You're not on point though Dave (IMO). I cannot go and buy a new vinyl record of any CD I want, can I? Turntables never did stop selling totally. There's the multi-$1000 audiophile kind and there's the $100 - $150 kind for people that still play LP's (likely because those albums are not released on CD).
Of course you know this. :-) I suppose there is still someone that plays 78 rpm records on a gramophone, and it would not surprise me if way back in the hills of Kentucky that someone's playing wax cylinders. I personally forsee a time in the not too distant future when no one anywhere is making film. If there is someone doing that 10/20 years from now, I would also guess that those buying it are real eccentrics and not likely mainstream photographers, whether making a living from it or not. I guess film won't be truly dead as long as there is one unexposed frame and one camera body to expose it with. ;-) Tom C. >From: "David J Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: FID (Film is Dead) >Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 13:56:49 -0400 > >Can't agree totally on that Tom.. > >Vinyl seems to be holding on to a share in this area, small but >still.......... > >One of the bigger stereo places that have been around for a long time, >are advertising players again. > >My records are going no were.:-) > >Dave > >On 8/6/07, Tom Cakalic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah, so I can just go down and take my pick right? Any new CD, any old >CD > > still in distribution, I can go get a brand new vinyl version? I don't > > think so. > > > > Vinyl is dead in in the eyes of the vast music buying public. From what >I > > understand CD's are going the same route when it comes to sales from >retail > > stores. What will save the CD format for a while is that is that people > > need a recordable, portable medium to store digital music on. > > > > Tom C. > > > > >From: John Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > >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 > > > > >-- >Equine Photography >www.caughtinmotion.com >http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >Ontario Canada > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
