And why should my anecdotal evidence require more facts than anyone else's in this discussion?
Tom Cakalic wrote: > Support your first sentence with facts please. > > > Tom C. > > > >> From: "P. J. Alling" <[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, 06 Aug 2007 13:30:40 -0400 >> >> 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 Film not only is, it has been superceded by an alternative technology 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 >> > > > > -- 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
