It's something I always expected. There's just too much beautifully made equipment that makes exceptional images built for film.
Bob Shell wrote: > Interesting thread. > > By coincidence I was visiting an old friend last week who runs one of > the country's few camera shops that still sells film cameras almost > exclusively. (John's Camera in Blacksburg, VA) John has about a > hundred film cameras in stock ranging from 35mm up to large format > (he has a gorgeous baby Linhof outfit for sale!). He's well stocked > with film and darkroom supplies. He's just bought another minilab > processor and is installing it now. He's seen an upswing in film > camera sales in the last year. > > I sell regularly on eBay, and I've noticed a dramatic upswing in > prices for some types of film cameras. I sold a bunch of Hasselblad > equipment several months ago and got much more for it than I ever > expected. Prices for Rollei TLRs have jumped considerably as well. > I'm wishing now that I had held on to some of my personal gear longer. > > I'm committed to digital for my commercial work, but I see many signs > that film is not dead and perhaps will see a renaissance in the next > few years. > > Bob > > -- The difference between Microsoft and 'Jurassic Park': In one, a mad businessman makes a lot of money with beasts that should be extinct. The other is a film. -- Unattributed -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
