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Selling my old film for a profit to buy new film..

I may buy some 40 YO Plus-X sheet film this weekend, just for fun. But the cost will be pennies/sheet, maybe just 1 per sheet.
 
bdial said:
I may buy some 40 YO Plus-X sheet film this weekend, just for fun. But the cost will be pennies/sheet, maybe just 1 per sheet.
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yup
I know the feeling !
years ago I bought 20 100sheet boxes of 5x7 try x from someone local he said he "had a few boxes". all expired ws fine by me, 20$ for all 20boxes. I'm still shooting it today .. never had issues with it, you will be happy bdial
 
Huss said:
You’re welcome!
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Actually the sale was in progress prior to your OP. But it could have generated a backup buyer!

BTW, I sold all the film for $1 a roll. Not interested in a profit, more interested in enabling someone to really get into film.
 
DonW said:
Actually the sale was in progress prior to your OP. But it could have generated a backup buyer!

BTW, I sold all the film for $1 a roll. Not interested in a profit, more interested in enabling someone to really get into film.
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I woulda given u triple that...
 
This summer I decided to buy a Nikon F2. I saw a lot of them on Ebay, selling mostly around the $175-200 mark. But I decided I wanted a good one with a warranty, so I went to a brick-and-mortar camera store I've bought from before. Got a serviced and very clean one with a 6-month warranty for $150. The days of Ebay being a source of good deals may be over...
 
My freezer is packed w old film. I have a lot of E6. Thinking if I sell it it would free up space, and I can buy fresh when I need it. Not only would I make some $$ off it, but I would also support my local shop by buying new film from them.
I bought it when it was pennies on the $. Now it's $ on pennies!
 
I used to regularly buy bulk rolls of film on ebay for very good prices but that is becoming far more difficult to do today. Not impossible but I have to spend much more of my time than I used to. If time equals money then the cost equation has gone up considerably.

However, like others here, I have a very large supply of expired film to work with and none of it seems to have become so bad that I cannot get good images from it if I do my part. Even the expired chrome still works quite well. I have been watching for color shifts but none of it has shown any problems yet.

If I were shooting weddings or other events and charging for my work then I would certainly buy more newly minted film than I do. Since I am only shooting to make myself and my family happy then I am perfectly content working with expired hand-me-downs.
 

That is probably a good idea Huss. I still have a lot of Fuji E6 that expired some time ago. Should we go into business?
 
if people believe that using old film with help them enter the spirit world....what's the harm in it?
 
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I certainly do not have a lock on what is creative and what is not. All I know is what pleases me.

If someone out there has discovered a creative process they are happy with using old color film stocks then more power to them.
 
Raghu Kuvempunagar said:
Will the price go up significantly if the expired film is also pre exposed?
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Do you recall, we had a similar thread about a guy selling old photo paper? To prove what was in the package, he opened it and took photos. Sigh.... I wrote him and told him the product was no longer usable, but he kept the listing going for weeks. It may still be up there. I often wonder if there is some chemical in our food or water that has made us Americans go stupid.
 
I went through a hiatus in film shooting earlier this century which left me with perhaps 10 rolls of expired C41 film and 5 rolls of expired E6 - none of which had been refrigerated. Not wanting to experiment I offered these on that well known auction site and made sufficient to buy a 100 foot roll of Kentmere 400 and another of Fomapan 100. I certainly wasn't complaining. One buyer was so pleased with the colour shift on the cheap E6 film he asked if I had more.

The bottom line is I got good money for expired film, and I believe the buyers felt they'd got what they wanted too.

With B&W film, around the turn of the century people were getting rid of their film stashes as they decided to "go digital" or even "upgrade to digital" (shudder). Pros and studios were selling bricks of B&W film, fresh E6 film, darkroom equipment....all for peanuts. I did buy lots and froze much of it. Which came in handy when I returned to film after my hiatus as I had loads of good B&W film to test the cameras with and shake the rust off my techniques with camera and darkroom. I've only bought expired B&W film when it's been dirt cheap or when I wanted to try a 127 camera that I was given and it turned out cheaper than buying the new hand rolled film.
 
Pioneer said:
I certainly do not have a lock on what is creative and what is not. All I know is what pleases me.

If someone out there has discovered a creative process they are happy with using old color film stocks then more power to them.
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Exactly!
 
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