film won't disappear for a long time, but the wide affordable choices will. if all you can get is ISO 800 print film designed for long shelf life, and any random slide film is $20/roll before processing, only by mail order, even pros won't shoot much slides anymore.
Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Boris Liberman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 4:46 AM Subject: Re: A conversation with Noritsu. > Normally, I think if and when technology wears out, it does not > disappear. It takes some niche market and stays there. I think that > until film really dies, it will pass some probably rather lengthy > stage of niche market. I don't think that film will really disappear > that fast. > > Also film producing companies must be aware of huge amount of film > cameras (P&S, SLR and others) that are still in use and are still > potential profit. So hopefully situation is not as grim as it seems.
