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Toby : amazingly said! my thoughts in words!
Agreeing with what you said, I would just point out that silver is a component in all films currently on sale, color or BW. In C41 and E6 processes silver is replaced by colored dyes during processing, but it still is used to capture the image.telenous said:Film may be priced out of the "reasonably affordable" bracket, for reasons like the rise in the price of silver (B and W emulsions only need worry), or environmental reasons, so much so, that enough more people abandon it and the market for it falls below the threshold of profitability.
tkluck said:Things that are not dead: (even if you cant find 'em at Walmart)
- Flintlock firearms
- Archery
- Sail
- Horses
- Ballroom dancing (disco IS dead)
- The model A Ford (you can build one from repro parts)
- non-light beer
- Hand made furnature
And my favorite: Crimes comitted with swords
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Which actualy will make it even more adorable 🙂I think film will become like these things
bsdunek said:Good list! In the art vein, let me add:
Oil Painting
Watercolor Painting
Charcoal
Wood Carving
Working with clay
Additionally, some of us still cook from scratch (no prepared foods), have a wood burning fireplace, and use wood #2 pencils.
I think film will become like these things. 😎
robert blu said:For what concerns Italy, film is not dead. Not yet. B&W if home developped and printed is not a problem. C-41 still running. E-6 process is not yey getting difficult, but quality decreasing because non optimal use of lab and chemistry (less volume of film process cause aging of chemistry). I'm more worried, as amateur, of difficulties to buy a film scanner (35mm). Even in biggest and more professional shops of big cities they are not available. Having choicen at this moment an hybrid way (film+scanner) I am starting to have doubts. Hope to be wrong!
bsdunek said:Good list! In the art vein, let me add:
Oil Painting
Watercolor Painting
Charcoal
Wood Carving
Working with clay
Additionally, some of us still cook from scratch (no prepared foods), have a wood burning fireplace, and use wood #2 pencils.
I think film will become like these things. 😎
courtney said:I just checked in with my local lab (a PRO Lab) and they informed me that they are ceasing all film proccessing !!!!!!!!
Yet another lab in my city either closing or ceasing all film work. This is in Brisbane Australia, let me know whats going on with labs in your part of the world???
After just buying my Mamiya 6 .......im getting nervous now !!!!
Finder said:I would like to see some proof the digital photography is "better" for the environment than chemical photography. You need nasty stuff to make ICs and CCDs, and most of my film cameras don't need batteries. Both use paper in chemistry to get prints, so no great difference there. Digital cameras certainly don't have a long shelf life. I've certainly gone through more computers and printers in my life than enlargers and processors. I would imagine the amount of energy spent in a digital world is greater than a chemical one and how is that electricity generated? I guess digital darkrooms don't dirty the house so it is perceived as "cleaner."
somecanuckchick said:Many retailers are no longer stocking film... much the same way some camera manufacturers are no longer making film cameras. There are also many labs which have went under in recent years.
Sad, but true.
No doubt this will force cost of film - and processing - through the roof...
🙁 SC