As for the little yellow boxes...

[ch1]

Well deserve leg pull. 😉

But unlike there, I ain't payin' no $24 here to have to listen to BM's BS! 😀

 

[FrankS]

George, all you have to do is not read the threads that you don't like! It's really simple.

 

[ch1]

George, all you have to do is not read the threads that you don't like! It's really simple.

You're right, Frank.

I just have to throttle my tendency to try and reason. Particularly with those who are not capable of admitting that they may be incorrect.

I am trained to think with logic and reason and be willing to be open to changing my viewpoint when presented with new data.

I'm no longer interested in dealing with people who have to always be "right". And that is what is so frustrating about these kinds of threads!

BTW: I've "fitted" the R2S with one of my Nikkor 5.0cm/1.4's and going out to shoot the winning film-based photograph for the contest! 😀

 

[FrankS]

That's the spirit! Shooting film is much more productive than a cyber-argument.

 

[wlewisiii]

BTW: I've "fitted" the R2S with one of my Nikkor 5.0cm/1.4's and going out to shoot the winning film-based photograph for the contest! 😀

Only problem with that theory is this Canon 7 & 50/1.8 combo sitting here 😀 😀 😀

William

 

[Film dino]

Kodak gambled & lost on China largely staying with film in the short to medium term. The premise that film will survive is based on a substantial number of users not switching to digital, some new users of film, and some people switching back from digital. What data have we got that there will be any new users? . What are other film manufacturers doing to recruit new users, or to get digital users back?

 

[Frank Granovski]

Just for fun you could ask how you erase the pictures so you can use the film again.

🙄

Er, hmmm, ummm. Okay. Any bets on how long before I get the boot? 🙂

 

[wlewisiii]

It's actually quite simple, Frank. You mearly peel off the old emulsion and recoat the backing medium...

Please note, I said simple. Not easy...

:angel:

Scarey part is that Kodaks first roll film was made like that - the emulsion was on the backing paper and you peeled it off to develope and print it... 😱 I don't think they were into recycling the backing papers, but who knows? 🙂

William

 

[ray_g]

George, I've been dropping by APUG since early last year, and it is a good site. So's PNet and some other places. Each has it's own strengths and weaknesses.

It sure would be less "lively" here without you, and wish you well. However, to lambast RFF on APUG, and simultaneously talk about fitting your R2S for the contest here is a bit hypocritical, don't you think? It is never a good idea to burn bridges...



"I am so glad I have found APUG. With it's "focus on film" (yes, pun intended) I believe that I will not be subjected to the "film is dead" harrangues one finds on sites like RFF!"

 

[peterc]

Any bets on how long before I get the boot? 🙂

Whiney voice as boot meets posterior: "But it works with my digital film..."

Peter

 

[ch1]

Kodak gambled & lost on China largely staying with film in the short to medium term. The premise that film will survive is based on a substantial number of users not switching to digital, some new users of film, and some people switching back from digital. What data have we got that there will be any new users? . What are other film manufacturers doing to recruit new users, or to get digital users back?

TThere really was never a China option for film as a mass market product.

First of all, China was never a "primative" market.

Second, technological leap is a well known economic development factor. It is the reason why the formerly so-called "third world" nations (later known as "emerging markets") now have far superior wireless-based telcomms networks than EUR and NA.

There are no technological "stages" a nation MUST go through. You can be using drums to communicate today and then have cell phone networks replace them tomorrow!

This too is old news, but bet on Africa now if you want to know where the next "leading edge" networking technology is going to be developed! It's the last "blank slate" upon which will be writ the next phase of tech advancement!

That's one reason why I am so tired of these F-I-D posts by Bill M.

Tell me something I don't know, damnit. I'm not interested in hearing re-hashed news from mass media.

LOOK AT THE POSTING BILL M USED TO START THIS LATEST F-I-D THREAD.

IT IS A SECOND HAND REPORT IN AN AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER PICKING UP FROM A FIRST HAND USA-BASED REPORT FROM A WEEK AGO WHICH WAS PUBLISHED AS A COMPANY-ISSUED PRESS RELEASE!

IT IS VERY OLD NEWS!!!

I WORK IN FINANCE - THIS STUFF WAS "DISCOUNTED" IN THE MARKETPLACE WELL OVER A YEAR AGO!

WHY, WEEK AFTER WEEK, DOES THIS SITE REGULARLY RE-HASH THIS SAME OLD, SAME OLD STUFF FROM THIS GUY?

IT'S BORING

BASTA!

 

[bobofish]

It's common for people who feel they have been persecuted on one forum to go to a similar forum and announce that persecution. It's not particularly tactful, but it is common.

That said, it's also common for people who harrass one forum to harass another one as well.

I have a simple remedy for the film is dying argument.....go out and buy film.

It does nobody any good to whine and cry...just go out and do it. Buy film for yourself, buy film for other people, and convince other people to buy film. Otherwise, realize that technology changes, sometimes unpredictably.