When they no longer make film...

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Pickett Wilson said:
"And when they stop making film....I will start making it."

O.K. I'm interested. How will you make 35mm film?
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... coat an AgBr suspension in gelatin onto an old washed off pre-cut acetate base in total darkness? That would be my first rial. Don't they have machines that do that?

It shouldn't be to difficult to determine tha ration of AgBr in the gel. Of chloride? Or what... some organo-metallic? Kodak chemists MUST be around, still looking for consulting gigs, eh?
 
Chris101 said:
... coat an AgBr suspension in gelatin onto an old washed off pre-cut acetate base in total darkness? That would be my first rial. Don't they have machines that do that?

It shouldn't be to difficult to determine tha ration of AgBr in the gel. Of chloride? Or what... some organo-metallic? Kodak chemists MUST be around, still looking for consulting gigs, eh?
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Ron Mowry, goes by the handle "Photo Engineer" as I recall, has posted here, but more often found on APUG. He's a retired Kodak engineer, and he makes his own film, and teaches a class on it, as I recall.

It can be done, with a great deal of effort. Last I heard it was lumpy gravy on large format film, not 35mm and certainly not anything resembling commercial quality, but it can be done.

However, the odds of the average "I will just make my own" person actually making their own? Just over zero, based on the post rate of people making the claim versus the rate of those who come back and demonstrate their new product.

In other words, to Carlson Highway; I rather doubt it.
 
I don't care how big or how great digital sensors become. For me, they will always be cold and clinical and create soulless, grainless captures. That doesn't interest me in the slightest. I could've upgraded to a 40D or 5D from my 20D but I have chosen to put my money into analog tech, namely Leica M and M-mount lenses. In retrospect, I should've just hung onto my 1D and I would've been just fine. I have definitely entertained the idea of a FF digital body but again, the pull of film is much stronger for me and I am invested in it for the long run. I'll continue to try to do my part to support the film industry.

This also reminds me of the mechanical watch niche, particularly in regards to mawz's comparison of disposable cameras and cell phone cameras. When I tell people I still enjoy wearing a mechanical watch (or any watch for that matter) I often get asked why in the world I would bother with it if I already have a cell phone. I have an atomic clock app for my phone but much like film photography for me, a mechanical watch has a soul to it. There is a chaos/error factor that I think mirrors the human experience that is much more desirable to me than the sickening ocean of perfection and convenience of digital technology.
 
anorphirith said:
because people who buy it will disappear
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I don't have exact numbers though believe there are people coming to film. Without any photo experience and from digital realm.

Fact per se is correct - all people will disappear, in some moment. This doesn't tells anything about current and 10-years trends of film market, though.
 
Chippy, I've been seriously into photography for almost 50 years, now, and every day film becomes more irrelevant to me. Digital gives me the quality I only dreamed about for most of those 50 years. That wasn't always the case. While film's disappearance would make the significant investment I have in Leicas and LF film gear worthless, I wouldn't miss it at all, as much nostalgia as I feel for the good old days. 🙂
 
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