Even if it goes the way of etching and engraving and
mezzotints there will still be something available,
and more than likely you'll find a way to stay
involved. And if not? All the more reason to enjoy
it while it's here.
We're too big of a niche market to ignore. Just look
at all the flickr members who use film - multiply
the number by approximate expenditure, and there's
sure be some money worth having a slice of.
I'd worry more about color slides and color
negatives than black & white.
E.
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From: "Robert Lilley" <54moggie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
I would come under the hobbyist and fine arts
photographer heading. I
follow all these digital vs. film discussions
closely. I don't understand
the digital world as much as I understand film.
So in the midst of all this
digital talk I am building a full sized darkroom
complete with utilities,
ventilation, cabinets, sink, etc. Am I a fool?
I was in a gallery in Blairstown, NJ a week ago.
One of the exhibitors was
a silver printing photographer who had a little
place card under her work
stating that folks better buy up silver prints now
because there isn't going
to be any film or paper in the future.
I listened to a former head of photography at the
Museum of Natural History
tell me that if she was buying large format today
she wouldn't purchase a
5x7 camera. She doesn't think film will be in
available in that size soon
Five camera stores in my area closed this past
year - the general lament, "I
can't compete in the digital market".
Then I read your folks on the internet who are
slowly but surely are going
digital. It seems that soon film will be
relegated to just the collectors
who sound like tree frogs exercising their
shutters as film's sun sinks in
the west.
Am I a Don Quixote de la Mancha tilting vanishing
windmills, a Luddite
watching the world pass me by? Do I not
understand something, did I miss
the announcement?
Rob
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