The opposite is actually true, due to the still healthy sales of disposables. Most E6 labs have shut down. Paul On Feb 8, 2007, at 8:48 PM, Steve Sharpe wrote:
> It is my understanding that it's the print films that have crashed in > sales, since that is what the point-and-shooters use...and they have > largely gone digital. E-6 and black and white are holding up well, > though. > >> >> >> Just from my own worm's-eye-view of the industry, I expect 35mm C-41 >> film and the RA-4 print process is doing reasonably well, and will be >> around for a while yet. It's all hybrid now with the film scanned and >> the prints exposed with lasers, but they're still processed with the >> same chemistry. Makes it a lot easier to give the average consumer a >> good print. >> >> And disposable cameras are big. For the average picture taker, it >> was a >> pretty big problem to get to a vacation spot they'd saved up for for >> years and then find out they'd forgotten to pack the camera. Not >> any more. >> >> Now, if you get to your destination and find you find you don't >> have it, >> you can pick up a disposable that's at least good enough for >> snapshots >> of the kids at Disneyworld. And if you make it to some tropical >> paradise, you can get a waterproof one to take pictures during your >> snorkeling lesson ... or not have to risk your high dollar camera on >> that white-water rafting adventure. >> >> And a significant number of the digital images taken today end up >> processed into RA-4 prints. Grandma don't need no steenkin' >> computer to >> look at prints of the kids trying on the sweater she sent them for >> Christmas. > > -- > > Steve Sharpe > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > • > > http://earth.delith.com/photo_gallery.html > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
