Efke Price Hike

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I was contacted by a friend of mine via email this morning, and was

informed that a price hike was made with respect to Efke film. The

price increase is a whopping 20%!

(Thanks Bill Mitchell for the "heads up")

 

I just got off the phone with the head of Fotoimpex in Berlin. He gave

me the following explanation for the recent price increase in Efke Films:

 

The wholesale price of the celuloid used in the making of large format

film has dramatically increased in price due to the demand from the

computer industry. This samne material is used in the fabrication of

flat screen computer monitors. Efke increased their wholesale price of

the film close to 30%. Hopefully, any further price increases will be

less dramatic, but it is to be expected that the price of Efke sheet

film will one day come close to that of the larger manufacturers.

 

Fotoimpex extends a 10% discount to professional photographers which

takes atleast a small amount of the sting out of this recent price hike.

[wayne_crider4]

William thanks for the Fotoimpex lead for the film. I just came

across this film thru looking at the Dr5 site for reverse

processing it and thought I'd try it. Maybe you can enlighten those

of us who are unfamiliar with it and why you like it so. Apparently

it is pretty silver rich from what I hear.

[michael_pry]

You can get Efke from some guys right here in Kansa USA. Type in jandcphoto.com and that should do it.