Where's all the b/w 4x5?

**Pfiltz** · 10-Dec-2013, 05:55

I was going to order some 4x5 b/w today from Freestyle

http://www.freestylephoto.biz/catego...%5D=1-4&page=1

It's almost all gone?

**vinny** · 10-Dec-2013, 07:03

Badger graphic
B&h
Adorama
Calumet
Plenty of ilford and kodak.

That's common with freestyle since shipping always seems to take month longer than they say.

**BradS** · 10-Dec-2013, 07:08

Originally Posted by Pfiltz

I was going to order some 4x5 b/w today from Freestyle

http://www.freestylephoto.biz/catego...%5D=1-4&page=1

It's almost all gone?

'tis the season. Seems that only the Foma stuff is out of stock Maybe there is some issue with supply from Foma? or maybe, They're holding off on ordering until after inventory time. Even so, there appears to be plenty of Kodak, Ilford and Fuji...and Rollei if you'reinto that kinda thing.

**John Kasaian** · 10-Dec-2013, 07:21

It is for times like these that we have freezers

**Pfiltz** · 10-Dec-2013, 07:25

Thanks folks... I'm contacting Drury's this a.m. since their only 2.5 hours from me. I need some 4x5 by Saturday for a Civil War Christmas Ball. I have some Velvia and some Portra on hand if need be.

**Kirk Gittings** · 10-Dec-2013, 13:15

Originally Posted by Pfiltz

I was going to order some 4x5 b/w today from Freestyle

http://www.freestylephoto.biz/catego...%5D=1-4&page=1

It's almost all gone?

Hmmm. 7 out of 25 out of stock is not really "almost all gone" or am I missing something? I'm on the board there and can ask about the inventory if you wish.

**Kirk Gittings** · 10-Dec-2013, 20:56

Hi Kirk,

Thanks for sending this to me. We have had some pretty nice demand for 4x5 film, which took us by surprise, and went into a backorder situation on Foma and Arista.EDU. The good news is we are happy to see the increased demand, but the bad news is we hate to run into backorder/out of stock situations. We had a full container of Foma come in yesterday and sent out a ton of backorders yesterday. We have some 100 ISO left after sending out the backorders and a few boxes of the 400 ISO left.

We have several hundred boxes of all sizes currently on order and coming in late-January…so we are working diligently on getting this all caught up. If you can let the forum know that we are well aware of this and have a good amount of stock coming in, I would appreciate it. And please let them know “Thanks” for the increased demand in 4x5 film!

Happy Holidays to you! Let me know if you need any other info and thanks for keeping me informed here.

Patrick DelliBovi

Senior VP, Sales and Marketing

Freestyle Photographic

**Pfiltz** · 11-Dec-2013, 05:52

Thanks Kirk... Appreciate the heads up. I knew I wasn't loosing my mind. I was able to grab the only 2 boxes of Ilford, that they had at Drury's in Nashville. I needed film by Sat, so I'm not even sure FreeStyle would have worked out, without expedited shipping. I noticed last night, that they now have some that I like to buy from them.