HHPhoto
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Positive news:
Increasing sales of professional photo film this year compared to last year:
http://soundcloud.com/film-photography-project/film-photography-podcast-2011
Looks like Kodak's strategy of streamlining the portfilio and concentrating on films with higher demand is successful.
Cheers, Jan
Increasing sales of professional photo film this year compared to last year:
http://soundcloud.com/film-photography-project/film-photography-podcast-2011
Looks like Kodak's strategy of streamlining the portfilio and concentrating on films with higher demand is successful.
Cheers, Jan
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dazedgonebye
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The link sends me to a "freemail" page. No article there.
HHPhoto
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Thanks,
next try:
http://soundcloud.com/film-photography-project/film-photography-podcast-2011
Cheers, Jan
bigeye
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Good news for the good guys.
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ChrisPlatt
Thread Killer
I predict the trend will continue as they kill off the popular-priced amateur lines. 
Chris
Chris
Chriscrawfordphoto
Real Men Shoot Film.
Most film shooters today are the serious amateurs and artists who want quality that amateur films like Kodak Gold don't give, plus all Kodak black and white films are now classed as Professional films, and black and white has remained a lot stronger as a medium done with film than color has.
Bob Michaels
nobody special
I think it says something that so few people read, comment or track a thread with a title such as this one. Yet, there are hordes who jump on each of a continuing stream of "Kodak is dying" or "film is dead" posts.
Meanwhile, I am just buying and shooting film. If availability becomes a problem, I will not need some internet forum to tell me such.
Meanwhile, I am just buying and shooting film. If availability becomes a problem, I will not need some internet forum to tell me such.
maddoc
... likes film again.
Good for Kodak !! More power to them !!
FrankS
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Nokton48
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Well thought through comments. +1
Roger Hicks
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This may be because so many of the 'Film is Dead' comments are by people who WANT film to die, or by those who just like being scared.
Those of us who shoot film, shoot film, and will worry about lack of availability if it happens in our lifetimes.
Cheers,
R.
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
If we apply the "emotion" used by "film is dead" thread openers, this of course means that :gasp: digital is dead. The "film vs. digital" dichotomy dictates it.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
If we apply the "emotion" used by "film is dead" thread openers, this of course means that :gasp: digital is dead. The "film vs. digital" dichotomy dictates it.
Ugh! ... not another digital is dead thread!
Wake me when it's over ... please!
HHPhoto
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Hi Christopher,
yes, I agree, but please don't forget the huge and rapidly increasing demand from the Holga and Lomo shooters, already more than one million worldwide, and they are primarily using the consumer color films.
yes.
I've recently talked to a Fuji rep. on a German photo fair, and he told me that 95% of the whole worldwide photo film market is color film. Only 5% is BW.
Cheers, Jan
yes, I agree, but please don't forget the huge and rapidly increasing demand from the Holga and Lomo shooters, already more than one million worldwide, and they are primarily using the consumer color films.
yes.
I've recently talked to a Fuji rep. on a German photo fair, and he told me that 95% of the whole worldwide photo film market is color film. Only 5% is BW.
Cheers, Jan
HHPhoto
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Stuart John
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Yeah, Yeah digital is dying and new film cameras will be offered by all manufactures again. New labs will open and they will have new optical printers. Yeah no more computer graphics back to real photography....
Solinar
Analog Preferred
Jan, that's an interesting observation, which I would guess has been true for at least a couple of decades.
HHPhoto
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Dear Roger,
exactly.
And there are three additional types of these "doom and gloom" posters:
- digital marketing guys: The "film is dead" campaign has been one of the major marketing tricks of the digital camera industry: "You have no choice, you have to turn to digital because film production will be stopped".
Millions of photographers believed it, sold their film gear and turned to digital. This marketing trick has been effective for a long time, no doubt.
- people who have sold all their film gear at big loss, invested thousands of bucks in digital gear, and now try to justify their decision ("I had to do it because film is dead").
The psychological terminus for that behavier is "kognitive Dissonanz"
- stupid film shooters who join in in this film is dead nonsense and permanently discourage younger photographers to try film with all their negativity.
Cheers, Jan
gavinlg
Veteran
I'm going to celebrate by saving up for an OM1n.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
If film does have a resurgence to a point where the major players can be assured of their futures in this medium I see some possible spin off benefits.
Someone needs needs to produce a decent scanner at a competetive price with the ability of the Nikon 9000 or better ... or maybe Nikon could re-think their departure from this area and start making their two main scanners again, possibly with a few improvements. Nikon, after all, are still a current manufacturer of a film camera if you believe what you read so why shouldn't they offer a top end scanner if they see an increase in film sales ... it's not like they don't have the technology! I'd suggest that maybe Leica could show some interest but who could afford it!
I don't necessarily see a film revival as being a darkroom/wet printing resurgence ... a lot of people got away from darkrooms for reasons other than a lack of interesest in photography. Darkrooms are smelly things, are are fairly location sensitive and not all people are comfortable with the chemicals they have to use to achieve their result. The hybrid process is clean, very adaptable space and location wise and utiilises a computer ... something most of us own!
Someone needs needs to produce a decent scanner at a competetive price with the ability of the Nikon 9000 or better ... or maybe Nikon could re-think their departure from this area and start making their two main scanners again, possibly with a few improvements. Nikon, after all, are still a current manufacturer of a film camera if you believe what you read so why shouldn't they offer a top end scanner if they see an increase in film sales ... it's not like they don't have the technology! I'd suggest that maybe Leica could show some interest but who could afford it!
I don't necessarily see a film revival as being a darkroom/wet printing resurgence ... a lot of people got away from darkrooms for reasons other than a lack of interesest in photography. Darkrooms are smelly things, are are fairly location sensitive and not all people are comfortable with the chemicals they have to use to achieve their result. The hybrid process is clean, very adaptable space and location wise and utiilises a computer ... something most of us own!