Sadly, the numbers are against us. The fact that it is slowly starting to
happen is an indicator.
Bruce Dayton
Sacramento, CA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Skofteland, Christian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 3:20 AM
Subject: RE: Slides vs. digital
> I don't think I'm alone on this one. If it were to get prohibitively
> expensive due to decreased demand then I guess I, along with just about
> every Nature/Wildlife photographer out there, would be SOL.
>
> Christian Skofteland
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Dayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 4:25 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Slides vs. digital
>
>
> So just how rich are you? Much of what stays and goes is driven by cost.
> When film is less utilized, the price to produce will go up and the price
to
> develop will go up. After a while, manufacturers will quit making most of
> the emulsions because it doesn't make them enough money. We are already
> seeing that with our precious slow films (Ektar 25, Ultra 50, etc.). When
> the cost per frame is prohibitive, then we'll see how well you can single
> handedly keep it alive.
>
> Bruce Dayton
> Sacramento, CA
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Skofteland, Christian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 12:17 PM
> Subject: RE: Slides vs. digital
>
>
> > Maybe my problem with this thread is that some people are saying words
> like
> > "go the way of" "lasts" or "survives".
> >
> > I don't like digital photography. I don't like the way it looks. For
> that
> > matter I don't like video tape either.
> >
> > I think film has a quality that cannot be reproduced in any medium.
This
> > quality is hard for me to put into words but when I see a documentary by
> > Howard Hall, for example, or photographs by David Doubilet, the image
> > quality moves me unlike videotaped or digitally photographed images.
Can
> > you imagine Janus Kaminski filming Schindler's List with digital video?
> >
> > This is why I say you cannot use words like "go the way of" "lasts" or
> > "survives" because there will be people like me who won't allow it to go
> > away.
> >
> > Christian Skofteland
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 2:20 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: Slides vs. digital
> >
> >
> > Only until digital becomes tenable from a cost standpoint (which will be
> > a few--very few--years).
> >
> > I'll bet still "chemical" photography survives much longer than motion
> > picture
> > film. As Bill Casselberry pointed out, the resolution needed for motion
> > pictures is lower than for stills. The material costs (film, processing,
> > etc.) are much higher. As soon as digital video equipment reaches the
> > quality
> > of 35mm or 16mm film and equipment costs are similar (and independent
> > filmmakers
> > can edit everything on their home PCs) the shift is going to happen
fast.
> >
> > -- Original Message --
> >
> > >or stick with film! :-)
> > >
> > >
> > >>And before any one argues the whole videotape vs. film issue let me
say
> > >that
> > >>video has replaced film in consumer markets but not in the motion
> picture
> > >>and documentary industry.
> > >
> > >And that's one replacement that I can guarantee never *will* happen:
the
> > >motion picture and documentary makers will skip right over videotape
and
> > >go to digital when it's cost effective (a few more years).
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Mark Roberts
> > www.robertstech.com
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