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02-11-2012
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msbarnes is offline
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Kodak. Tri-x. Price increase???
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...120_Black.html
I haven't ordered 120 Tri-X in a while but I was about to stock up and I noticed that BH prices went up a lot. I think it was ~$3.79 +/- 10 cents last time I made an order.
Granted, it's much cheaper at Freestylephoto and Adorama, but what gives for the huge increase?
I generally ignore all the film is dying and kodak going out of business threads, but is tri-x being phased out or something?
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02-11-2012
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Araakii is offline
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$4.99? WTH? That's even more expensive than a 35mm roll.
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02-12-2012
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mfunnell is offline
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02-12-2012
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Shaken, so blurred
mfunnell is offline
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Sorry,
I was feeling a little sorry for myself and a little sorry for us down here in Oz who have to pay really high prices for film. But I removed my comment. Sure, if you want Kodak (in whatever form) to keep selling Tri-X (please!) then they have to be profitable. But I really don't want them to price themselves out of the market. Especially out of the "this is the normal way to take a photo" market. I know that last bit is so close it may already be here, but if they charge too much for film, they may strangle whatever market they have left...
...Mike
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02-12-2012
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Lflex
Lflex is offline
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In Japan, Tri-x prices went up by 50% last summer, and is said to go up 25% again now - totally unacceptable as it was the same batch that I stocked up on one year ago (exp 2013/01).
I just switched to HP5.
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02-12-2012
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f6andBthere is offline
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Why wouldn't film be getting more expensive?
Isn't this the trend we've been expecting as digital drives the last few nails into it's coffin and it heads towards becoming a niche product.
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02-12-2012
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whitecat is offline
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Just got some last week for $3.75 from Calumet.
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02-12-2012
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martin-f5 is offline
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they are crazy, totally crazy
if prices increase I'll take other brands, basta
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02-12-2012
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MISH is offline
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well Calumet is now $3.99 but right now they are giving $10 off on any order over $20 so I am ordering some today (kind of like free shipping)
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02-12-2012
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whitecat is offline
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You are right but I ordered 20 rolls and the price came down slightly. I wonder if it went up in the last week.......which would not surprise me.
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