So ours desire for film popularity to increase has and continue to rise, so quit complaining about the lack of product and rising prices before you doom film yet again.
Every time when I talk to my film distributors or local labs they tell me that they know very well the demand of their customers. And they order film for that demand.
But the demand is often higher than the supply, and they cannot get enough film from the wholesalers, which cannot get enough shipped by Kodak and Fuji.
The local film shops and labs are certainly not the problem.
So ours desire for film popularity to increase has and continue to rise, so quit complaining about the lack of product and rising prices before you doom film yet again.
Yep, it’s a good thing. When there’s no longer a demand we all know what happens. That’s why I’m wondering if this is a passing trend, or if we’ll eventually find a balance.
I'll agree about 127. It's the fumblestist film of any format I've shot yet.
Yep, it’s a good thing. When there’s no longer a demand we all know what happens. That’s why I’m wondering if this is a passing trend, or if we’ll eventually find a balance.
@foc You are probably aware of a similar meme regarding consumption of recorded music that started doing the rounds years ago. I may just share that, as I have a considerable following on Zuckerberg's site and it could end up shared a bit.
It depends on if one is glass-half-full or glass-half-empty personally.
It depends on if one is glass-half-full or glass-half-empty personally.
Sadly I left empty handed as I was looking for HC110 or D-76, salesman said that he thinks they stopped making HC110. D-76 has been selling out. They don't stock Xtol.
the Sino Promise situation has left future stocks of Kodak chemicals in the land of uncertainty.
and their is one in Dexter MI that many suspect IS making working substitutes. but they don't have the right to put them in Yellow packages.You know there's a company in Montrose-Ghent Ohio that can make this stuff.
and their is one in Dexter MI that many suspect IS making working substitutes. but they don't have the right to put them in Yellow packages.
freestyle has a Line of "almost Kodak" chemicals. while we will never offically know where in the USA those are made, they do generally say Made in USA.Where are they going? I need some of this stuff.
referencing size 127.Yet it was even more popular than 135 for a number of years and even today, many of us own and use the cameras and film format, preferring medium format that is still so easy to carry and get great results from
referencing size 127.
my own first camera was a brownie Starflash, and many of the 127 cameras were basically compact box cameras, another group were top of the line 127 TLR cameras marketed to make "Superslides" as the 12 shot 127 format created a slide that was about as large as it was practicle to mount in a 2X2 slide mount. And one must not forget the Vest pocket folding cameras that were the initial inspiration for the 127 size.
However they had full stock of Ilford stuff.
Why not use the Ilford equivalent?
Ilford ID11 for Kodak D76 and Ilfotec HC for Kodak HC110.
This might help:
Ilford - Kodak
Here's an update from my brick and mortar as to the popularity of film.
When I started about 10 years ago, there as one shelf of film in a fridge and everything chems and papers and equipment was tucked away in the back of the store in a corner. The used stuff was basically a box full of cameras you'd rummage through. A few years back they moved the film stuff display to the front of the store, still a browse kind of thing.
I went in today, all the film chemistry and equipment was behind glass. The film and analog camera now his it's own department parallel to the digital stuff, it's the first thing you walk past when you walk into the store. Two refrigerators stocked with film. The greatest hits of cameras neatly on display and tagged with prices that I laughed at. They had no standard Kodak developers. No D76 nor any HC110. There was Dektol and fixer. However they had full stock of Ilford stuff. Sadly I left empty handed as I was looking for HC110 or D-76, salesman said that he thinks they stopped making HC110. D-76 has been selling out. They don't stock Xtol.
That's exactly what has happened to a camera shop out here too.
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