Vickko
Veteran
GAS and anti-GAS go in seasons.
anjoca76
Well-known
No, I grew up in Albany, NY. Not rural at all. Not saying that there weren't local options; just saying that's what I remember. Probably cheaper. Which is the same reason why I still send film out to be processed myself. There are local labs here in Boston, but they are either much more expensive or they do a poor job.
chrispiper
Established
Don't jinx the M8 for me, I've got my eye on it ...
goamules
Well-known
35mm has gotten so expensive to process, it's pushing more holdouts into digital. Even my 71 year old mom is sick of developing costs, and is buying a digital. So that takes care of the consumer market, which is now 99.9% digital.
Many pro-sumers of the past have also now gone digital. When I walk around with a Leica or Canon, they come up to talk. It's always, "I used to shoot one of those....15, 20, 30 years ago..."
Finally, we're left with the avant guarde, who like mechanical marvels, or just being different. And the speculators, who believe things like these are investments. And those are very few in numbers.
I've never been able to sell much 35mm here, and barely on Ebay. There just aren't that many people interested. Supply and demand is at work.
Many pro-sumers of the past have also now gone digital. When I walk around with a Leica or Canon, they come up to talk. It's always, "I used to shoot one of those....15, 20, 30 years ago..."
Finally, we're left with the avant guarde, who like mechanical marvels, or just being different. And the speculators, who believe things like these are investments. And those are very few in numbers.
I've never been able to sell much 35mm here, and barely on Ebay. There just aren't that many people interested. Supply and demand is at work.
celluloidprop
Well-known
gear seems to come in interesting waves - for a while there were a ton of Fuji MF rangefinders for sale on the boards (and at KEH), now none; KEH didn't have any single-stroke M3s the last time I looked
unixrevolution
Well-known
I chalk it up to a number of factors already mentioned in the thread:
1. Local development solutions becoming less economical and available (thank God I have Ritz, District Photo, and Dodge Chrome!)
2. An uptake in digital camera technology, packaging, and styling, especially by the likes of Sony and Fuji
And a reason I hadn't seen mentioned specifically but touched upon:
Kodak's bankruptcy. People are idiots. A lot of the American public, at least, think that "Kodak files for chapter 11" means "Nobody anywhere is making film anymore." They don't research, they don't really care, the news outlets misinform and sensationalize and THEY personally haven't bought film in a few years...so for all they know, it's true, even though brand-new fresh-dated Kodak is on shelves at Target and Walgreen's.
Hell, there's another so called "Film user" here at work (more of a camera junkie than a photographer) who *swore* to me Kodak stopped making all film in 2009 (When Kodachrome was discontinued.)
1. Local development solutions becoming less economical and available (thank God I have Ritz, District Photo, and Dodge Chrome!)
2. An uptake in digital camera technology, packaging, and styling, especially by the likes of Sony and Fuji
And a reason I hadn't seen mentioned specifically but touched upon:
Kodak's bankruptcy. People are idiots. A lot of the American public, at least, think that "Kodak files for chapter 11" means "Nobody anywhere is making film anymore." They don't research, they don't really care, the news outlets misinform and sensationalize and THEY personally haven't bought film in a few years...so for all they know, it's true, even though brand-new fresh-dated Kodak is on shelves at Target and Walgreen's.
Hell, there's another so called "Film user" here at work (more of a camera junkie than a photographer) who *swore* to me Kodak stopped making all film in 2009 (When Kodachrome was discontinued.)