I think you didn't get my point: how much is your Kodak worth today? What did you pay for it when new? How much did a Nikon FM/FE cost several years ago, how much does it cost today, after 20+ years? Will your Kodak be serviced in 20 years? But the Nikon can be serviced in 20 years.
I paid $900 for the Kodak DSLR. I will sell it for approximately the same or more when I am tired of it. I buy the trailing edge. I also have more film cameras then some small camera stores. Don't assume you have some strategic economic superiority. I've been at this a long time. I MAKE money at my hobby by buying and selling. Many film cameras have been rendered useless because the size film for them has not been made for many years. Your Nikon FE argument is a straw man argument. The production of film and processing also requires an enormous industrial infrastructure to support it.
No, the raving was different, because it was about the same technology: an emulsion on top of a carrier material, which can be glass, acetate, polyester, etc.
Nonsense, you are disturbed at a shift in the previous order. All images are caused by photons altering a photo-sensitive material or surface. Eventually, you view them or print them.
This is a Contax forum, and just because someone mentioned he returned to film there is no need to convince the rest of us with the f**cking digital stuff.
To make it clear: Contax or Contax G1 and G2 or Zeiss Ikons are film cameras, which most of the digital superguys never had in their hands.
Also nonsense. I have been shooting with a Contax since I was 14 years old. I have a large collection of Zeiss lenses. In a recent thread I just posted several portraits of an artist I know shot with a Sonnar lens, FILM, and a Contax IIA.
What I said, and what sitemistic said, is that we enjoy using all forms of photo-imaging technology. Nobody is trying to force YOU to abandon film.
It's not an "one or the other" ultimatum. I like making PICTURES. I like to use whatever technology gives me the means to that end.
I don't have to "chase" technology. We live in a consumer society. You can happily play with all you want when the "latest and greatest" is discarded by the nuts who ARE CRAZILY COMPELLED to spend like crazy to keep on the leading edge.
Use the right tool for the job. Have fun and use what you like. Your posts are hostile, cursing and angry. Clearly, there are other issues at work other than the "film vs digital" debate.
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