How long until governments shut down silver based film and paper due to pollution concerns?

A 3 year supply would not be smart with high speed films. Freezing will
stop the chemical aging, but it wont stop the radiation. I like to have a
year or more left before expiration on 400 and 800 speed films.

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"DaveHodge" wrote in message
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I imagine that the first thing to be attacked might be the small scale
home
and small business processor.

Are you trying to start another run on silver-based photo products?

Do you remember the time, I think it was the late 1970's, when the Hunt
brothers in Texas cornered the silver market? The price of silver went
out of
sight. Kodak announced it would honor its then current catalog prices for
2
more months. I did an analysis of my use of all silver-based products
over a
3-year period, then promptly ordered the equivalent of a 3-year supply of
everything containing silver! As I recall, the price of a roll of B&W
film
tripled, but eventually came down some.

Is it time to start keeping a 3-year supply on hand again?

Best regards, David Hodge, at the top of the Chesapeake Bay.

There are several European countries that do not allow any discharge
from photofinishers. That hasn't stopped their business.

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"John Horner" wrote in message
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At some point as digital image capture and non-silver based printing
continues to evolve I think it is reasonable to expect that various
governments will eventually regulate out of existence the use of silver
halide based photographic products. The production and processing of film
and paper is a chemical and water intensive process which inevitably leads
to some degree of real or imagined water pollution.

There is historical precedence in CFCs and mercury.

It seems only a matter of time until a bandwagon builds to first heavily
regulate and then nearly eliminate the medium and methods we have grown
used
to.

As the general public on one hand and professional photographers on the
other continue the rapid migration towards digital capture and digital
output there will be an ever smaller interest group attempting to defend
the
status quo.

I imagine that the first thing to be attacked might be the small scale
home
and small business processor. The economic impact to the photo industry
of
requiring special licenses facilities to be able to purchase controlled
substances is likely to come first.

I am not saying that this is likely to happen next week, but over the next
5, 10 or 20 years it seems highly probable.

Your thoughts ?

John

The current government is more likely to sign legislation that makes it
illegal to use any less polluting form of picture making.

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"John Horner" wrote in message
...
At some point as digital image capture and non-silver based printing
continues to evolve I think it is reasonable to expect that various
governments will eventually regulate out of existence the use of silver
halide based photographic products. The production and processing of film
and paper is a chemical and water intensive process which inevitably leads
to some degree of real or imagined water pollution.

There is historical precedence in CFCs and mercury.

It seems only a matter of time until a bandwagon builds to first heavily
regulate and then nearly eliminate the medium and methods we have grown
used
to.

As the general public on one hand and professional photographers on the
other continue the rapid migration towards digital capture and digital
output there will be an ever smaller interest group attempting to defend
the
status quo.

I imagine that the first thing to be attacked might be the small scale
home
and small business processor. The economic impact to the photo industry
of
requiring special licenses facilities to be able to purchase controlled
substances is likely to come first.

I am not saying that this is likely to happen next week, but over the next
5, 10 or 20 years it seems highly probable.

Your thoughts ?

John

"John Horner" wrote in message ...
At some point as digital image capture and non-silver based printing
continues to evolve I think it is reasonable to expect that various
governments will eventually regulate out of existence the use of silver
halide based photographic products. The production and processing of film
and paper is a chemical and water intensive process which inevitably leads
to some degree of real or imagined water pollution.

There is historical precedence in CFCs and mercury.

It seems only a matter of time until a bandwagon builds to first heavily
regulate and then nearly eliminate the medium and methods we have grown used
to.

As the general public on one hand and professional photographers on the
other continue the rapid migration towards digital capture and digital
output there will be an ever smaller interest group attempting to defend the
status quo.

I imagine that the first thing to be attacked might be the small scale home
and small business processor. The economic impact to the photo industry of
requiring special licenses facilities to be able to purchase controlled
substances is likely to come first.

I am not saying that this is likely to happen next week, but over the next
5, 10 or 20 years it seems highly probable.

Your thoughts ?

John


And you don't think the digital process, from making the chips to
begin with, to oil based products in the casings of the printers to
the ink itself pollutes the environment?

Please!