What's your #1 anxiety about LF (in your personal life)?

[StoneNYC]

I went to order a box of fifty sheets of 5x7 film last night. I noticed Tri-X 320 TPX at $154.99 a box. Add the shipping cost and that's $3.25 every time you squeeze the bulb. Really? Is that a reasonable value for an unprocessed 5x7 negative?

$55 less for HP5+..... Just saying... Gotta buy 2 boxes for 50 sheets but who cares!

Which brings up another fear, when Ilford has no more competition will their prices skyrocket!??

[Tin Can]

Stone, when you are 118 it will be $1000 a sheet for 50 year old film.

And never marry an artist like I did. Notice I said 'like' not 'any'.

Live now. Not tomorrow. If the morning comes deal with it then.

$55 less for HP5+..... Just saying... Gotta buy 2 boxes for 50 sheets but who cares!

Which brings up another fear, when Ilford has no more competition will their prices skyrocket!??

[StoneNYC]

Stone, when you are 118 it will be $1000 a sheet for 50 year old film.

And never marry an artist like I did. Notice I said 'like' not 'any'.

Live now. Not tomorrow. If the morning comes deal with it then.

When I'm 118 it will be "credits" on my "multi-pass" haha

[BetterSense]

Dust on the film.

[John Olsen]

No anxiety here either. I'll always have my large format cameras. If film becomes unavailable then I'll shoot without it - I've done enough now so I can visualize what the result would be anyway. The excitement is in finding the image, in seeing it and being enthralled about it. At this point my kicks are in the search, out in the fresh air, alone and contemplating the wonder to myself.

Nate Potter, Austin TX.

A true Zen approach to photography. I remember that our (former) moderator Kirk G once said he went through a long period of not doing photography, then realized that he was shooting just with his eyes. Being a weaker person myself, I hope we don't get to the point of only visualizing a film output. I still like sloshing around in the chemicals.

[Brian C. Miller]

I went to order a box of fifty sheets of 5x7 film last night. I noticed Tri-X 320 TPX at $154.99 a box. Add the shipping cost and that's $3.25 every time you squeeze the bulb. Really? Is that a reasonable value for an unprocessed 5x7 negative?

BEN: You lucky bastard.
BRIAN: Who's that?
BEN: You lucky, lucky bastard.
BRIAN: What?
BEN: Proper little retailer's pet, aren't we?
BRIAN: What do you mean?
BEN: You must have slipped him a few shekels, eh?
BRIAN: Slipped him a few shekels? You saw him raise the price 50% in my face!
BEN: Ohh! What wouldn't I give for a little price rise like that in the face! I sometimes hang awake at night dreaming of a mere 50% increase in my face.
BRIAN: Well, it's not exactly friendly, is it? They have me shooting 5x7!
BEN: 5x7! Ooh oooh oh oh. My idea of heaven is to be allowed to be shooting a wee little 5x7... just for a few hours. They must think the sun shines out o' your arse, sonny.

[StoneNYC]

BEN: You lucky bastard.
BRIAN: Who's that?
BEN: You lucky, lucky bastard.
BRIAN: What?
BEN: Proper little retailer's pet, aren't we?
BRIAN: What do you mean?
BEN: You must have slipped him a few shekels, eh?
BRIAN: Slipped him a few shekels? You saw him raise the price 50% in my face!
BEN: Ohh! What wouldn't I give for a little price rise like that in the face! I sometimes hang awake at night dreaming of a mere 50% increase in my face.
BRIAN: Well, it's not exactly friendly, is it? They have me shooting 5x7!
BEN: 5x7! Ooh oooh oh oh. My idea of heaven is to be allowed to be shooting a wee little 5x7... just for a few hours. They must think the sun shines out o' your arse, sonny.

???

[DannL]

BEN: You lucky bastard.
BRIAN: Who's that?
BEN: You lucky, lucky bastard.
BRIAN: What?
BEN: Proper little retailer's pet, aren't we?
BRIAN: What do you mean?
BEN: You must have slipped him a few shekels, eh?
BRIAN: Slipped him a few shekels? You saw him raise the price 50% in my face!
BEN: Ohh! What wouldn't I give for a little price rise like that in the face! I sometimes hang awake at night dreaming of a mere 50% increase in my face.
BRIAN: Well, it's not exactly friendly, is it? They have me shooting 5x7!
BEN: 5x7! Ooh oooh oh oh. My idea of heaven is to be allowed to be shooting a wee little 5x7... just for a few hours. They must think the sun shines out o' your arse, sonny.

No disrespect intended, but my English isn't "that good". For a moment I thought was reading part of a play written by Shakespeare. But, then I realized, I understand Shakespeare. So, what does it mean? :-)

Cheers!

I didn't order the $154.99 box of film. It was just an observation.

[StoneNYC]

No disrespect intended, but my English isn't "that good". For a moment I thought was reading part of a play written by Shakespeare. But, then I realized I understand Shakespeare. So, what does it mean? :-)

Cheers!

+1

[Drew Bedo]

I just brought 19 sheets of T-Max 4x5 to the only local lab that wil still process LF film.

The cost ot pick up the negs will be $65!

When I first got into LF I could get unopened boxes of barely out of date film for peanuts at the old Houston Camera Show. I was able to get the B&W developed in an X-Ray darkroom . . .for maybe lunch for the X-Ray Tech (a friend).

Today everyone pays retail for everything. I would shoot X-ray film again if I knew of a clinic with a darkroom. Every clinic is digital now.