[LRflex] Re: Sign of the times...
- From: "David Young" <telyt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 07:09:45 -0700
G'Mronin' Reg.
Perhaps you are right. However, they must be sufficiently respected as a=
retailer, for the BBC to report on their activites.
More imporantlly, I think it truly is a "sign of the times"; with other,=
less reported on, retailers coming to the same decision.
I know one of mly favourite shops, while it has not quit selling film=
cameras, it has certainly quit buying non-SLR film cameras, as they simply=
cannot get rid of what they have. And even in the SLR category, film=
SLR's are onlly a small portion of their stock.
These days I am shooting digital almost exclusively. Now that I live in the=
'boonies', getting film developed is both expensive and slow. Were I=
still in a city, I'd likely still be shooting film. But, for how long?
As the point and shoot crowd switch to digital, there are not enough of us=
"enthusiasts' to buy the volumes of film that makers need to be=
profitable.
Film will never go away... not, at least, in our lifetimes - just as vacuum=
tubes are still available, to service your old stereo, 1960's TV or=
battery radio. The transistor revolution was complete in these fields by=
the mid 70's, except for TV's which were 'mostly' transistor by then, and=
tube sales slowed to a trickle. Major makers sold their entire production=
lines to China, Czechoslovakia, Malaysia, Bellarus and Russia. There,=
small firms still make small runs, at low cost, to fill a dwindling=
demand. But there has not been a dime spent to improve vacuum tube=
technology in 30 years.
Sadly, a similar fate faces film.
For the foreseable future, the common films, C-41 colour print films and=
Tri-X in B&W, are, I hope, safe. But look at how many smaller-run, high=
quality films are already gone. Rather sad, actually.
David.
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On 09/08/2005 at 8:53 AM Reg wrote:
>David,
>
>I don't think that I would have associated Dixons with film cameras for
>many years. They seem mainly into home electronics these days ..... TVs,
>computers, mobile phones, etc
>
>Reg
David Young,
Logan Lake, BC
CANADA.
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