Re: Acros 100 4x5 QL discontinued in US?
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Originally Posted by
Allen in Montreal
...Kodak wants me to place a minimum order of 10 50 sheets boxes of 5x7 TXP.
8x10 TXP in 10 sht boxes :mad: , but they have yet to actually get one to me!...
Single boxes of 5x7 320TXP:
http://www.badgergraphic.com/store/c...t_detail&p=658
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...64_5x7_50.html
and as many boxes of 8x10 as you'd like:
http://www.badgergraphic.com/store/c...t_detail&p=659
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...x10_Tri_X.html
All in stock and ready to ship. I've been pleased purchasing print and film washers from Alistair Inglis; order some film from the above vendors and we'll keep the trade balanced. :)
Re: Acros 100 4x5 QL discontinued in US?
Kodak TXP #4164 8x10" Tri-X Pan B&W Negative (Print) Film (ISO-320) (10 Sheets) USA Mfr# 8179707 B&H# KOTXP8110
Price:$ 41.95
USD
Shipping
Customs fee
(duty on Fuji, no duty on Kodak)
Not cost effective, Ilford will bring, to my door, 25 shts of 8x10 HP-5 for 99.00 cdn dollars!
Fuji and Kodak should be trying to make it easier to get film into our holders, which means greater sales for themselves. Which is exactly what Ilford seems to doing, at least in my market area.
I was a Kodak man all my life, so was my dad. I would rather have yellow boxes than white in my fridge. And I would love to try Acros sheet film too, but that will wait until I drive to the US next and bring it home with me.
I digress somewhat, my apologizes gevalia,
the point was, the marketing teams at Kodak and Fuji need to learn from Ilford, they both have a product, but lack the right manner to put it our hands. At a certain degree of difficultly or expense, one begins to look for alternatives.
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Originally Posted by
Sal Santamaura
Re: Acros 100 4x5 QL discontinued in US?
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Allen in Montreal
...I digress somewhat, my apologizes gevalia,
the point was, the marketing teams at Kodak and Fuji need to learn from Ilford, they both have a product, but lack the right manner to put it our hands. At a certain degree of difficultly or expense, one begins to look for alternatives.
No argument with your praise of Ilford; I've been a strong promoter of its products and, especially, its willingness to provide unusual size film annually regardless of how few orders it receives.
Simon Galley of Ilford has posted a number of times that it is important to his firm's health for Kodak and Fuji to remain successful. You complained specifically about problems acquiring 320TXP, so I tried to point out relatively painless ways you could acquire some. If Ilford's film meets your needs, enjoy!
Re: Acros 100 4x5 QL discontinued in US?
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Sal Santamaura
.... You complained specifically about problems acquiring 320TXP, so I tried to point out relatively painless ways you could acquire some. If Ilford's film meets your needs, enjoy!
:)
And I appreciate very much that you would take the time to send those links, thank you! It is very kind of you.
A LFPF member in upstate New York has also offered to proxy 5x7 TXP for me to avoid the 30 dollar a box shipping fees over the CDN border!
You guys (and gals) on LFPF are a great bunch!
Re: Acros 100 4x5 QL discontinued in US?
These Quickload and Readyload sleeves were the lightest weight way to backpack with 4x5. But for someone like me who shoots both color and b&w, if they're not
going to offer it in b&w, I have no incentive to buy it in color either. Can't really pack
two completely different systems. So it's either back to the changing tent or the Mido holders. I've never had dust problems with a tent because of several extra
precautions I take, but it's still a nuisance. Maybe they're trying to force us to buy
10-sheet boxes of Neopan, but like Kodak, that's just going to get us pissed off.
Two wrongs don't make a right. Just printed some negs of Neopan from my last
High Sierra trip where I dunked my light meter and had to estimate the exposures.
Both the negs and prints came out perfectly. Hope I'm just as lucky with the chromes, which I haven't developed yet.
Re: Acros 100 4x5 QL discontinued in US?
Is this confirmed worldwide?
I really love Acros 100 and bought QL back just because of Acros 100.
Is it time to go and buy pile of QL-Acros and 4x5 sheet acros to freezer for couple of years?
As I am from Finland, I can buy only Acros as sheet film packages. I have always bought my Quickloads either when I am visiting on japan or from japanexposures or from Germany via post.
Re: Acros 100 4x5 QL discontinued in US?
As long as they are still available in Japan, someone like Badger can import them into the States.
Re: Acros 100 4x5 QL discontinued in US?
I just ran down to Pro Photo Supply here in Portland, OR and they were out of Fuji Acros Quickloads. I decided to test the waters by asking them to place an order for me for 10 boxes. They very courteously called me back within an hour or so to tell me Quickloads are officially no longer available and that 10 plain sheet boxes were going to be available soon, at $18.99/box, for plain sheets. I now own two useless holders, one for Kodak Readyloads and one for Fuji Quickloads, unless I want to shoot color film.
FYI-Eric
Re: Acros 100 4x5 QL discontinued in US?
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Re: Acros 100 4x5 QL discontinued in US?
This is really a disappointment!
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