students and school are using 16mm film for different reasons. they have to train people to use both film and video and the 16mm equipment is already paid for. the medium format shooters with the resources are switching in droves to the Canon 1DS because as far as they are concerned, it already is better than medium format. it's going to become niche even faster than 35mm.
Herb... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Stoddart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 5:35 AM Subject: RE: An observation re Pentax for sale > Meanwhile 16mm film is still being fairly widely used by students, > independents and documentary film makers and of course most 'movies > are shot on even larger formats. > > So is this an anology to the way that still film will go? The vast > majority of consumers will switch to digital, ending with 35mm > overwhelmed in a similar way to how Super/Standard-8 was. Medium-format > will still be more widely available for the artists/connoisseur who wants > a particular look (like 16mm movie film) and professional high-standard > work will be done on large format (35mm/70mm movie films).
