 Paul D. Carter |
Digital SLR cameras vs. Film-Based SLRs What is the future of fil photography as you forsee it? When will film photography become obsolete. Is it possible to purchase What is your opinion, advice. I prefer film cameras and I do I know manufacturers are forcing Thanks. Paul
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doug Nelson |
When Kodak and Fuji can no longer turn a profit making film in the 35mm size, it'll be gone. When the chain-store photofinishers can't turn a profit on processing, it, too, will be gone. Hopefully medium and large format film will be around longer. Those of of who shoot and love film can help the situation by buying more of it, and by patronizing our favorite photofinisher. Keep enjoying Leica, Contax, Nikon, Pentax and other film camera lenses on the film cameras for which they were designed. When you want to shoot digital, you can mount them, using adpaters, to some Canon digital SLR's, Pentax SLR's OR on the Olympus digital SLR's. Both camera lines are adapter-friendly. Hassles include the digital magnification factor (a 28mm acts as a 56, except on SLR's with a 35-frame-size sensor), no autofocus, and you'd be limited to aperture-priority or manual exposure setting.
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Jon Close |
Film is already obsolete for a number of uses (photojournalism for one). That doesn't mean a particular individual needs to ever stop using film. You can continue to use film so long as you can buy, develop, print it. While Kodak and Fujifilm full steam ahead into digital, neither looks like they will stop producing film or the necessary supporting chemicals/paper, for a long time.
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Ron Kerr |
what we probibly will see is film go the way of the specialist or artist specific. Film will become increasingly harder to find and those with film fridges (like me) that stockpile our films will become the last hold outs. B&W may continue for longer due to people that due their own developing. Being able to scan film may extend it life, for how long who knows
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Bob Cammarata |
It's true that it is up to us to keep using and processing film to keep it around. Local labs around my home are closing up at an alarming rate and the few still around will "hold" my E-6 film for days until they have enough to warrant turning on the equipment. I've recently started sending my film out (to Colorado). The turn-around is quicker and it's cheaper...even with the shipping costs.
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Diane Dupuis |
Hold out as long as you wish guys... I mean some still do travel by horse and buggy... Eventually you'll lose the battle.
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Ron Kerr |
I didn't know it was a battle. Ron
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Bob Cammarata |
I'm not sure it's really a "battle",...but since I'm intimately familiar with my arsenal of weaponry...and my ammo supply is still viable, I guess I'll keep on fighting. Eventually though, I accept that the machines will take over.
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