Still seems to me to be a market that will enjoy robust growth for some time.
Jack --- mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > From: Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 2005/08/26 Fri PM 01:38:04 GMT > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: The Nature of Film's Final Throes > > > > Mark, any idea why the "inkjet" chemist person > was, > > seemingly, pessimistic? > > > > Jack > > For all the extra shooting most digitalista do, most > of them print far less than they did when they used > analogue. > > mike > > > > > --- Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > >> From: Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >> > > > >> This news story is interesting in that it > refers > > > to Kodak's digital > > > >> business as expanding. I'm not sure that's > > > accurate. The only digital > > > >> cameras that Kodak was actually building were > > > their pro cameras, and > > > >> they recently discontinued their whole pro > line > > > of cameras and digital > > > >> camera backs. Their point and shoot cameras > are > > > just rebadged products > > > >> from the Far East. Yes, Kodak does make CCD > > > imaging chips, but I don't > > > >> know of any cameras using them, and they > can't be > > > selling them in any > > > >> volume. Kodak has been floundering in its > > > attempts to go digital. > > > > > > > >Maybe it's talking about the sales of consumer > > > inkjets and paper. I would > > > >take that with a healthy dose of skepticism, > too. > > > > > > When I was in Rochester last weekend I checked > in > > > with my friends who > > > work at Kodak. The ones who work in the division > > > that makes imaging > > > chips seemed fairly optimistic but everyone else > was > > > absolutely gloomy. > > > > > > I know a chemist who works on inkjet papers and > > > related stuff and he > > > didn't seem optimistic about the way things were > > > going at all. > > > > > > >> The only thing I know of that might keep > ordinary > > > color negative film > > > >> in production is that in a number of states > > > digital images are not > > > >> allowed as forensic evidence, but I expect > that > > > will change over time. > > > > > > I wonder what states don't allow it now? My SO > is a > > > pathologist who > > > occasionally serves as an expert witness in > court. > > > In New York State > > > they don't even ask how the image was made. Our > > > forensic pathologist > > > friend in North Carolina does his photography > > > exclusively digitally now. > > > > > > >> And, so long as motion picture companies > shoot on > > > film there will be a > > > >> demand for those types of film. But that > market > > > is also going digital. > > > >> > > > >> I don't see a future for film as a consumer > item. > > > The days when you > > > >> can go into a drugstore or Wally-Mart and > pick up > > > a few rolls of film > > > >> are definitely numbered. > > > >> > > > >> As a specialty item for fine art > photographers, > > > black and white film > > > >> should be around for some time, but will > become > > > increasingly expensive. > > > > > > From the art shows at which I've sold prints > I've > > > noticed that, > > > regardless of what the final print looks like > (and I > > > expect inkjets will > > > catch up with wet prints before long), people > like > > > knowing (and being > > > able to tell their friends) that the print > hanging > > > on their wall is a > > > "silver gelatin" photographic print made in a > real > > > darkroom. This seems > > > to apply only to black & white prints. > > > > > > Well, as long as they buy the print I'm not > picky... > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Mark Roberts > > > Photography and writing > > > www.robertstech.com > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.ntlworld.com > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software > Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
