[Leica] RE: Re:Last film on earth

[jcb at visualimpressions.com (JCB)]

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