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"Steven Kefford" ""keff.antispam\"@ f2s.com" wrote
What about the death of B&W when colour hit mainstream? Hmm. Can't get B&W at the drugstore any mo they used to have Panatomic-X, Plus-X, Tri-X, Verichrome, Royal pan. One carried 4x5 and Tri-Chem packs. You could tell when the pharmacist was also a photographer. The drugstore now has a larger display of write-able CD/DVD and ink jet supplies than it does of film. Been a while since I have seen a drugstore with an 'Authorized Leica Dealer' decal on the window. Last one I saw was somewhere in NW Minnesota, late 70's/early 80's. The last _real_ store-front photography store in Cleveland (Foto Center) is closing in a month. I have been going there for 40 years. OTOH, DIY B&W is doing fine and doesn't seem to be threatened by digital as long as you are willing to deal via the internet. B&W may have tanked about as much as it is going to tank. If it goes completely under it will be because it is replaced by something _demonstrably_ better such that nobody will miss silver B&W. So far, digital isn't it. Plus ca change, plus c'est la mem chose. -- Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio Consulting Engineer: Electronics; Informatics; Photonics. To reply, remove spaces: n o lindan at ix . netcom . com psst.. want to buy an f-stop timer? nolindan.com/da/fstop/ |
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"Steven Kefford" ""keff.antispam\"@ f2s.com" wrote
Absolutley. I am one of those who has gone from digital to LF. Well not totally true, as I still do digital, and have not yet exposed a single sheet of LF, as I have only had it a few days. Film is still well and truly alive, and will be so for a considerable time to come. Yea! A convert! Ring the Bells! Glory to the Trinity! Praise Allah! Slaughter a goat (er, can we make that an Angus, a nice young tender one...). -- Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio Consulting Engineer: Electronics; Informatics; Photonics. To reply, remove spaces: n o lindan at ix . netcom . com psst.. want to buy an f-stop timer? nolindan.com/da/fstop/ |
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"bob" wrote
Actually it means quite a bit. When you take away all the film that journalists used to shoot, and all the film that product photogs used to shoot, and all the film that wedding photogs, portrait studios, and the like used to shoot, and add to that all the film that the vacation and family crowd used to shoot, well it doesn't take too much to realize that at some point there will no longer be a large enough market Hmmm. All these switched to color from black&white 20+ years ago. So these markets going digital shouldn't have much impact on B&W - famous last words, I know. to justify manufacturing 35mm color film any more. For print film, I'll agree. I hope against hope color slides will hang around ... Apres Kodachrome, le deluge. Just like there's no LP records, Have you seen the market for record turntables -- $25K for an 'entry level' turntable; 99.9% snake oil technology, though. and soon there will probably be no VHS. Disc convenience will beat tape every time. And tape data capacity will stay ahead of disc. Wait for optical tape. -- Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio Consulting Engineer: Electronics; Informatics; Photonics. To reply, remove spaces: n o lindan at ix . netcom . com psst.. want to buy an f-stop timer? nolindan.com/da/fstop/ |
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Max wrote:
.... A friend of mine won't stop talking about how film is dead and how much he loves his digital and how I need to buy one. But why? For now, at .... Why do digital evangelists have to prophesise that film is dead? Do they need some extra justification for their switch to digital? Why can't they be content with their digital, and let others make there own decisions? Steve |
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Nicholas O. Lindan wrote:
"Steven Kefford" ""keff.antispam\"@ f2s.com" wrote Absolutley. I am one of those who has gone from digital to LF. Well not totally true, as I still do digital, and have not yet exposed a single sheet of LF, as I have only had it a few days. Film is still well and truly alive, and will be so for a considerable time to come. Yea! A convert! Ring the Bells! Glory to the Trinity! Praise Allah! Slaughter a goat (er, can we make that an Angus, a nice young tender one...). Yeah, here's another one. Well, I'm just learning, doing a course based on (at the moment) MF and LF. I've actually only posted here twice after discovering the group the day before yesterday (: I'm back in the darkroom and I'm really looking forward to getting into it more and producing some nice B&W prints! Previously I'd used colour film and had a lab do all the 'work' for me, then I moved exclusively to digital SLR work, and now I'm back again to film, hopefully mostly LF and MF. I thik that means i'm going kinda backwards and sideways (: Scott. |
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Steven Kefford ""keff.antispam\"@ f2s.com" wrote:
