I just talk to Holland Photo Imaging, a slide film printing company.
They said there business is booming and very consistent, both amateur
and pro's getting quality prints form slide and film by the hundreds!
Made me feel good!
XDan
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Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 11:45 AM
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Subject: Re: [OM] The times they are a changin...
IMO: film will be here for our lifetimes and in specialized forms for
generations to come. Ten + years from now a roll of 35mm film may be
as hard to find as a 'B' bulb.
The most pivotal comment in the release by Kodak: NO new investment.
Thus, what we have will be it. All products including film and women
are NEVER static. Entropy is inevitable without new investment.
What was not said, but obvious: EK said uncle in the environ of high
New York state taxes to a marketplace where Fuji has finally matched in
technology and in marketing. The turtle wins the race. With
continuing decline in the total market wrought by digital, the total
market is insufficient to split and still remain competitive.
Off to the future: CCDs are not the end game, just a new player.
Philips has just announced in the last couple days a research
breakthrough in 'electronic ink' paper. I can perceive this as the
cornerstone to a new kind of digital 'film' beyond the CCD, a film
which is exposed in your OM, removed and examined. Either keep it or
reinsert for another shot!!! John Hermanson will be 'born again'
supplying retrofitted OM backs!!!
Physics: that of light and information transfer will not change. How
we use them will forever change.
Posting: not one of gloom, but one of change. Change in the de facto
standard of 35mm film is inevitable. Change in the quality/price of
DYI color printing is long overdue. Kodak will continue to bring a
'K-moment' to our lives.
Cheer.
Bill
On Thursday, September 25, 2003, at 04:48 PM, Danrich wrote:
> Where can I read more about the future of film?
> It will have to be with us for a while.
> XDan
>
>
> Kodak + film (future) + digital printing (needed competition for
Epson)
> + Carousels > antique status
>
> http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/030925/tech_kodak_printing_1.html
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