On Jan 26, 2010, at 10:01 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
Fuji, Kodak and I believe Ilford are all still producing film.
... and delivering it to customers via horse-drawn carriage.
Here is a thoughtful post...
"In a recent conversation with one of the scientists/archivists at the
Getty museum in Los Angeles we discussed the future of color film. We
agreed that what keeps color film alive is the motion picture film
industry and once that industry moves over largely to digital capture
and even more importantly, digital projection there will not be enough
demand for color film for anyone to continue to produce it profitably
and it will disappear. Regardless of it's attributes or the demand by
prominent film makers and photographers no one will any longer be able
to afford to produce it.
The still film market is minuscule when compared to the motion picture
market and any innovations you are seeing are motivated by motion
picture sales and not still film. Unlike B&W film, there is a huge
amount of technology involved in the production of color film and
because of this I believe it will likely disappear completely in the
next 5 to 10 years."
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100124134411AAwoHCs
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