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667 Instant Black and White Film (3 and one quarterx3 78) Two 10 Exposure CartridgesPack (Instawares Restaurant Supply)$31.63
Polaroid T667 Black and White Instant Film (Staples)$24.99
Kodak Black and White + Film 400 Speed 24 Exposure - 24 EA (MedShop Express)$16.89
Kodak Pro Photo 400 BW 135-36 ISO 400 36 Exposures, Professional Black and White Film, ( USA ) (TDA Trading)$3.25
Kodak Film/Cameras 8mm Black and White Plus (TekgearDirect.com)$19.85

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Jed1000 (76)
08/17/2006
Another item that is just simply not obsolete.8
VirileVagabond (29)
08/05/2006
Since (as other comments have noted), black & white film hasn't disappeared and isn't obsolete, I've giving it a single star (and not because I'm glad it's gone). Not only does B&W; remain useful for artistic purposes, but also to embed a nostalgic feel to a film's production (e.g. the previously noted "Good Night And Good Luck") or a photograph. Consider also the visual effect of shifting between B&W; and color in films like "The Wizard Of Oz" and "Pleasantville". The bottom line is that black & white film will sometimes offer a subtlety that is absent from color.1
the witch (0)
02/28/2006
People are too stupid to watch old movies beacause they aren't in colour, not realising they are missing out on some of the best movies ever made-when plot and character meant everything.5
Djahuti (56)
02/28/2006
Why not use whatever the artist sees fit for the film,video or photo? Sometimes B&W; is better,sometimes color.Why limit yourself? MY favorite film,"Dead Man" was shot in B&W; by Jim Jarmusch as were many cinematic masterpieces of yore.5
DoorGunner (20)
02/27/2006
I never understood what's so great about Ansel Adams' black-and-white photographs of Yosemite. Is it a cult thing? Maybe it's a pseudo-intellectual thing. Is it the angles, the composition, the shadow and light, or what? And if they're so great and even better than color photographs of the same, would anyone really rather see in B&W; than in color? Huh? Huh?5
EschewObfuscation (69)
02/27/2006
My younger brother (by 14 months) married a younger girl (by 8-9 years) (his 2nd time around) who pointed out to me with a cruelty I found slightly jarring, that "Dan" is the only one she knows whose "baby pictures" are black and white. Cold. Very cold.7
kamylienne (71)
02/27/2006
Black and white film photography is not really obsolete, though it is admittedly becoming a lost art form. There's something wonderfully simple and pure about a black and white photograph, and though computer photo manipulation is great and all, it can't replace the gratification you get by making it in the darkroom.5
Molfan (48)
02/27/2006
it is still around even though I do not buy them. Of course, I am not a good photographer. a talented one can make black and white pictures look beautiful. there are still some wonderful black and white pictures out there. 6
StarkTruth (59)
02/27/2006
Black and white film is still currently available, but it is being phased out I am sorry to say. As an artform it is spectacular, as a means of producing that bottom dollar for the film manufacturers, it's a losing cause. Say farewell to it folks... 6
irishgit (108)
02/27/2006
Not at all obsolete. Black and white photography has an artistic and storytelling ability that cannot be duplicated in colour. That is not to denigrate colour photography, but to say it makes black and white obsolete is like saying oil paints make watercolours obsolete. They are two different media.7
Drummond (54)
02/27/2006
I agree with Numbah. Jim Jarmusch makes excellent use of it. Goodnight and Good Luck may even win the Oscar. There are effects you can produce with the light dark contrast that just can't be done with color. The family of the creators of Citizen Kane actually got a protective order preventing anybody from colorizing it, which would ruin it.4
numbah16tdhaha (133)
02/27/2006
It still has its purposes.4
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