On Aug 5, 2007, at 8:08 AM, Bob Shell wrote: > ... I see many signs > that film is not dead and perhaps will see a renaissance in the next > few years. ...
The continuing question is will there be enough profitability to keep the film manufacturing plants running, for what variety of films, at what quality and price point. B&W film manufacturing is relatively inexpensive to manufacture compared to color emulsions but the profitability/quality/price equation will rule in all cases. Same goes for the production and marketing of chemistry supplies. Sure, there are plenty of niche markets. Are the aesthetic joys of film going to stand up against a price of $5 per exposure? the lack of high-silver-content paper? Just pondering, really. I like film, I use digital mostly but still have plenty of film equipment and negatives around. I don't shoot much of it any more because the processing tasks are all slow and tedious, and editability is more limited. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
