> She told me in the last year or so, the film shelves behind the cash > went from 8 to 3 .
At my former place of work, until about a year and a half ago we had a big wall of film (seen to the left in this snap of me in my Tusken Raider costume from a few Halloweens ago: http://www.neovenator.com/special/halloween/tuskenclerk.jpg) plus a BIG glass-door refrigerator (the size of three normal fridges) full of pro film, color paper, and specialty films (IR, tungsten, etc). Over time, the amount and types of film we carried became less and less. Around here, people just weren't buying film like the used to. Rolls of Velvia (all the variants), for instance, were sitting in the fridge for months. It was the same with just about everything that wasn't some cheapass Kodak crap (Gold 200 and the like). I've seen the same thing at other local camera and photofinishing shops. Film is quickly becoming a niche market. I knew pros who swore they'd never switch to digital that are now shooting with D200s, 5Ds, and up. I'm often told they just couldn't keep up with the newcomers shooting digital who provided instant gratification to their clients, and were forced to switch. When I ask if they would go back if they could, most answer no, because now they like digital and think it's good enough for their work. The move away from film is driving a lot of photofinishers out of business, unfortunately. John P.S.: My old employer is closing up next week, partly because the store owner's father went and sold the building the store is in without warning. Next year, it'll be a shoe shop. I guess you could say they really got the boot. P.P.S.: Douglas Adams fans might find the shoe shop news as both amusing and alarming at the same time. ;) -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
