What with the negatif "if..." threads?

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I found it remakably that the last weeks he forum was filled with a lot of "what if..." threads. And all of then rather negative tinted.

So what if film dies or Leica goes bust. The world won't stop because of it.

The great thing about the naked ape is its power of adaptation.
 
I was driving into work yesterday morning listening to K-LOVE & the morning crew was talking about Kodak selling off it's film division. The announcer said his young son just bought an old 70's film camera on Craigslist. I thought that was cool. I believe the younger generation is going to experience a renaissance of old film camera's so I have hope instead of what if's.:)
 
Spanik said:
I found it remakably that the last weeks he forum was filled with a lot of "what if..." threads. And all of then rather negative tinted.

So what if film dies or Leica goes bust. The world won't stop because of it.

The great thing about the naked ape is its power of adaptation.
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seeing as you are almost quoting my thread...

i don't see myself as negative but i do think about stuff at times...like what if kinds of stuff...

i'll keep it to myself if you like.
joe
 
i'll keep it to myself if you like.
joe

No Joe, don't keep it to yourself! I think also many times - what if?
I've often times wanted to start such a thread but couldn't put it out
there as well as you did.I say keep it up.
 
I wouldn't take it so personally Joe. That was a good observation made. Perhaps just a bad example to imply. The question is both valid and worthy of discussion IMO. There is an awful lot of "gloom-and-doom" on ALL forums, not just RFF and not just in your thread. But I do understand your gut reaction.

This is a time when there are many potential changes brewing and change does not come easy to most people. Whether it is "negativity", or "concern", or "valid discussion" is valid discussion.
 
Write it as you see it, Joe.

Film will likely be different, but supply will match demand. Bet that we can find it for a long time. But anything that happens to Kodak is important.

Leica caused a big part of its market to swallow a dilemma. That's pretty modern of them.


Pete
 
Guilty, I confess. A thread on the RF-dom going the way of the dodo was my doing.

Sometimes venting just helps in unexpected ways: people provide a point of view that I had missed before. It's been a 'life-saver' in a photographic sense more than once already. It's got me ideas that helped me forward. To whom it may concern: thanks!

But, it's my (and anyones) prerogative, you can simply choose not to read that thread!

I'm happy for you that adapting is easy, myself I got worried with the prospect of having to retire my Leicas (and Rolleiflexes!) while they are about to become an important part of my photography :eek:
 
Spanik said:
... So what if film dies or Leica goes bust. The world won't stop because of it. ...
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Kodak is dying. It has a lot of people upset.

It's been a while since Kodak was a big part of my photographic life. Yeah, they designed and built the sensor in my E-1 and M9 ... but that was then, both cameras are working well and will do so for likely as long as I'll use them.

Kodak also made a lot of the films I used to use. I haven't used much of that film for many years. Other films are out there.

Good photography transcends format and medium ... and has done so over and over again through the past almost two centuries. It is constantly reinventing itself in the minds of people who love to make images with light.

If film itself disappeared and Leica failed, well, there are other recording mediums and other cameras. My film cameras would become shelf decorations if I can no longer buy film for them, and my Leicas would continue to be viable until they broke and no parts to fix them were available.

I'm not going to live forever either, that's a fact.
 
We find ourselves in a transitional period. Technology has always been entwined with photography. But recently the rate of change is unprecedented. The turbulence from the rapid pace is unsettling.

Photographers have to wrap their heads around what this change means and how it affects their work. Each of us reacts differently to anxiety.

Part of what we're experiencing here could be related to how we cope and adjust to these changes.
 
Godfrey said:
Kodak is dying. It has a lot of people upset.
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Yes. But Kodak was of rather different relevance this and that side of the Atlantic, up to the seventies they were only present in those select parts of Europe where they had purchased a local company, and they never got past a "one of three or four major makers" status here. Many Europeans don't quite get how much it must hurt the USAians when the key company they'd identify with photography goes away ...
 
change happens and we must cope with it or not.

at my age change is happening all over...in the past few years my doctor and my mechanic have retired...2 people i have relied upon for over 20 years. my chiropractor also retired...my favourite restaurants have closed...old friends and relatives have died...lots of change...so talking about the change in my gear really isn't all that big of a deal to me.
 
gb hill said:
I was driving into work yesterday morning listening to K-LOVE & the morning crew was talking about Kodak selling off it's film division. The announcer said his young son just bought an old 70's film camera on Craigslist. I thought that was cool. I believe the younger generation is going to experience a renaissance of old film camera's so I have hope instead of what if's.:)
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I hope for the same. i'm getting lots of "cool camera" from young people on my Kodak Retina and Leicaflex SL2. I hope its not just a passing fad for them.
 
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