Both Canon and Nikon have recently issued new professional level film
SLRs. So the film niche is being given some attention. OM users are
used to being niche players.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Jan 29, 2005, at 8:31 AM, Philippe Le Zuikomane wrote:
>
> Dear OM Photographers and Film Afficionados:
>
> The digital rush is beginning to concern me. As a beginner, I want to
> believe that film-based analog systems have a serious edge over
> filmless digital both in terms of ultimate performance (interpret as
> you wish here) and in terms of durability of media.
>
> Is there any sense on the list as to the niches that the ongoing
> lemming rush is likely to leave for silver-dependent analog
> photography? Any thoughts as to whether there might be a market for
> film-based analog picture preservation? Aren't the all-digital folks
> out there opening themselves to massive data loss due to improper
> printing and storage techniques, improper digital data storage
> techniques, improper analog-to-digital transfers and loss of original
> analog media, and overdependence on a handful of consumer electronics
> corporations for continued access to their original or converted
> digital data (while the accumulated analog knowledge and production
> capability are being thrown away by a handful of short-sighted
> corporate executives organized in a circular firing squad)?
>
> Also, how would you plan for the future if you were a diehard B&W 35mm
> photographer wishing to go on taking, developing, and printing stuff
> the old-fashioned way? What ought to be bought and stored in a
> sub-zero vault? How long can such supplies last under ideal
> conditions?
>
> Could recruiting the owner of the Corbis/Bettman archive help further
> the cause of film and analog forever?
>
> Phil
>
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