Black and White Photopaper is almost as easy to make as Black and White film. It could even become a cottage industry, (unlike film which requires the manufacture of suitable film stock). I could see numerous small factories selling "classic" photo emulsions, for a price.
Bob Shell wrote: > On Aug 5, 2007, at 11:38 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > >> 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. >> > > I think black and white film will be with us for quite a while. I > don't give color film legs. > > I wouldn't put money on photo paper, but Maaco has just built a new > factory to manufacture the old Agfa papers, so I could be wrong. > Most photographers I know who shoot film are scanning their negatives > and making digital prints. While film camera prices are climbing, > darkroom equipment equipment prices are still declining. Virginia > Tech closed down their film darkroom recently and auctioned off all > the equipment. Omega 4 X 5 enlargers went for ten or fifteen dollars > each. Sad.... My friend didn't buy any because he has no storage > space for big stuff like that. > > 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
