The local place here is actually very competitive on price with B&H an
Freestyle. On the films they still carry. Thankfully, they still stock Tmax
400, my favorite film, but they stopped carrying my second favorite, Tmax
3200. I buy all my Tmax 400 there, about 150 rolls of it a year.
The owner isn't lying about only students and Me shooting film either :( I
know every photographer in town, amateur and pro, who is worth knowing and
they're all 100% digital.
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Chris Crawford
Fine Art Photography
Fort Wayne, Indiana
260-424-0897
http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio
http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work!
On 9/30/09 10:36 AM, "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I've been told by the owner of the local store that I am the only guy in
>> town who buys film and who is not a photo student buying because the
>> teacher
>> makes him (I use film for my fine art photography, I graduated from art
>> school 10 yrs ago!)
>>
>
>
> This is a little misleading. In my neck of the woods, only fools and
> desperate individuals would buy any film from our local camera stores. The
> prices are 75-150% higher than B&H. Everybody shooting film seriously is
> getting their film from B&H (and other bulk online retailers) and their
> sales are very strong.
>
> If the local camera stores desired to have a piece of the film action, they
> could. But as long as they are into "screw the customer" mode, we'll gladly
> take our business elsewhere. The big camera store in Des Moines is as close
> to "anti-film" as I've ever seen and if Canon were to ever cease spiffing
> them, it would probably go out of business.
>
> So, just because the local camera retailer doesn't see film sales means
> little. When B&H stops selling film, then we worry.
>
> AG
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