Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/23

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Subject: [Leica] RE: Re:Last film on earth
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Wed Feb 23 05:34:02 2005
References: <6.2.0.14.0.20050222172225.03060070@mail.dezan.net> <200502230149.j1N1nur6038003@server1.waverley.reid.org> <6.2.0.14.2.20050222183600.0bfdd1f0@mail.brick.org>

The flip side would be which film would I not mind seeing go.
Efke is right there next to Lucky brand.
S. Dimitrov

On Feb 22, 2005, at 6:39 PM, JCB wrote:

> You need not go any farther than here:
>
> http://www.jandcphoto.com/
>
> to see that B&W film availability will be here for a very long time. 
> This is GOOD film. I use it a lot.
>
> JB
>
>
> At 05:53 PM 2/22/2005, Jim Shulman wrote:
>
>
>> Paul's exactly right.
>> Look no further than 8mm movie film, which used to be available in 
>> every
>> American drugstore back in the late 70s/early 80s.
>> Today, there are only two or three places in the US which stock 8mm 
>> roll
>> film.
>> When I began shooting regular 8 movies, film and processing ran about 
>> eight
>> bucks for a roll of color film.  Now there's a choice of one color 
>> emulsion,
>> and film and processing runs about thirty dollars.  Wait two weeks 
>> (or more)
>> for processing and film delivery, too.
>>
>> If you look at some of the major film suppliers, you'll note that 
>> prices are
>> already on the rise.  The days of $4.50 gray market Velvia are long 
>> gone.
>>
>> Jim Shulman
>> Bryn Mawr, PA
>
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Slobodan Dimitrov
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Replies: Reply from ericm at pobox.com (Eric) ([Leica] Re: Last film on earth)
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