Rob Studdert wrote:
I think it IS partly due to the hype that is going on right now that film is dead and soon you won't even be able to buy film.On 16 Jan 2005 at 23:00, Frantisek wrote:
...but surely many people are helping it into the grave by saying "it
is" all over the internet. If you are so happy with digital, why the
need for voicing it so strongly? It's a tool, not religion.
I think you are mislead if you think the demise of film is even partly due to discussions floating about the internet. How many people who were absolutely pro film on-line changed their views upon the use of a decent digital camera?
Cheers,
Rob Studdert
Simply because beginners, or people that are thinking about buying a camera, do some research on the net. People do that nowadays alot before they buy something, and read all these hundreds of pages saying that film is dead, film is worthless, all hail digital.
Nobody buys new analog slr's anymore, and the general attitude is turning now amongst beginners that film is really crap, simply because it's old. So even less people buy film cameras.
"Wow, what are you doing with that old dinosaur, throw that in the trash and buy a DIGITAL camera!".
I've even heard some sales clerks at photoshops say that when a customer comes in with a film camera.
I think all this is for the worse. Speeds up the death of film even more.
/Henri
