On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Thibouille <pentaxl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you all for your thoughts. > Will look at the links provided and certainly use other informations you gave. > Hope I can manage to get this project real. > > As for film is dead as Godfrey says, I think not. But darkroom though > might soon be indeed (what a pity). > APX100 @ 2.5€ per film (36 shots) is nowhere near too expensive IMO.
Um, APX100, like all Agfa films, was discontinued when Agfa divested the film business in 2004. A small company, Lupus I think, continues to produce a small amount of film under the AgfaPhoto label, after the AgfaPhoto venture declared bankruptcy in 2005. 2.5€ for 36 frames is about a US$ dime a shot for the media. Add processing costs, and time, scanning effort, and time ... and it's obvious that the only real reason to work with film is for the fun of it and to enjoy a couple of nice old cameras. I wouldn't exactly call that "alive". ;-) Don't get me wrong: I love shooting with my Leica M, Rollei 35S, Nikon F, etc. Film has lovely and different imaging characteristics from digital capture. I'm happy that I still have a couple of dozen rolls of film in the freezer for my APS and Minox cameras, and kind of amused that I need to order another pro-pack or two of 35mm film since I am using the Leica enough to be worth it. But in any commercial sense, film is long dead. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