: Max wrote: : ... : A friend of mine won't stop talking about how film is dead and how much : he loves his digital and how I need to buy one. But why? For now, at : ... : Why do digital evangelists have to prophesise that film is dead? Do they : need some extra justification for their switch to digital? Why can't : they be content with their digital, and let others make there own decisions? I think that most of them are trying to justify going digital to themselves. -- Keep working millions on welfare depend on you ------------------- |
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On Thursday 24 February 2005 00:42, Joe Mama wrote:
that this ng will be irrelevant in a year or so? i certainly hope not, but film seems to be dieing a slow, painful death. i'm 43, and it sucks to think that in a decade, or less, that film--as we knew it--will be gone. There is one absolute: Progress begets obsolescence. And its corollary as it relates to capitalism: If it's not profitable, you can't afford to sell it. But do I think film will disappear entirely in the next decade or so? Or ever? No. No more so than wainwrights, blacksmiths or shepards have. Even though they are rare and the services they provide are from another era and forgotten by most, they are still needed, and they exist because a market for those services exist. Such will be the case with film. And just as some are compelled to embrace the new and abandon the old, just because it's new, there are always a few traditionalists, who find satisfaction in the old ways, even though they are considered relics of the past by those who think "new and improved" always means "better." So, as long as there are photographers who need film, there will always be those competing to provide it. That's what makes capitalism and free enterprise better than any other economic philosophy. Only when traditional photographers and those who appreciate traditional photographs cease to exist will film become truly extinct. And when might that be? Why can't digital and film co-exist, each on its own merits? Why must one displace the other? -- Stefan Patric NoLife Polymath Group |
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Stefan Patric wrote:
: On Thursday 24 February 2005 00:42, Joe Mama wrote: : that this ng will be irrelevant in a year or so? i certainly hope not, : but film seems to be dieing a slow, painful death. : : i'm 43, and it sucks to think that in a decade, or less, that film--as : we knew it--will be gone. : There is one absolute: Progress begets obsolescence. And its corollary : as it relates to capitalism: If it's not profitable, you can't afford : to sell it. But do I think film will disappear entirely in the next : decade or so? Or ever? No. No more so than wainwrights, blacksmiths : or shepards have. Even though they are rare and the services they : provide are from another era and forgotten by most, they are still : needed, and they exist because a market for those services exist. Such : will be the case with film. And just as some are compelled to embrace : the new and abandon the old, just because it's new, there are always a : few traditionalists, who find satisfaction in the old ways, even though : they are considered relics of the past by those who think "new and : improved" always means "better." : So, as long as there are photographers who need film, there will always : be those competing to provide it. That's what makes capitalism and : free enterprise better than any other economic philosophy. Only when : traditional photographers and those who appreciate traditional : photographs cease to exist will film become truly extinct. And when : might that be? : Why can't digital and film co-exist, each on its own merits? Why must : one displace the other? They can and are co-existing. I personally have a digital camera as well as a number of film camera. They both have their place and advantages. (as well as disadvantages) -- Keep working millions on welfare depend on you ------------------- |
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Yea! A convert! Ring the Bells! Glory to the Trinity! Praise Allah!
Slaughter a goat (er, can we make that an Angus, a nice young tender one...). I'm another film convert. I started with a digital, moved up a couple of models, and then finally realised that the resolution of film is much better if you use a large enough format, not to mention the better dynamic range. On top of it all, I've yet to find a way of making digital prints that are good quality, relatively easy to make, and cheap. Lightjets still cost $100,000, and even high quality inkjets cost a lot per print, and I'm not wowed by the quality, either. I still love digital and use it for a lot of stuff, but I sure wouldn't call it superior. I will be very grumpy if large format film stops being available. Ewan |
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Stefan Patric wrote:
.... Why can't digital and film co-exist, each on its own merits? Why must one displace the other? Is it because our digital friends can only work in binary states: i.e. digital or none-digital, and one has to be good, the other bad :-)? Steve |
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