Hey John, I dropped into PC today to pick up a case for my velbon mountain chaser tripod.. very disappointed! It wasn't black (like it is on the supplier's site)! It was green and very cheesy looking, so I gave it a miss. But anyway, if you walk in all the way and turn right, you'll find the film fridges next to the darkroom supplies :) What a relief. I picked up some EPP to make sure it wasn't a mirage. Since it was nearby I also got some Ilford cooltone midweight pearl to try out. So anyhow, about the film fridges.. good news yes?
Cheers, Ryan ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Coyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 5:51 PM Subject: Re: Anyone want to buy a film fridge? > On this topic, I noticed that my better local camera store, Photo > Continental, has dropped it's cool storage for film, where you could buy > film batches in ten-packs, and all film is now relegated to tumble displays > without the option - a definite indicator that they consider digital to be > more important. In addition, a recent store revamp has given two-thirds of > the space to digital, and film SLR's are now occupying the rear corner of > the floor! > > John Coyle > Brisbane, Australia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 8:37 AM > Subject: Anyone want to buy a film fridge? > > > > ...because it looks as if a lot of camera shops are going to be selling > > them soon. I just stopped in at my local store and discovered that > > they've cut down from three film refrigerators to one, and that one is > > only about 1/3 filled. I think I'm probably going to be *forced* to buy > > my film by mail order before too long. > > I'm wondering if we're hitting the "knee" in the curve of digital > > replacing film. As more people go digital the demand for film drops, > > causing retailers to stock less film...which gives more people incentive > > to go digital...which makes the shops reduce film stock further...and so > > on in a self-stoking cycle. > > This kind of process starts out slow but accelerates wildly once a > > certain threshold is crossed. I expect professional-grade films and > > consumer films will hit this point at different times but I think it may > > be happening now with respect to the good stuff. > > > > Time to start scrounging money for an *ist-D. > > > > -- > > Mark Roberts > > Photography and writing > > www.robertstech.com > > > >
