Interesting observation I made while working in the photo shop today: We're now selling more black & white film (Tri-X, TMAX 400 and 100 and a bit of 3200) than color film. This is because sales of color film have dropped off precipitously and sales of B&W have gone up a little. We're one of only two shops in Pittsburgh where you can get non-C41 black & white (none of the serious photographers or students will consider Ritz <g>) so we're getting a lot of photo student business, being near to Carnegie-Mellon University, Carlow College and the University of Pittsburgh, as well as Pittsburgh Filmmakers, an independent film and photography outfit.
Single-use cameras represent about 1/3 of our lab's volume. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
