I knew people could do this themselves. I know someone who coats his
own plates, another who coats his own paper for platinum prints. I
figured people did this.
The big companies may desert the film, paper market; there be only
small players after a while, but I agree, it won't go away.
The corner developing stores will go at some point. My guess is that
the research for new films will stop, though I could be wrong on this.
Change forces invention.
We may go back to printing with light bulbs. People still paint with
egg tempora as they did in the Middle Ages. Andrew Wyeth did. Good
mediums don't always disappear. Egg tempora is something you do many
things with that you can't do with oil. You can build layers so that
light comes through and bounces off. You can't do this with oil paints.
And my guess is that convenience will be out the door.
Doug
On Sep 26, 2006, at 1:31 AM, Jim Brick wrote:
At 10:08 PM 9/25/2006 -0400, ERoustom wrote:
If someone stops making the chemistry, it would be all over for real photography.
That's not true at all. Many of us made all of our 'chemistry' from raw chemicals, for years. I only make some of my own stuff now - I'm old and... lazy. But if I had to, I could make everything. Formulas for emulsions are available, so, one could coat their own paper and plates. Actually, there's a lot of folks who do that now.
It's not so easy to get rid of an art, or an old technology. People just assume that the buggy whip will fade away with the invention of the automobile. Well... they still make buggy whips!
Film, paper, & appropriate chemistry will not go away soon. If ever.
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