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Film pi By Tammy Kilpatrick Gamecock Staff Writer Prices of film and photographic A I nave 11iv:i I'cisi'u iiim. ii ?i> 50 percent since Jan. 25 as a result of the rising costs of silver. E m u 1 s i o n, a c o a t i n g o n photographic film and paper, contains silver halide, a silver derivative. Eastman Kodak, the main national film supplier, announced the price change last month to dealers. THK AYEK.UiK cost to the consumer may go up 20 cents a print, said Bruce Flashnick. owner of Carolina Customs Lab in Columbia. The price of a color r*r 1 nt \*: ill i nnroncn i/\ *7 o ^. .... .IU..IH.lvUiJl .;V? I .t VtlllO. Carolina Customs Lab will raise prices in proportion to Kodak's price increase, Flashnick said. Standard Kodachrome film will sell for $6.50, up from $4.20. Bobby Turbeville, Columbia Photo Supply Co. store manager, said Tri-x pan film, often used for 35 mm cameras, will cost $2.93 instead of $2.25. The price of photographic paper increased by 50 percent because of the silver market, according to Turbeville. His store sells plycontrast double-weight paper which is often used by students, for $51.30 instead of the previous price of $33.10. "We do a lot of student business. 1 think people will think twice before they shoot now." Turbeville said. Flashnick said KM) pounds of black and white paper went to $37.50 from about $25. while color paper increased to $39. L>..,wi i 11:11 ?:^ ..r iu? 1 1 UIUS9UI UctCfV lj. IllllWl^ Ul lilt.* USC College of Journalism said the price increases have not affected photojournalism students. "Most of the students for the semester bought their paper before the increase." he said. ALTHOUGH KMtOLL.MKNT in photojournalism classes has increased. Hillwig said the effect of the price increases on future classes remains to be seen. Flashnick said panic buying when the price increase was announced caused a shortage. Six- to eight-weeks will be needed to restock stores with the higher priced film. Turbeville said customers began uuy ui? i.) ui zu n?iis ai a nine 01 me lower-priced film. "People were stocking up while they usually wait and buy it as they use it." Eastman Kodak should not have raised its prices on film since the price of silver had not risen when GUADALAJARA SUMMER ounuuL s University of Arizona offers more than 40 courses, an thropology, art, bilingual education, folk music and folk dance, " history, political science, sociology, Spanish ' language and literature and intensive Spanish. Six week ! sessions. June 30 August 8, 1 980. Fully accredited ! graduate and undergraduate program. Tuition $295. Room and board in Mexican home, $315. EFO'AA | Write I Guadalajara Summer School j Robert L. Nugent 209 | University of Arizona Tucson 85721 (602)626 4729 Increases beci rices jumi the film was made, Flashnick said. Film has to ago before it can be marketed, lie said, because the I . I- . ? ' 4 .... 1 1 ..Ul^ SI IVOI SUDSullHT IS UIICUUU (Mlilimwhen first produced and must stabilize. Black and white film usually ages in six months, while color film takes 18 months to stabilize. "The film was produced in late 1978 when the price of silver was low," Flashnick said. "1 personally believe Kodak made the film when silver was cheap and labor inexpensive, so they ought to sell it at that price. Sounds like price-gouging to me." HILLWK; SAID Kodak is using the silver market as an excuse to raise prices. "There's not that much silver used in paper or film, not in proportion to the price increase," he said. Flashnick said the price of film will be lowered as the price of silver lowers. Kodak is working on developing substitutes for the silver necessary in nhntnfJninhv hut nrpspnt r-? substitutes do not promote the same photographic quality as silver. "Kodak is working on using no silver, but it's years in the future," Flashniek said. IIILLWIG SAID Kodak is using the silver market as an excuse to raise prices. "There's not that much silver used in paper or film, not in proportion to the price increase," he said. Kodak is working on developing r ,,:i auuauiuies iui nit* biivur ncLX'bbiiry in photography, but present substitutes do not promote the same photographic quality as silver. "Kodak is working on using no silver, but it's years in the future." Flashnick said. - r ? I correction ! 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