----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: FID (Film is Dead)
> Times are a changing.... I think as well as many others that I know, > students should still learn about the darkroom side of photography. There > is a tech school in my county that still is teaching the darkroom side of > photography as part of he course. It's just like the automotive world, > there are many mechanics that can not tune up a car if it has a set of > points, ( how many mechanics today know how to set up a set of points with > a matchbook or even a dual > points ) the new mechanics can not work on a car unless they can hook it > up to a high tech machine that will tell them what is wrong.. > Just think if something major ever happened in the world, and wiped out > all electronic things (I am sure some of you know what I am talking > about), all the digital cameras would not be able to record the events and > the pointless cars would not be able to get the photographers around to > record the events. > Now for me, I still have lots and lots of fim, still have a darkroom setup > and still have my cars with points.. > I think is sad when I see ads of people selling their darkroom equipment > and there pre 1974-75 cars just because they are old and not as brand new > as their neighbors.... > As for Latin, the lawyers (who still practise law, have not learned it > yet) are really the only ones who use it. I learned when I was younger as > an alter boy.. I don't think your metaphor is quite accurate, although the analogy is interesting. Cars are a capital investment, and are not really a single use disposable commodity. Film not only is, it has been superceded by an alternative technology that has been embraced not only by the professional community, but also by the mainstream user. Film may see a renaissance of sorts, though I doubt it. More likely, within a very few years it will become so financially unworthwhile to manufacture that even the Chinese will give up on making it, and that will be the end of the line for it. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
