer the question, as you must show how the unit economics is different between two brands. Someone must willingly take the $0.2 hit on every Arista roll. This is not just curiosity, I run a company comparable in size to Foma Bohemia and I wouldn't eat $0.2 per roll unless I'm given a good reason to.
The price difference *might be due to the Arista being cut from an area of the master roll that on average, has more defects per unit area.
*not saying this is the case but it is plausible.
One possibility that you haven't so far considered in the many threads you are dedicating to this topic, is that Foma film - current Foma film marketed and sold under the Foma brand - and Arista Edu are not in fact exactly the same product.
Evidence in this direction has been given in another thread by another member of this forum, who claimed that the AHL in the Arista rolls they develop stains the chemicals in blue. Current Foma film stains the chemicals a very bright shade of green. However, years ago, Foma film did feature blue AHL coating.
I've never processed film above 27C.an added washing aid bath and extended washing will also remove more of the anti-halation layer.consider this as a safe alternative to hot processing.I am starting to be pissed at Fomapan in this thread, as they keep selling film that needs insane amount of pre-soaking (20 minutes) to dissolve its AHU fully.
I am thinking to speed this up by pre-soaking in the hottest water possible. But the question is: how hot can the pre-soak water be? I have two ideas:
Thoughts? Mind you, this is pre-soak water we're talking about. I plan on cooling the film after pre-soaking and then developing at my regular 21C.
- Find the hottest temperature recommended for any developer+film combination by any manufacturer. Turns out, the highest I found was actually from Foma, they have times for 30C.
- Use the C41 time, i.e. 38C
Like I said, it's likely foma itself in exchange for a sales channel in the US. They could set up their own sales channel of course, with one or more different distributors, but they'd face the costs of having to do so. They're not incidental costs either, but permanent costs in the form of account management, product management and the costs of collecting and analyzing market intelligence. I still don't see anything particularly enigmatic going on here. A modest sacrifice in profitability per roll in exchange for sales volume.Someone must willingly take the $0.2 hit on every Arista roll.
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