Silly Photographer, Tri-X Is for (Rich) Kids!

Dr Croubie · May 25, 2014

john_s said:
Although I haven't used Ilford film for years (been using Neopan) Ilford are looking better all the time despite being very expensive here. There's always mail order from, not the country of its origin, but the USA.

I just checked Cheapshotsau on the 'bay, there's not much difference between all of them. Foma's cheapest (obviously), but then it's a tight bunch between TMY/TMX for $36-38 (same as vanbar), FP4/Acros/TX/XP2/D100 $39, and Ektar/D400/Portra160/PanF $41-43 (cheaper than vanbar). All for 5 rolls of 135 and/or 120, so that's $7.20 - $8.40 each (although PanF/D100/XP2/D400 are all up at $48 in 135, but that's still way better than vanbar).

Still, for me, it's much of a muchness between the whole lot of them, these prices don't differentiate what I buy.

(and yeah, B+H is always cheaper, $25/5xFP4, but the shipping isn't worth it just for film. I always throw in a few rolls from there when I'm buying gear/hardware or paper though)

StoneNYC · May 25, 2014

Dr Croubie said:
I just checked Cheapshotsau on the 'bay, there's not much difference between all of them. Foma's cheapest (obviously), but then it's a tight bunch between TMY/TMX for $36-38 (same as vanbar), FP4/Acros/TX/XP2/D100 $39, and Ektar/D400/Portra160/PanF $41-43 (cheaper than vanbar). All for 5 rolls of 135 and/or 120, so that's $7.20 - $8.40 each (although PanF/D100/XP2/D400 are all up at $48 in 135, but that's still way better than vanbar).

Still, for me, it's much of a muchness between the whole lot of them, these prices don't differentiate what I buy.

(and yeah, B+H is always cheaper, $25/5xFP4, but the shipping isn't worth it just for film. I always throw in a few rolls from there when I'm buying gear/hardware or paper though)

Yea, here FOMA is more expensive than ilford thankfully

Except we all know Arista (FOMA) is cheaper so there's that. So strange this world of money...

Dr Croubie · May 27, 2014

Meanwhile, while browsing for X-Ray film because I'm a total tightarse, I also found some Tri-X for Dead Link Removed a 100' roll for anyone interested (that was the original point of this thread, wasn't it?)

tokam · May 27, 2014

Hehe. I can just imagine you trying to cut and splice the X-ray film to reload into 35mm cassettes. Oops, forgot the perforations.

!!! LIGHT BULB MOMENT !!! Cut down and splice to 35mm and sell to StoneNYC as 828 film. He'll have to supply his own spools and backing paper.

Wrong thread, I know.

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jp498 · May 27, 2014

For 120 film, you could probably get some 36" xray film, and use a logan mat cutter to trim some 6cm strips. And you can do it in the safelight. Just thinking out loud.. But it'd probably be too thick for the frame counting rollers in my rolleiflex.

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