From: "Tom C" >> 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. > 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. Except that some 20+ years after CDs "killed" vinyl records, you can still get new ones. You do have to make some record to find 'em, but they're available.
I fully expect film to hang in there the same way. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
