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rustyair
19-Apr-2012, 14:53
I just bought 2 10 sheets of Portra 160. Will 4x5 50 sheets ever come back?
Robert Ley
19-Apr-2012, 16:16
Don't count on it for color.
One of my students recently bought a 50 pack of ilford 8X10 paper.... i guess its new too.
I would just be happy if there is still film the next time i want to buy some, 10 sheet boxes or otherwise... :(
eddy pula
19-Apr-2012, 17:03
you can find anything if you look hard enough, I usually start at my local hunts, then have them call around, then B&H, then Calumet the Freestyle. Call in person, it helps. Recently I couldn't find 120 tri-x but calumet had like 200 on hand, and a couple years back I ordered 9-100 sheets from freestyle, they were the only people who didn't laff at the request and they got it to me quick and even threw in the shipping for a good joke!
AnselAdamsX
19-Apr-2012, 18:12
You have to buy 50 sheet boxes if you shoot portra in 5x7 :)
Roger Cole
19-Apr-2012, 18:21
One of my students recently bought a 50 pack of ilford 8X10 paper.... i guess its new too.
I would just be happy if there is still film the next time i want to buy some, 10 sheet boxes or otherwise... :(
It was the new MG ART paper, right? That's packed in 50 sheets for 8x10. Makes sense given the price of this premium paper.
No, it was just your regualr MGVIv RC paper. not that THAT is cheap in any way... espceially when you are a student in a state college that costs just as much as a private school and you take a ine time class you couldent care less about... (which is the case with most of my students... :( )
I really wish Kodak would bring back the 50-sheet boxes for color film. I currently need to re-pack my film for travel. I can fit 50 sheets into a 10-sheet box, but I'd prefer to travel with factory-sealed boxes and the repacking is a hassle.
Tobias Key
20-Apr-2012, 05:14
I'd be happy with 20 sheet boxes like Fuji comes in.
unixrevolution
20-Apr-2012, 05:37
Tri-X is a fifty-sheet deal. I guess Kodak figures the price tag of a 50-sheet box of portra might be intimidating.
It certainly is to me.
SamReeves
20-Apr-2012, 12:01
A 50 sheet box might run well over $100.
That box of Fomapan looks so much better.
Drew Wiley
20-Apr-2012, 12:22
You're complaining about a hundred bucks for fifty sheets? There's an easy cure for that.
Start shooting 8x10 ... click ...$$....click ...$$....
Tobias Key
20-Apr-2012, 12:44
A 50 sheet box might run well over $100.
That box of Fomapan looks so much better.
At the price I paid for a 10 sheet box in the UK 50 sheets would cost $310!!! We get gouged for £38.50 per box
A 50 sheet box might run well over $100.
That box of Fomapan looks so much better.
Ten sheets of Portra 160 is $35.95 at B&H, so 50 sheets would be roughly $180 if the per-sheet cost is the same. Fomapan isn't going to do any good if you want color negative film, which is what this thread is about. Kodak does offer B&W 4x5 film in 50 sheet boxes.
I can totally understand concerns about cost, but some photographers are going to order film in large quantities no matter what size the boxes are. My freezer is stocked with 100+ boxes of Portra 160. I routinely take 200-300 sheets on shooting trips. The 10-sheet boxes take up a ton of storage space since I have so many of them. And they need to be re-packed for travel. Imagine carrying 30 boxes on a plane. It would take up way too much space and security would be very curious.
I don't think it would be that much of an extra burden for Kodak to offer both 10- and 50-sheet boxes like they used to. They still have the physical boxes since they still offer their B&W films in the larger box. I don't even care if there is a discount on the larger box. In other words, if the 50-sheet box were to cost 5x what a 10-sheet box costs, that would be fine with me. It's a matter of convenience.
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