In my humble opinion, you would be far better off to keep the pasta and discard the cheese powder. ;-)Economics is interesting, for example, one thing I learned yesterday: it's cheaper to buy 6 ounce instant boxed mac & cheese for only the cheese packet, and discard the pasta, than it is to order the cheese powder by itself, even in 5-10 pound quantities!
Economics is interesting, for example, one thing I learned yesterday: it's cheaper to buy 6 ounce instant boxed mac & cheese for only the cheese packet, and discard the pasta, than it is to order the cheese powder by itself, even in 5-10 pound quantities!
I think a lot of the cost is the confectioning/packaging. At my local camera store the difference in price between a 24 exp and 36 exp roll of HP5 was 17 cents.As much of the cost inherent in film relates to distribution and marketing, things like higher minimum orders and other distribution expense steps make sense for a film designed to be sold at lower prices.
Actually that announcement from Riv was from April of last year.
I just received some Kentmere film in 35 and 120 to play with so I look forward to that!Harman is hitting as many price points as possible.
I tend to buy Kodak film. Mostly TMY-2. lately I have been shooting more of Harman's Kentmere offerings, mostly just to do something different. I tend to shoot 120, and don't make huge enlargements. I have found the Kentmere 200 to work great, I can see fine grain, very fine grain, developed in XTOL for 8 minutes 68°F.
This film reminds me of shooting 1970s Plus-X, (I have absolutely no idea if it's similar, it's just a feeling?).
I think it's important to show that with a humble, high quality, traditional film, developed in ordinary developer, printed on say Kentmere RC paper you can get terrific results.
Like driving a humble 4 cylinder car can be enjoyable and reliable. Heck even sporty.
Yes, but only $9 at Film Photography Project (as of 2-2-26)It looks to me as though Ilford prices in N America are roughly 10% higher than in the UK. For instance, 36 exp HP5+ currently costs £7.62 direct from Ilford, which converts to $10.41. But according to post#39, you are having to pay $11.49 at B+H.
It looks to me as though Ilford prices in N America are roughly 10% higher than in the UK. For instance, 36 exp HP5+ currently costs £7.62 direct from Ilford, which converts to $10.41. But according to post#39, you are having to pay $11.49 at B+H.
Probably getting rebates directly from Harman.
As they aren't buying from Harman, I doubt it.
They can only be buying from the US exclusive distributor, the distribution division of Roberts Cameras.
We would get million dollar rebates directly from BASF
A very different situation.
Harman's very existence depends on Roberts Cameras.
While B&H is a big retailer, Harman is not going to risk their entire US market for them.
That is not to say that there isn't volume discount agreements between B&H and Roberts, nor is it to say that Harman would not support such agreements with things like volume discount and targeted production schedule agreements with Roberts.
There might even be entire shipments coming from Harman that consist entirely of product ordered by B&H, or Freestyle, or other particular retailers.
Oh remember the good old days when there was 3 different versions of the same film Kodak USA, Kodak USA made for export, Kodak made in EU, or UK. Gray market stuff All different prices
It looks to me as though Ilford prices in N America are roughly 10% higher than in the UK. For instance, 36 exp HP5+ currently costs £7.62 direct from Ilford, which converts to $10.41. But according to post#39, you are having to pay $11.49 at B+H.
one year soon after the free trade agreement Kodak Canada was assigned to make ECN for all of North America.
As a person that bulk loads, I can't justify that much for HP5+. Bulk loading should be the default with these prices.
The price of virtually everything has gone up but so have the incomes. Let us face it, Photography with film can appear to be expensive but compare that with the prices way back in 1962 when I started . I was taking home only £5 a week not enough to pay tax on.. The nearest equivalent job nowadays allowing for promotion over the years I would be on roughly £100K+ a year. So what appears to be a draconian increase, is in perspective just the world where everything increases in price. Compare that to another product fuel for my car. I wasn't old enough to drive in 1962, but fuel was the equivalent of about 25 pence a gallon (US gallons are smaller than UK ones) Now priced per litre it is around £1.30 a litre and there are 4.546 litres to a UK gallon. We really should look at it in perspective.
The price of virtually everything has gone up but so have the incomes. Let us face it, Photography with film can appear to be expensive but compare that with the prices way back in 1962 when I started . I was taking home only £5 a week not enough to pay tax on.. The nearest equivalent job nowadays allowing for promotion over the years I would be on roughly £100K+ a year. So what appears to be a draconian increase, is in perspective just the world where everything increases in price. Compare that to another product fuel for my car. I wasn't old enough to drive in 1962, but fuel was the equivalent of about 25 pence a gallon (US gallons are smaller than UK ones) Now priced per litre it is around £1.30 a litre and there are 4.546 litres to a UK gallon. We really should look at it in perspective.
Silver prices started rising in the latter half of 2025 and then skyrocketed in January to $100/oz. Prices have eased a bit this past week, but still up about 4x over the 2020-2024 average and double Q4/25. I think things are going to be ugly for a while, similar to what we experienced in 1980 on "Silver Thursday", when the Hunt Brothers cornered the silver market. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Thursday)
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