larrydressler Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 <p>Well i also have a deer in it... :-)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_drew4 Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 <p>Like Larry, I use a large deep freezer for food storage - mostly game and fish. However, it works nicely for film too! :-) In the "FWIW" column, I have used film for 50+ years and have "mail ordered" photographic supplies most of that time. I lived 100+ miles RT from the nearest photographic store in a small city and over 400 miles RT from stocking retailers. The fact that the local Walmarts, Walgreens etc don't stock much film anymore is a bother, but it is not a new bother for me. In fact, I can hop onto the internet and share ideas here and order film to be delivered to my door!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustys pics Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 <p>I like the Deep Freezer option too.It's even in my basement, so I tell myself the frozen film is shielded from cosmic rays which degrade it. My deep freeze also doubles as a food storage container too. Digging for film I often find food I'd forgotten about! Kind of an arctic adventure without leaving home.....<br> Seriously even if all film production stopped tomorrow, there would be old stock on Ebay to keep most of us going for a long time. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrydressler Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 <p>I recently shot a roll of 220 Plus-X that expired in 1995 it came out fine.</p> <p>http://www.flickr.com/photos/jokerphotography/sets/72157612325468056/<br> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3339/3179429741_28f90b1633.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="489" /></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Gammill Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 <p>Freestyle is also very reasonable on shipping charges as well. Back in the 1980's (and earlier) a fair amount of what they sold was past date, but still warrantied by them. The fine print read something like this: "items not marked fresh are past date, but fully usuable". Today (and for the last decade or so) they've concentrated mostly on fresh stock with the occasional bargain on past date, or short dated stock. I've been buying from them since the late 1970's and never been disappointed. My dad even bought from them as far back as the late 1950's.<br> Besides Freestyle, I also use B&H and Adorama.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ned1 Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Yes, but what if you want you color film fresh from the freezer? On a hot summer day three days in the back of a truck is enough to spoil those rolls of Pro-H you ordered. I spent last summer in the Poconos. The only place that kept their film in the fridge was PPS in Wilkes Barre, which was an hours drive away. And they were also the only deep-tank developers. Six months before I arrived, there had been a pro-lab in Scranton, it closed, leaving the city with a useless Ritz Camera and nothing else. This was a city that once had a dedicated photography school that included Bernice Abbot among its students and was where many 8x10 cameras were made. Btw, PPS is an excellent lab and printers, if you are stuck in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew_newton Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 <p>For most of my film, which is Superia 400 I buy it at my local Target. For most of my other film, I buy through Adorama or B&H. Occasionally my local Ritz has had short dated Reala 100. I bought 25 rolls and later another 10 rolls. So far I have gone through about 12 rolls of that total. At the rate I am going it'll probably take me about another 18-24 months to finish shooting all of the Reala. When it comes down to it, other then Superia films (which are only carried in 100 and 400 speeds now) B&H and Adorama have the best film prices around, and if ordering 5-10 rolls, especially if I am getting something else at the same time anyway, the cost is so much lower. Especially compared to someplace like Ritz where a single 36-exp roll of Sensia 200 was $10!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verivorax Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 <p>Fuji ships their mini-lab paper and test strips with gel-like freezer packs.. maybe some mfrs do the same for big quantities of pro film being sold to retail (and pro) shops.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_f11 Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 <p>"...but you must admit,film sales are contracting,..." Sales of EVERYTHING is contracting these days.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_kinnan Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 <p>Living in a major city, film availability is of minor concern to me -- it's all out there at various prices, in various places. What's gotten harder to find is low-cost processing that is actually good...</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverscape Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 <p>I walked into Walgreens a couple of days ago and they had actually re-stocked a bunch of film. It was all just Kodak and Fuji consumer film at different ISO's (and a few generic brands), but for a drug store they actually had quite a lot of film. I was really surprised. I had kind of got the feeling that they were slowly backing away from film. But nope, it was there...a bunch of boxes of film, and a bunch of disposable cameras too. After my last experience, I don't think I'll ever take my film to Walgreens to get it developed again...but it's nice to know that if I wanted, I can easily pick up some color film there.<br /><br />Otherwise, I order most of my film, chemicals, and paper from Freestyle. I love that place. If I lived closer, I would probably be down there every day. But I live about an hour away. There's also a small camera shop about 20 minutes away that does a pretty good job of keeping film and chemicals stocked. They don't have anywhere near the selection that Freestyle has of course, and they're kind of expensive. But I still try to support them and buy from them as much as possible. If a camera shop is going to actually care for ALL their customers (not just digital) and stock what I need...then I'll return the favor and buy from them when I can. If a business wants my support, then they better support me too.<br /><br />But yeah, just looking at the Freestyle catalog always puts me in a good mood too. If only I had the money, I could go crazy in that place :) </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrydressler Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 <p>Chris<br> Ultrafine AKA Film Warehouse is also in your area and they have a retail store from what their catalog says.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasma181 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 <p>I checked out Freestylephoto. My fears seem to be confirmed. Fuji True Definition 400 and Kodak High Definition 400 are no longer sold. They were my favorite scanning films. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrydressler Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 <p>I think they have just been renamed Robert.. check the catalog on the web pages.... Both have now been labeled Professional films I think</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny_yu Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 <p>I am selling <strong>Fuji Fortia SP</strong> and <strong>Kodak e100vs</strong> on ebay. Please visit my ebay page if you need them: http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/johnnycyyu_W0QQ_nkwZQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ_mdoZ</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthieu_bleton Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 <p>In France, we are happy to have no the webshop argentic-numeric.com. They don't have only a very large offer of all kind of films but they have even more interesting prices than all other distributors.<br> For students and users with small budgets, it's a big opportunity to continue the darkroom pleasure.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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