Very good point, Antonio. I'm sure digital photography has inspired a lot of people, who didn't previously took an interest in photography. It's has become SO easy, that some of them might even learn enough to be able to expose some film properly :-).
Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Antonio Aparicio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 17. juli 2004 20:53 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: Film is Dying? (was Pentax is Dying?) Also, an angle not mentioned is the renewed interest folks are having in photography generally as a result of digital- perhaps it will be the saviour of film and not the other way around... A. On 17 Jul 2004, at 16:03, Kevin Waterson wrote: > This one time, at band camp, "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> So who here has shed their excess film bodies in view of the pending >> fate of >> film? >> >> I have, I'm down to the smallest number of film bodies I've had for >> many years >> and I don't expect the number to ever increase either. > > On the contrary, I am buying up film bodies. I agree that market > forces will be > the demise of film. But I think film will survive, albeit on a smaller > scale. > Ilford are reporting an increase in sales of Black and White products. > I think > as the lemming consumers gobble up the latest fad-gadgets and digital > P and S, > the demand for film photographers will increase. > > These home point and shoot folks are revelling in the idea of 'free' > photos. > These are the same snappers who know little of photography and are > happy with > the results the super-market labs churn out. > > Digital is in its infancy and there is still no solution for achiving > digital. > Perhaps when it reaches adultery we may see folks coming back to film, > when they > realise they have been duped into a 'better' solution. > > Kind regards > Kevin > > > -- > ______ > (_____ \ > _____) ) ____ ____ ____ ____ > | ____/ / _ ) / _ | / ___) / _ ) > | | ( (/ / ( ( | |( (___ ( (/ / > |_| \____) \_||_| \____) \____) > Kevin Waterson > Port Macquarie, Australia >
