I haven't seen the prices go up at B&H yet, I just bought another load of Portra 400.
I actually don't want to buy so much that wouldn't be able to shoot it should they discontinue their color negative films and C41 processing becomes harder to find/much more expensive. A year makes sense, a five years' supply doesn't.
This is kind of like the discussion of $10 per gallon gasoline (avoiding politics, lol) - at what point do you quit driving? I see used 2007-era medium format digital systems in the $6000 range now, and those would be good at lower ISOs, just like film. So frankly in 2-4 years I bet a lot of us will be converting, especially for color work. If you can get a 39mp Hasselblad HD3 for $5K then that's a sweet spot for many.
I don't doubt that B&W film will be available indefinitely and home processing isn't hard so my cameras won't be obsolete. It's just nice to have color options.
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