From: "Christine Aguila"
Bruce Dayton wrote:
>
>>Certainly a tell-tale sign of the future of film. Sounds like the
>>cost to get color developed is only going to rise until doing it at
>>home is the only viable option.
>>
>>I'm sure glad I sold my film gear when it still had some value.
>
> About two years ago I stopped in at one of the big box stores in a
> major shopping mall in Pittsburgh and decided to have a look at the
> photo lab. I chatted with the manager there and learned that their
> daily volume for film processing was... about 5 rolls. "Sometimes 10 a
> day on weekends". I'm sure the level has gone down since then. Before
> long it won't even be worthwhile for them to use film processing as a
> loss-leader to get customers in the door. Expect the cost of chemistry
> to skyrocket then.
>
> None of the students in my classes has ever used a film camera.
I've met some students this week who have never seen a record player (I
quickly told them to google record player and click web images), and I used
the expression *45* and received lots of wrinkled brows; I then proceeded to
define the term used. :-)
A fine collection of 45s here:
http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20americaine/colt/colt%201911%20et%20variantes-01.jpg
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