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Posted by Simon McConway (Member # 219) on September 17, 2004, 01:02 PM:

Was wondering where everyone buys their Super 8 film? I buy mostly K40 from 7dayshop.com at £10.15 per cartridge. Worth supporting their venture here. Also, I buy from Photoworld in Llandudno. And finally Jessops when I need the stuff right away. I try and support everywhere that sells the stuff just to show there is still call for it. My thought is that should a big buyer (like Jessops) pull out of buying, this would cause a drop in the amount bought from Kodak. The good news is that I've heard from several sources that sales are healthy!

Posted by Mike Peckham (Member # 16) on September 17, 2004, 02:42 PM:

Hello Simon

I too try to support the stores like Jessops, the one in Worthing carries quite a few odd bits for super 8 including reels, splicing patches, splicing cement and different colour leader, they also stock K40 Plus-X and TRI-X film.

I bought 5 x carts of K40 from 7day a while ago and whilst the price was unbeatable it took almost a month for my order to come through and it was almost impossible to contact them to find out what had happenned to it! [Frown]

I was a little less than impressed.....

Mike [Cool]

Posted by Rob Young. (Member # 131) on September 17, 2004, 02:54 PM:

Mike, I couldn't agree more on supporting stores like Jessops.

Of course, I'd always support our dedicated film dealers first and foremost, but isn't it amazing when you're in a rush for some new splicing tapes or a spool that you can just pop into your local Jessops and buy them! It's like a time machine!!!

Also, they really impressed me recently by selling off some only just out of date K40 for £5! Talk about giving it away!

Posted by John Cook (Member # 203) on September 17, 2004, 08:15 PM:

Gents,

Now don't hold me to this, but as a thought, depending upon shipping costs US to UK (don't you just love run on sentences), I'd consider buying bulk from Kodak and shipping to the UK in exchange for a reduced rate on a decent full length feature. I must admit, I'm in way over my head here (Super 8 as a hobby) and can't afford both films for myself as well as shoes for my kids.

Humor aside, I'm truly surprised by the cost of K40 in England. At roughly $10.50 a roll here in the states ten pounds and change for the same roll in England sounds a bit much. Conversely although I drool over Derran's monthly features list I can at least afford to capture the kids on film from time to time.

Regards and best wishes, John

Posted by Henry Perangelo (Member # 40) on September 17, 2004, 11:03 PM:

I too used to buy bulk from Kodak (are they still doing that?) I'd buy bulk 50 rolls at a time which would last about a year or so. I purchased about 1&1/2 ago, but think Kodak is not doing that anymore. Let me know if I'm wrong. I have also purchased from: http://www.k14movies.com/

-Henry-

Posted by Mike Peckham (Member # 16) on September 18, 2004, 02:15 AM:

John, I think the price difference is partly because K40 in Europe comes 'process paid'. I think in the US you have to pay for processing seperately?

Mike

Posted by Chip Gelmini (Member # 44) on September 18, 2004, 12:18 PM:

For those in the USA, look up Hunts Photo and Video, Melrosa Mass. They are near Boston and stock K40 & K160. I recently got 2 cartridges, the bill was $40.00 including shipping to Cape Cod. And yes, the film is fresh through May 2005.

Chip

Posted by John Cook (Member # 203) on September 18, 2004, 02:40 PM:

Mike,

The process paid rolls cost $13.54 here. I usually buy 8-10 rolls at time, shipping runs a few dollars more for ground freight.

John

Posted by David Roberts (Member # 197) on September 19, 2004, 01:55 PM:

I was supprised K40 IS STILL AVAILABLE AT AROUND £10 since Classic dont stock it now because of a recent massive price increase. Ive just purchased 10 at £13.50 each and Ive seen a Geman Webb site asking 20 euros per cartridge,which is about the same price.
I wonder what Kodaks intentions are about supplying and processing this film in the future,since demand now must be tiny compared to what it once was.

David

Posted by Mike Peckham (Member # 16) on September 19, 2004, 04:00 PM:

There was a discussion about this just recently on the 8mm film shooting forum and figures for super 8 cartridges were supplied for the year 2003.

I believe that total sales exceeded the 1,000,000 mark world wide by quite a margin and figures are up on previous years. It is evident that many newcomers to movie making are discovering super 8 and realising the benefits it has in terms of resolution over mini dv. It has also been recognised a superior teaching medium for film making as it encourages discipline and preparation.

The above is perhaps reflected in the fact that Kodak have recently introduced two new negative film stocks in the super 8 cartridge aimed specifically at the serious film maker. So all is not doom and gloom. [Wink]

Edit: Just found the thread; http://www.8mm.filmshooting.com/scripts/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6831&sid=e0bb2a3fbfae7cf51af14c9c2724ca28

Mike [Cool]

Posted by John Clancy (Member # 49) on September 20, 2004, 01:54 AM:

The Widescreen Centre actually had an interesting article on this subject in the latest issue of "Film For The Collector".

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