I don't know tons of young photographers, but those into the craft, use film. Those who use digital just make "reality TV" with no arr or thought. It serves them but these are the same people who bought P&S cameras. I expect that there will always be a market for B&W materials, and as I pointed out, you can make the printing paper in your bathroom, (or something like it, that is the way it was done for 75-80% of the history of what we know as photography). I will miss color slides, sometimes I do already.
Tom C wrote: >> Film not only is, it has been superceded by an alternative technology that 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 >> >> >> > > This is the statement I agree with most out of the whole thread. I see film > almost the same as I see vinyl records. There will be under 1% of the > consumer base that cares about film, even B&W film. What most people see in > a B&W photo is the absence of color, not the nuances that can be had by > using certain films and processing techniques. I don't see a film > renaissance either, it's just common sense. > > Shortly the combined income of street sketch and caricature artists will > exceed the income made by film sales and processing. > > Morbid thought... The demise of film will continue to accelerate as those > who use film kick the bucket, and those who have only used film in their > childhoods couldn't care less about using it in the present or future. > > Tom C. > > > > -- 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
