I Want Kodak 8x10 B&W Film in Larger Boxes

[Sirius Glass]

I would like to be independently wealthy instead of being so incredibly handsome. Do you think that if I wrote to Kodak they would fix that for me?

But really I do feel your pain. I would like to get 4x5 Tri-X 400. After all they do still make master rolls of it. It would not take up all that much of a roll.

Steve

[Sal Santamaura]

...I would like to get 4x5 Tri-X 400. After all they do still make master rolls of it...

Only on roughly 5 mil acetate for 135 and 3.9 mil acetate for 120. None on 7-mil stock for sheets. It would be a whole new product.

[CG]

I'd really like to see 25 or 50 or 100 sheet boxes of 8x10. I appreciate that Kodak is under terrible pressure and that any decision on large film will leave someone unhappy, but if they read anything here, it would be that 10 sheet boxes are seen as largely for testing, not for shooting. I like to shoot more film than less and it feels wasteful to me to use up all that cardboard

[Daniel_Buck]

For me it comes down to price per sheet, Ilford is $3.20, Kodak is $4.70 - $5.30.

Indeed. Kodak is expensive compared to others (especially compared to some films like Efke) but if i were to find 50 sheet boxes of tri-x I'd shell out for Kodak, because I like the film. It's development is incredibly forgiving (tri-x 320 anyway), the emulsion is strong, and I like the look that it gives. But being both expensive, and being available only in 10 sheet boxes has put it off my shopping list.

[BarryS]

The 10-sheet boxes, coupled with the high price per sheet has driven me to Ilford films. If the major use of 8x10 black and white film has shifted toward fine art photographers, the 10 sheet boxes seem geared toward sporadic professional use. I'd like to see 50 or 100 sheet boxes with per sheet costs comparable to Ilford. I think the 10 sheet packaging is driving away a good share of their market and could put sales in a death spiral. The idea of a "special order" with even higher costs per sheet is ridiculous--no thanks!

[Bob McCarthy]

I don't have a dog in this hunt, but I buy color in 10 sheet boxes and put all but one box in the freezer. Doing the same in B&W doesn't feel like a handicap.

On the otherhand I do buy 4x5 in a 50 sheet box (TMX) but my consumption rate is MUCH higher.

Is there any purpose in putting B&W in the cooler also??

bob

[Sirius Glass]

Is there any purpose in putting B&W in the cooler also??

Yes. Black & white film in the freezer can last 10 years easily.

Not a guarantee, but my experience.

Steve

[Elliot Puritz]

I would also purchase several 25-50 sheet boxes of TMY-2 and TriX 320. Currently I tend to purchase 2-4 boxes of each ( 10 sheet boxes ) at one time.

I would think the only way that such packaging would take place is by special order with a certain number of boxes minimum.

Elliot

[Elliot Puritz]

So Bruce, is the thread now dead? No reason to have responded at all?

[Elliot Puritz]

Hear, hear! Give me 24 sheet boxes. I want to fill both sides of the holder, and I have 12 holders.

NO no Michael....the 25th sheet is there to replace the one that is always fogged at the most inopportune time