Film must not be dead yet

There's a whole toy camera industry emerging these days.. and yes, it's driven by hipsters, and yes, they'll need film to load the cameras. So that's the good news.

The only caveat is that the toy camera crowd seems more interested in oddball effects than in image quality, so they'll not be a drive for the film industry to cough up better and better films every so often..
 
Last week I hired a stall at a "Vintage/Retro" fair selling, amongst other things, a selection of film cameras from Box Brownies to later, more sophisticated SLRs.
I was not only pleased by the commercial success of the venture but pleasantly surprised by the fact that the majority of my customers were teenagers. The really nice thing was that these "kids" seemed to be showing a genuine interest in using and experimenting with film, and as a result I am now going to help one young man set up his own dark room and show another chap how to use his Linhof Technika III, left to him by his grandfather ( lucky b*****d )
So even if this is just a present fad, there are bound to be a few that will carry on with it and I now feel more confident that the future or film is a little more secure.
 
blindlemon said:
..The really nice thing was that these "kids" seemed to be showing a genuine interest in using and experimenting with film..
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Good news indeed, and shows that there are people out there who are not into photography for the mega pixel count, but instead who may bring photography further as a form of art. :cool:
 
blindlemon said:
So even if this is just a present fad, there are bound to be a few that will carry on with it and I now feel more confident that the future or film is a little more secure.
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Exactly!

Some of these kids or will graduate to full bonafide film enthusiasts. There's no denying it: film is romantic and alluring. To me, the only downside to film is the financial cost. But in my case, I rationalise my expenses by simply cutting back elsewhere. For instance, I don't have huge phone bills.
 
jsrockit said:
That's been out for awhile... years.
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I didn't know that, or that Agfa had released a new 110 film. Still, I find it interresting. From the posts above, there apparently is an interest in film by younger people, including high school.

A couple of years ago, a Ritz manager (before their demise), on hearing my experience and interest in continuing to use film, suggested I consider volunteering at one of the local high schools. If I can ever come up with some spare time, I might just do that.

I can certainly lend some usable film cameras to those I consider reliable.
 
I believe that camera is made in China. Lomography also has
a 110 camera now called a Baby Diana or something like
that. I don't know where they're getting the film. The guy
on eBay shows the camera with AgfaPhoto film but I don't
see 110 film on AgfaPhoto's web site. There's some Fuji 110
film selling on eBay too but I don't see it on Fuji's web site.
 
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