Tom, My biggest film concern is not that it will go away, but that the choices will continue to diminish. The more specialty/unique films will slowly go on the chopping block as more pros turn to digital. I would be far less happy about film if my only choices were Kodak Gold and Fuji Superia.
Bruce Tuesday, September 24, 2002, 4:26:38 PM, you wrote: >> New kodak films: >> http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/pressReleases/pr20020924-21.shtml >> Nice to see someone still investing in film R&D! TS> Cool beans. TS> Though in regard to the idea of someone "still" investing in film R&D, I TS> think one thing most "film is going to be gone next year!!" type people TS> forget is that for 80% of the world, computers are a luxury they can TS> scarce afford, for personal use. Maybe there's one in the library, but TS> not one at home. Heck, even for a lot of people in the States computers TS> and digital cameras are a far-off cry. When the computer is dirt cheap, TS> the camera is dirt cheap, and they hook up easily and quickly, then maybe TS> they'll go to film. TS> In the meanwhile, though, for the billions of people for whom a film TS> camera is the only choice, and paying attention to the millions of TS> existing film cameras out there, I think we'll see film for a long while TS> to come. TS> On the other hand, that new Kodak 16mp sure do sound sweet. :) TS> Tom
