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Pro film dropping faster then consumer
The sales of pro film are dropping faster then consumer film, at least
in Canada. There was a 34% decline in the sales of film, a 40% decline in professional color reversal film and a 44% decline in professional color negative film. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...echnology/home I don't have numbers for world wide film sales and it is likely that the drop in film sales world wide is a big slower then in Canada, but I expect the trend for the pro films dropping fastest is pretty consistence world wide. There is a feeling amongst some people that it is only the point and shot photographers that are moving to digital, the evidence would seem to say this is not the case. It is also interesting to note that the percent of film sold that is ISO 400-800 is slowly growing each year. So for pro films two bad things seem to be happening at the same time, the over sales of film is continuing to drop fast and the percentage of film being sold that is pro is dropping as well. At some point you have to figure that the return on the sales of pro film will be too low to justify producing it. I am expecting that in two to three years we will see the selection of pro films thinning out. Sadly I suspect that we will see the production of ISO 400 and 800 print film out last just about everything else. Scott |
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Pro film dropping faster then consumer
Should be the Opposite, I would have thougt, most consumers are
dropping there film camreras for inferior digital models, Pro are less likely to this or at least they are less likely to replace there film camera with somthing equally as inferior. |
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Pro film dropping faster then consumer
Oh is it me or is that not quite as steep of a drop as it was last
year, I think it was more like 50% last year no? |
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Pro film dropping faster then consumer
Think you need your eyes testing! Its been common knowledge for a long
time that there is a much bigger gap between 35mm P&S cameras and digital P&S cameras than there is between 35mm SLRs and DSLRs for a long time. 35mm P&S cameras especially the cameras with prime lenses are far better than just about any compact digital of equiverlent size. How ever this advatage is often negated by either, increably slow zooms (but only really in dull lighting) or crap film. It is because of there sensor size I have a 6MP P&S I would bet any money that 4MP D2H would nock my Litlle cameras socks off. The differecne between a 1-1/8"th sensor and 35mm is greater than the difference than 35mm and LF, Now I know a digital sensor will out do a 1-1/8th peice of film, but at that sort of difference it doesnt need to. The sensor size also means that portraits nearly always have the BG in focus. I know most (but not all) Enthuisiats are getting DSLRs and not little compacts, when I said people where ditching there cameras for cameras that are inferior I was refering to the P&S crowed not the enthusiats crowd. FWIW BTW My first camera was a digital, I got into film because I wanted an SLR and Could not afford a DSLR. There are all sorts of different types of pro, Some shoot all digital, some all film, some both might depend what there client wants. |
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Pro film dropping faster then consumer
It will probably hover somwhere just above the bottom, at least I hope
it will. |
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Pro film dropping faster then consumer
Sounds about right. I expect the rate of decline in film use is slowing simply because there are relatively few film users left. What we're seeing is the slope flattening out as the line approaches the bottom of the graph. __________________________________________________ ____________________ Yes, and then about ten years from now when someone who was into digital photography but dropped out of the hobby, decides to get back into it they will take out their old CD's that they copied their baby daughters pictures to, and find out the CD's are unreadable. Then they will go down to the camera store and purchase the only film camera still made, a Chinaflex which looks a lot like an old Yashica Electro X. Then more and more people will find that their CD's are shot and will start buying film cameras. A little film company called Kodak, that is operating out of an old McDonald's building will start getting large orders for film. Then real photography will make a comeback. Ric. |
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