According to a knowledgeable source, Ritz Camera averages 10,000 rolls a day nationwide going out of date daily.
Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 3:57 AM Subject: Re: Slide projectors > Hey Bill, where is all this out of date film? I could use some bargains. First > time you mentioned it I jumped on Ebay, surely there would be a lot of film > bargains there. Damn all that film must have been sold already. > > In fact why don't all you guys who "know" film is dead send my your useless > stocks of film. I will take your useless 35mm, 120, and 4x5 film and make > pictures with it. > > Slide projection has been dying for years. Many slide shows in the past 20 years > have been put on video tape and shown on a TV screen. > > -- > > Bill Owens wrote: > > > > >>>>>>This is not an improvement. I understand that Kodak must transition to > >>> > >>>digital along with everyone else, but some parts of that transition may > >>>be going to quickly. Was Kodak losing money on slide projectors? It > >>>seems to me that there will be demand for them for some time, if only > >>>for luddites like me who want our images actually to look good on a > >>>screen. Why buy quality gear, quality film, and work on becoming a good > >>>photographer only to have low quality projection equipment? > >>> > >>>Joe >>> > > > > > > Losing money? In the long haul, probably yes. As much as it may be > > distressing to some, these companies are in business to turn a profit. No > > profit, no money for future R&D, no R&D, no future products. With tens of > > thousands of rolls of film going out of date daily, film camera sales > > declining, and the digital handwriting on the wall becoming more legible > > everyday, why should manufacturers continue to hold on to old technology > > that's not making money for them. > > > > Bill > > > > > > > > -- > graywolf > http://graywolfphoto.com > > "You might as well accept people as they are, > you are not going to be able to change them anyway." > > >
