Kevin
Rainbow Bridge
Bill,
You can clearly see that the consumer market is still divided by monitoring *bay. Millions of film cameras are trading hands yearly and these buyers are either reselling or hopefully using the cameras, in which case they are buying film. This is a real demand and the market responds to demand forces.
If people buy film, companies will continue making it. If the big manufacturers sell off their plants, other companies will buy them and continue to produce. Compared to the textile industry, the chemical waste produced by film manufacture and development is nothing.
It might become more expensive for users down the line, but film will never die. Have a look at gigabit film gmbh. A small outfit making film. I do not know how big their plant is, but they are doing it.
It is fun to try to predict the future, but let's face it. You cannot.
And to reiterate what has been said in other threads: digital files are not permanent archives like film is. Some photographers I know of in Germany are starting to back up their digital images onto .... yes .... film. Now how ironic is that?
Kevin
You can clearly see that the consumer market is still divided by monitoring *bay. Millions of film cameras are trading hands yearly and these buyers are either reselling or hopefully using the cameras, in which case they are buying film. This is a real demand and the market responds to demand forces.
If people buy film, companies will continue making it. If the big manufacturers sell off their plants, other companies will buy them and continue to produce. Compared to the textile industry, the chemical waste produced by film manufacture and development is nothing.
It might become more expensive for users down the line, but film will never die. Have a look at gigabit film gmbh. A small outfit making film. I do not know how big their plant is, but they are doing it.
It is fun to try to predict the future, but let's face it. You cannot.
And to reiterate what has been said in other threads: digital files are not permanent archives like film is. Some photographers I know of in Germany are starting to back up their digital images onto .... yes .... film. Now how ironic is that?
Kevin