Ilford doubles in Japan!

[Old-N-Feeble]

Well then, I suppose a large percentage of Japanese buyers will vote with their pocketbooks.

 

[Xmas]

Hi EricDan

We are in same situation in UK until your 'hike' you were getting Ilford a lot cheaper than us.
It is like whale meat and Ivory...
You need to be affluent to shoot a lot of film, or use bulk Kentmere or bulk Fomapan.
Our prices are also strange where Tx bulk is three times the cost of HP5+ but 135 is the same.
A 100 foot can of Tx was 122 GBP last year this year 156GBP. Kentmere 42 GBP... You don't need a calculator?
We have a lot of people who sleep in cardboard boxes or shop doorways too.
Or top coffee shop gives all its finished food to hungry at end of each day.

Noel

 

[ericdan]

Noel,
I'm not worried about myself not being able to afford film anymore.
A gradual price increase would probably scare away less people.


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[Xmas]

Hi EricDan

The Ja supply chain is juggling risk profit and volume but not nostalgia.

Noel

 

[film_man]

The yen devalued about 20% when the franc stopped being pegged to the euro. It devalued 20% not 100%!
How can that double prices?

Well look at the bright side of things, you guys in Japan can buy gear for a lot less than what we have to spend in the UK.

 

[gzhuang]

Don't worry be cheap I mean happy.

 

[DREW WILEY]

Look at the bright side. Maybe Fuji film will become cheaper in the US due to the favorable exchange rate. But probably not, because US branch corporations of Japanese mfgs often keep items routinely high at the wholesale level, jut to buffer out these monetary fluctuations.

 

[ericdan]

I just wish Fuji had a high speed black and white film left.


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[RattyMouse]

Noel,
I'm not worried about myself not being able to afford film anymore.
A gradual price increase would probably scare away less people.


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Didnt Simon post earlier in this thread that there was NO price increase from Ilford? You will have to look elsewhere to find the culprit then. Why get angry at an innocent party?

 

[RattyMouse]

I just wish Fuji had a high speed black and white film left.


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Maybe Fuji will resurrect Neopan 400. Again.

 

[dogbunny]

Just do what many people do in Japan--order from overseas. Fotoimpex, B&H, and Freestyle all have better prices, and you end up paying less than buying local--even with the shipping costs. Fotoimpex charges about 550 yen for a roll of HP5. I make a couple of orders a year, it always works out to be cheaper than Yodobashi or Bic.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Just do what many people do in Japan--order from overseas. Fotoimpex, B&H, and Freestyle all have better prices, and you end up paying less than buying local--even with the shipping costs. Fotoimpex charges about 550 yen for a roll of HP5. I make a couple of orders a year, it always works out to be cheaper than Yodobashi or Bic.

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[europanorama]

70MM-CUTTER

Dear Ericdan,

Firstly, its only right that you should challenge and complain if you feel unfairly treated, secondly its nothing whatsoever to do with any FX forward in Yen but I can see why you think it may be.

Finally, The Japanese market was the cheapest film market in the world for many, many years, no sales taxes, FUJI was a domestic producer, KODAK matched or even bettered FUJI pricing and ILFORD was ALWAYS higher in cost than both.

Simon ILFORD Photo / HARMAN technology Limited :

Simon, how about offering a 70mm-120 cutter with winder?
If you are not willing to offer long-roll 120/220 so we can add the paper ourselves.
Yes there is a solution by xkaes at aol.com but film must be pulled through manually. ok its working. I understand there are no resources for such an item.
maybe the producer will do. Its not Joe(xkas). He is only the reseller.
Film-flatness is also a big problem. i have a thread in kiev60-section of kievreports/delphiforums.
I would wind 70mm the other way round and store a certain time. then cut or first expose if possible in 70mm-backs. Or add the paper. i have a 70120A-cutter, cuts asymmetically away perforation on one side to avoid machine-crash.
could you lead us again to the actual ilford-pricelist or is it without prices?
We should not complain about prices. better high than never again films.

 

[eng1er]

If it were me living in Tokyo, I'd be far more worried about the cost of beer. A roll of film might last me all day or even all week, but a beer only lasts half an hour. At ¥1000, that adds up!

 

[Old-N-Feeble]

If it were me living in Tokyo, I'd be far more worried about the cost of beer. A roll of film might last me all day or even all week, but a beer only lasts half an hour. At ¥1000, that adds up!

Drink cheap sake.