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Old July 12th 10, 07:45 AM posted to rec.photo.equipment.medium-format,rec.photo.equipment.35mm
Richard Knoppow
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Default Future Safe ? :- Batteries for Hasselblad 503CW & Minolta Maxxum 7xi


"42FHMXZ7" wrote in message
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Hi ,

I have made the switch to digital photography Panasonic
Lumxix TZ3 &
Sony a-900 a while ago but I wanted to know how long will
it be before
medium format film production and the batteries for the
Hasselblad and
the Minolta Maxxum 7xi is stopped ?

Do people think these cameras will still be working in
20-30 years
i.e. will parts be available like batteries .

Thanks for any help in advance

Peter

I don't know which batteries these cameras take.
However, there are a lot of battery types being made now and
many can be adapted to work in equipment designed for older
types. Even mercury cells can be replaced with zinc-air
cells. They don't have the life but will last long enough to
be practical and keep stuff running.
Film is an open question but it appears that the switch
to digital has gone about as far as its going to. To at
least some extent the lack of products from companies like
Kodak and Agfa has been filled by smaller companies such as
Ilford and some others. Fuji, one of the giants, is still in
business and looks to be continuing for some time.
Color film, at least in 35mm format, will continue as
long as there is a demand from the motion picture industry.
Of course, its impossible to predict what will happen
in thirty years, we may well revert to a primitive culture
by then, but I suspect that film will continue to be
available and some will continue to practice chemical
photography. I very much think batteries will still be
around.



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Richard Knoppow
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