[rollei_list] Re: Decline of Rollieflex/Film
- From: "Peter K." <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:18:32 -0700
I bet he was an older photographer. Many still use film because aside email
and web surfing, using a PC eludes them. There are advantages either way.
But the latest 35mm film will do a superb job and allow for large blow up
where only 10 years ago it required a medim format camera like a Rollei.
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 11:01 PM, John Stockdale <j.sto@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I was at a wedding here (Australia) recently as a guest and taking a few
> shots and I got talking to the pro who had two big Canons around his neck. I
> was surprised to find that they were not digital. He said that he had gone
> back to film because digital took him too long to process!
>
>
>
> Elias_Roustom wrote:
>
>> It was 1996 or 7 when I took my Rolleiflex with me to NYC for the day. I
>> freelance illustrated for a publisher who had a space across from a
>> photographer (somewhere low on 7th).
>> He didn't offer to buy it, but was very interested in it, and in any case
>> told me to take good care of the very special camera I had. I knew next to
>> nothing about it at the time.
>> I imagine back then it was still a viable piece of equipment for a pro.
>> About when did the TLR really drop out of the picture for commercial use,
>> and when did Rollei specifically loose its place?
>>
>> And somewhat related, are we far away enough from the advent of digital to
>> put a date on when film dropped out of commercial use? Is there a moment
>> that will end up in some text book a generation from now?
>> Not looking for polemic on film vs. digital here. I was at a
>> photographer's studio the other day delivering a job, and after some small
>> talk I got the idea that the fellow never used film professionally. He has
>> an established business and does everything from Politician's head shots to
>> weddings, and products. So I figure we're well into the digital age now that
>> a working pro can't remember the use of film.
>>
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