Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Jan 18, 2006, at 7:46 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: > >> It's true. If you shoot B&W you're probably OK, but if you're into >> color digital is probably in your future whether you like it or not and >> sooner than you think. > >Right. Black and white film is relatively easy to make. Color film >requires one of the most complex chemical manufacturing processes >ever developed.
Not to mention the complexity of processing color film. (I also understand that the chemistry for color processing is much more toxic to the environment than B&W chemistry.) >I don't give color film a long lifespan at all. My personal predictions: >color transparency film will be gone in five years or less. Color >negative film, maybe seven or eight years. >Black and white film, 20 years or more. Sounds about right. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
