Ilford SFX 200?

Stephanie Brim · Sep 27, 2006

Is this film still made? I'm asking for myself because I have ONE roll and I'm thinking of testing it, and also for some other people who seem to have gotten the information *somewhere* that it was discontinued.

Alex Bishop-Thorpe · Sep 27, 2006

Not discontinued EXACTLY, but not really widely selling, so Ilford dont do batches of it regularly. It's kind of a specialist thing I suppose, I think they're still gunning for a run of it this year though, in 35mm format. It's still on their website, so I'm pretty sure it's not discontinued.

Stephanie Brim · Sep 27, 2006

Yeah, that's what I thought. Wanted to make sure, though.

Soeren · Sep 27, 2006

http://www.ilfordphoto.com/products/product.asp?n=12&t=Consumer+&+Professional+Films

Sorry
Cheers
Søren

Stephanie Brim · Sep 27, 2006

Well, shit. That sucks. I'll tell everyone to buy it when they can find it. Thanks.

Bob F. · Sep 27, 2006

On the other hand: (there was a url link here which no longer exists)

Photokina is on so I suspect Simon Galley is not available for comment at the moment.

Cheers, Bob.

Soeren · Sep 27, 2006

Bob F. said:
On the other hand: (there was a url link here which no longer exists)

Photokina is on so I suspect Simon Galley is not available for comment at the moment.

Cheers, Bob.

Leaving us back at post 1
Cheers
Søren

Stephanie Brim · Sep 27, 2006

Hrm. Well, here's hoping that Simon checks in from Photokina.

Bob F. · Sep 27, 2006

Indeed... quite confusing at the moment. I did shoot some in 120 and liked it with and without an IR filter but even if they do start making it again, Simon made the point that only 35mm will be made (see reply #1 ) so it's dead for me in either case, which is a shame.

Cheers, Bob.

Stephanie Brim · Sep 27, 2006

Well, he says that they're looking into 120 due to the massive amount of people asking for it...so don't get too down yet.

Will S · Sep 27, 2006

At the apug conference he said that it would be offered in "minature" format again, which I took to mean 120 as well as 35mm. I think around January of next year was mentioned, but my memory is hazy on it.

Best,

Will

thebanana · Sep 27, 2006

I think if you do a search on Simon Galley's posts on this site, you might find your answer. I seem to remember him posting about this a couple of months ago.

terri · Sep 27, 2006

I would love to see this film readily available again. I had only a couple of rolls of it and it's long gone, and since all this speculation started haven't known whether or not I can count on it.

Don Mills · Sep 27, 2006

Great film, I would love to see it back again even if was only 35mm.

Black Dog · Sep 30, 2006

Me too-still have some 120 luckily (wo!)

titrisol · Oct 1, 2006

I liked it a lot, great film to use in rangefinders

Mike Richards · Oct 1, 2006

Still have a couple of rolls, but I don't share others' enthusiasm for the film. It has IR sensitivity, but not enough to create a real "IR look" like Kodak HIE. And it's grainy. I rather suspect it's lineage stems from speed trap cameras that are designed to work both day and night. At night, a strong IR strobe can catch speeders without blinding other motorists. Anyone know about this? Not too important, but just curious.

Andy K · Oct 1, 2006

titrisol said:
I liked it a lot, great film to use in rangefinders

Interesting comment. Why especially good in rangefinders?

Mike Té · Oct 1, 2006

Some SFX for sale.

There's some SFX for sale on ebay, via seller collect888. Out-of-date but kept in cold storage. Probably worth the risk since there's none more to be found....

http://cgi.ebay.com/Ilford-SFX-200-...ryZ74917QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Soeren · Oct 2, 2006

Andy K said:
Interesting comment. Why especially good in rangefinders?

A filter issue perhaps??
Cheers
Søren

Stephanie Brim · Oct 2, 2006

tmike said:
There's some SFX for sale on ebay, via seller collect888. Out-of-date but kept in cold storage. Probably worth the risk since there's none more to be found....

http://cgi.ebay.com/Ilford-SFX-200-...ryZ74917QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I'm just going to wait for Ilford to actually make more and then buy it. Considering the price of the film wasn't all that high when it was out, that seems to be horribly inflated.

Mike Té · Oct 2, 2006

Hi, Stephanie.

Just in case you weren't sure, the Buy it Now price is for 5 rolls, not one. Here in Ottawa, they were selling for $8.00 CDN last year, so $10 US per roll is inflated, but not so bad if we might never see it again.

Cheers from chilly Ottawa.

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