Where Can We Get 8x10 Acros, um, at a reasonable price (say the cost of FP4+ at B&H plus 50% or less)?
Where Can We Get 8x10 Acros, um, at a reasonable price (say the cost of FP4+ at B&H plus 50% or less)?
When I was 16 I thought my father the stupidest man in the world; when I reached 21, I was astounded by how much he had learned in just 5 years!
-appropriated from Mark Twain
FWIW, in Japan a box of 20 8x10 is Y11,300, which as of today is about US$133.
Wow...any idea of shipping cost Oren? Is this at Megapearls (?)? or at a place like Yodobashi? Anywhere in the USA?Originally Posted by Oren Grad
When I was 16 I thought my father the stupidest man in the world; when I reached 21, I was astounded by how much he had learned in just 5 years!
-appropriated from Mark Twain
That's from a quick check of Bic and Yodobashi. Unfortunately, you can't order from them from outside of Japan. But I see that Japan Exposures is also showing it for essentially the same price. Shipping quote for a single box ranges from Y770 for slow boat to Y1860 for EMS to North America. Note that Dirk is on break until sometime the middle of this month.
I don't know of any supplier in North America.
At Japan Exposures it is ¥13,260 which I quackulate to be around $156 US or, adding 25%, $195 US for 25 sheets + shipping. This is 2.6 TIMES what B&H charge for Ilford FP4+ or Delta!!! WTH!?!?
I guess there's not enough demand for import here?
When I was 16 I thought my father the stupidest man in the world; when I reached 21, I was astounded by how much he had learned in just 5 years!
-appropriated from Mark Twain
Oops. That second digit is "3", not "1".
< lashing self furiously with wet noodle >
Yeah, it's expensive...
Richard, I don't think that there is enough demand world-wide for it.
Consider this: what was the final price of Kodak TMY 8x10? $69 for 10 sheets? That's a special order item now, but for 8x10 Acros you can just go buy a box, no problem, $6.24 per sheet, $7.80 per sheet including shipping. I think that the price is comparable to TMY.
If you want the product, smile and fork out the money.
For that kind of money I can coat glass plates and save a lot.
Oops. That second digit is "3", not "1".
< lashing self furiously with wet noodle >
Yeah, it's expensive...
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Price is comparable to TMY and is in stock. I figured about $175 (EMS shipped from .jp to TN) per box of 20 sheets if I ordered 8 of them. I have a few friends interested, so we may do a group order to get it here, then ship from here to AL and FL. I like the idea of being able to reduce reciprocity in 5x7 (with a bit of cutting, of course).
They just discontinued the half plate Acros which I was using in my 5x7 camera. No other real use for half plate filmholders now...
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