Also, B&H sells some of the pro film for less than the cost of consumer
film from the drugstore and some photo places. I was at the photo store
yesterday and they were selling the Kodak Max 400 for $9 a roll!!!!
What I can't figure out is why they charge more the the max stuff than
they do for nps.
-Dan
Canada
Neil K. wrote:
>
> At 10:07 AM -0400 6/7/01, Henry Posner/B&H Photo-Video wrote:
> >[...] Finally, at my COO's urging yesterday I redistributed a memo
> >to all sales associates reminding them that B&H policy is to be as
> >forthcoming with the provenance of film as we have been with hard
> >goods, i.e., tell the customer and let the customer choose.
>
> Thanks! That's really good to hear. Glad B&H's customer service is
> as responsive as ever. :)
>
> At 10:23 AM -0700 6/7/01, Bob Meyer wrote:
> >Since part of my order is going to be a batch of Kodak
> >Gold for my 12 year old son to take to the U.K. next
> >month, maybe I'll pay for USA stock for that, since
> >there will be no way to ever replace the shots.
> >Compared to what I'm spending to send him there, the
> >difference in film cost isn't much, I guess.
>
> Well. You know, my whole Kodak Gold fiasco really got me thinking
> about film quality. And basically I've decided not to buy consumer
> film anymore. It just isn't worth it. The bulk of the cost of making
> prints is developing the film and printing the photos. The film cost
> is only a small chunk, and the difference in price between crappy
> consumer-grade film and pro film is an even smaller fraction of the
> overall cost.
>
> I used to buy cheap film for snapshots at parties or whatever and
> buy pro film for everything else. Now I think, well. What if I happen
> to have film in my camera from a party and the most incredible photo
> op comes up and I have to shoot it on lousy film?
>
> - Neil K.
>
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