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    8x10 sheet films

    I have the opportunity to buy a 8x10 Large Format Camera. My question is:
    In this digital world, are sheet films not going to desappear in the near future?

    To take best landscape pictures, Is it nowadays reasonable to get a film camera?
    If yes. Where would I get 8x10 sheet films supplied?
    What brand would you recommend me?

    Thanks
    José

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    Re: 8x10 sheet films

    Jose - both color and black and white 8x10 is readily available from places like Badger Graphic, B&H, and Calumet. Freestyle Photo in LA carries black-and-white only. There's
    a good selection of film to choose from. 8X10 photography is way too much fun to let
    the doom and gloom types spoil it with predictions of where an asteroid might land and destroy earth as we know it. Kodak,Fuji, Ilford, and Adox are the major brands of film available. There are a number of outfits making really nice 8x10 field cameras right now, as well as good opportunites for used equipment and lenses. It's a great time to get into 8x10.

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    Re: 8x10 sheet films

    Film manufacturers who make 8x10 are Kodak, Fuji (All types, color, transp, & b/w), Foma, Adox/Efke, Ilford (just b/w), and there are possibly some Chinese manufacturers of 8x10 b/w. Fuji does not yet offer its complete range of sheet film emulsions in the USA. The Chinese sheet films are not yet officially imported into the USA. Freestyle sells some Foma-made films under its own Arista label at reduced prices.

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    Re: 8x10 sheet films

    I've been thinking about moving from medium format to 4x5 or 8x10. How much are you guys paying to have a sheet of 4x5 or 8x10 processed (E6)?

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    I have been pricing E-6 processing & found 4x5 for < $2/sheet. Yellowstone Photo in Montana was recommended by someone here.
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    Re: 8x10 sheet films

    Quote Originally Posted by ghostrider View Post
    I've been thinking about moving from medium format to 4x5 or 8x10. How much are you guys paying to have a sheet of 4x5 or 8x10 processed (E6)?
    Locally, I'm paying $2.10 and $6.25 for 4x5 and 8x10 E-6 processing, respectively, at Data Chrome (http://www.data-chrome.com/price_lists.html). By mail, the best prices I have encountered for E-6 labs recommended by various folks are PhotoCraft for 4x5 ($1.55/sheet, see http://www.pcraft.com/services/e6_processing.html) and Edgar Praus for 8x10 ($5.75/sheet, see http://www.4photolab.com/Pages/price_film.html).

    For more info on labs, see this thread: http://www.largeformatphotography.in...ad.php?t=45829.

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    Re: 8x10 sheet films

    Quote Originally Posted by Eric Leppanen View Post
    Locally, I'm paying $2.10 and $6.25 for 4x5 and 8x10 E-6 processing, respectively, at Data Chrome (http://www.data-chrome.com/price_lists.html). By mail, the best prices I have encountered for E-6 labs recommended by various folks are PhotoCraft for 4x5 ($1.55/sheet, see http://www.pcraft.com/services/e6_processing.html) and Edgar Praus for 8x10 ($5.75/sheet, see http://www.4photolab.com/Pages/price_film.html).

    For more info on labs, see this thread: http://www.largeformatphotography.in...ad.php?t=45829.
    Thanks, guys!

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    Re: 8x10 sheet films

    I've been shooting 8x10 neg here in Chicago and btwn film cost and processing, it's about 13 bucks a sheet to see a processed neg.

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    Re: 8x10 sheet films

    Quote Originally Posted by Jose View Post
    I have the opportunity to buy a 8x10 Large Format Camera. My question is:

    In this digital world, are sheet films not going to desappear in the near future?

    Thanks
    José
    Yeah, pretty much. My best advice is buy the camera and enjoy it before film goes away!
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    Re: 8x10 sheet films

    I don't know how old you are, but I'm using film that has been refrigerated for several years. Several years past it's expiration date. My newest box of film shows an expiration date of 2011. I figure it will be good to use around 2015 or beyond.

    What's your point Wayne? Load up your freezer with film. God forbid they stop making film. If they do, it will be several years before you run out of film and have to switch to glass plates.
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