I agree with Windsor - if we do not support the present supply - it will
likely all but dissappear, and what is left will be extortionately expensive
to buy and get processed. Generally the slowest film I use is 100, and as
money permits I will build up a stock of some as I am able to allocate space
in the refrigerator. But using the film is important because, as well as
retail sales, lab service availability will depend on a certain demand level
for certain film processing.
And on this note ..... get a friend interested in 35mm photography today!!!
Uh, OM 35mm photography that is ;)
Cheers,
Lee
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From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [OM] slow film was The death of film.. pt n+1
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 17:14:20 -0700
I absolutely agree with you. However, remember that my comments were about
the typical P&S users (those who fire their flashes on a stadium), so your
gear and technique are *well above* from them. We must buy film in more
serious stores ;-)
400 is a nice film speed for general use. If I need a slower shutter speed,
I can place an ND filter on the lens...
...
Carlos Santisteban
That reminds me of a point that had occurred to me before. We just lost a
camera system that was dropped because of lack of sales. Cheap fast color
negative film is not going to go away because of the needs of people to use
cheap, simple P&S cameras with slow lenses. As more capable photographers
migrate to digital I think we are going to see pro or special interest films
disappear, at least in 35mm maybe even 120. Kodachrome will probably be the
first to go. In 10 years I would not be surprised to see one slow and one
fast chrome and one slow and one fast color negative film in the pro level
from maybe two companies and it will probably be very expensive. If users
want these good films around for a while they might opt to support them now
instead of the discount store variety. It may fund the chemistry
breakthroughs to at least challenge the digital revolution.
--
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
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