----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Owens"
Subject: RE: FID (Film is Dead)


> The processing industry is not dying.  The same minilabs that do film now
> also print from digital media.  This is what the vast majority of picture
> takers (not photographers) want and the industry has responded.

Bill, I think the processing industry as it relates to film is on it's way 
out. Printing is alive and well, though print volumes are down 
significantly, or at least were the last time I checked.
It's not easy for me to get really accurate numbers now, as I am no longer 
in the business.
For the record, I am not in the least bitter about that. I was rather bitter 
when the consumer decided that photolabs belonged in department stores, but 
honestly, wild horses couldn't drag me back into dealing with the idiots and 
morons that I had to contend with for the 20 years that I worked in the 
camera store/1hour lab business.

William Robb 


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