Where to buy B&W film these days?

[Kentish]

Hi folks;

I've been a bit extravagant this week and bought myself a Leica R5 with a Vario-Elmar 28-70 and a Hassleblad 500CM with the superb 80mm T* Planar.

I've not used film for a good few years now and usually use a Nikon D90 so I'm really looking forward to doing a bit of traditional photographic work again.

My question....

Now that Jessops have gone, where is the best place to buy some good B&W film (35mm and 120 roll film)?

Cheers
K

[steviejasp]

Here ya go....

http://www.7dayshop.com/photo-video-supplies/film?...

[Kentish]

steviejasp said:

Here ya go....

http://www.7dayshop.com/photo-video-supplies/film?...

Thank you

Ilford FP4 and PanF still exist

Is XP1 extinct?

[steviejasp]

I think it was replaced by XP2 a few years ago

[Matthew-TMM]

I'm getting mine from www.speedgraphic.co.uk, they're certainly prompt sending orders out. I've just put a roll of Delta 3200 in my AE1 to try out. The Zenith is being used for some expired bulk HP5 I found in my photography box.

Haven't processed any for about 10 years though. I've got the darkroom kit needed (enlarger takes up to 6x6 negs too), but no prospects of having the space to use it any time soon. After a suggestion on here a few weeks ago I'm considering getting a film/slide scanner, will probably start a thread asking for recommendations at some point but finding employment is a more immediate priority.

[Kentish]

steviejasp said:

I think it was replaced by XP2 a few years ago

Ah yes, I see it listed now - same C41 process, non silver halide emulsion and wide latitude like XP1.

I'm quite excited to be using film again

[Gad-Westy]

Matthew-TMM said:

I'm getting mine from www.speedgraphic.co.uk, they're certainly prompt sending orders out. I've just put a roll of Delta 3200 in my AE1 to try out. The Zenith is being used for some expired bulk HP5 I found in my photography box.

Haven't processed any for about 10 years though. I've got the darkroom kit needed (enlarger takes up to 6x6 negs too), but no prospects of having the space to use it any time soon. After a suggestion on here a few weeks ago I'm considering getting a film/slide scanner, will probably start a thread asking for recommendations at some point but finding employment is a more immediate priority.

Just got a few rolls from Speedgraphic myself last week. Ordered at about 4pm so was pretty to suprised to receive them in the post the next day! I got a couple of rolls of Ilford pan f plus iso 50 for lanscapey stuff but I'm also giving the kentmere 400 stuff a go as well as it seems a great price.

[LooneyTunes]

Speedgraphic or silverprint.

Not used 7ds for film since they sent very short dated and wouldn't change... shame really as until then they'd been really good.

[Elderly]

Kentish said:

Hi folks;

I've been a bit extravagant this week and bought myself a Leica R5 with a Vario-Elmar 28-70 and a Hassleblad 500CM with the superb 80mm T* Planar.


Cheers
K

So much for the advice given in the 'Finance' lounge .


Are you going to process and print at home?

[andy-xr]

Discount Films Direct, ebay and (shock) Boots stock loads of Ilford variants - I bought a load of XP2 just before the snow while people were panic buying bread and diesel. That'll learn 'em

[Kentish]

Elderly said:

Kentish said:

Hi folks;

I've been a bit extravagant this week and bought myself a Leica R5 with a Vario-Elmar 28-70 and a Hassleblad 500CM with the superb 80mm T* Planar.


Cheers
K

So much for the advice given in the 'Finance' lounge .


Are you going to process and print at home?

Ha, yes - I guess I just took notice of the post where someone said spend some of it on a car but I'm quite happy with my cars (nothing special really) but since I first got into photography at the age of around 10 I was dreaming of owning both of the above one day, or their up to date equivalents.

I didn't do too badly though as a youngster, I saved and bought my first Bronica ETRSmedium format camera with an AE prism finder and a couple of lenses when I was 15. At age 17/18 I had a Pentax 6x7 and a Mamiya RB67. I started doing commercial photography when I was 18 or 19. I stopped a long time ago when I got married as I didn't have the time and concentrated on a different career.

Now, I'm looking to purely get back into some film photography as a hobby; I'd only do B&W D&P at home but I have done both B&W and colour in the past. I probably won't do any for a while but I've been looking at our bathrooms and wondering which would be easiest for conversion. I haven't broken that to Mrs K just yet