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35mm film, how much longer?
I have a D70s digital SLR, but recently I'm finding an attraction to going
back to film. I'd like some professional estimations on how long 35mm film will still be available, and used in the U.S. Not necessarily main stream, but still fairly common? Thanks, Tom |
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35mm film, how much longer?
Tom Williams wrote: I have a D70s digital SLR, but recently I'm finding an attraction to going back to film. I'd like some professional estimations on how long 35mm film will still be available, and used in the U.S. Not necessarily main stream, but still fairly common? If you are thinking about going back to film why not go to a format that will give you better images then digital, like MF. As far as profession estimations of how long 35mm film will be around I am not sure what profession would be in a position to know. Kodak is still is selling a few billion dollars of film a year so it will probably still be around for a few years yet to come. But if you try to look out 10 years I don't think anybody really knows. Scott |
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35mm film, how much longer?
Tom Williams wrote:
I have a D70s digital SLR, but recently I'm finding an attraction to going back to film. I'd like some professional estimations on how long 35mm film will still be available, and used in the U.S. Not necessarily main stream, but still fairly common? I picked up some developed medium format slide film yesterday and to judge by the "film" bin at the store (a higher end store catering to dedicated amateurs and pros), there was still a lot of avialable film and processing going on. The "better" films will probably be with us for a while yet. -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. |
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35mm film, how much longer?
The nice thing about 35mm is that it is still widely used in the motion
picture industry. I have a D70s digital SLR, but recently I'm finding an attraction to going back to film. I'd like some professional estimations on how long 35mm film will still be available, and used in the U.S. Not necessarily main stream, but still fairly common? Thanks, Tom |
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35mm film, how much longer?
On 2006-08-12 17:47:21 -0400, Mike said:
The nice thing about 35mm is that it is still widely used in the motion picture industry. I have a D70s digital SLR, but recently I'm finding an attraction to going back to film. I'd like some professional estimations on how long 35mm film will still be available, and used in the U.S. Not necessarily main stream, but still fairly common? Thanks, Tom But not the same emulsions. Remember the old Seattle Filmworks stuff: ends of motion picture film runs that they processed to negatives and slides. Absolutely awful. -- Michael | "He's dead, Jim." |
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35mm film, how much longer?
"Michael Weinstein" wrote:
But not the same emulsions. Remember the old Seattle Filmworks stuff: ends of motion picture film runs that they processed to negatives and slides. Absolutely awful. Seattle Filmworks had horrific quality control issues. I don't know if it was in the lab, the way they acquired, stored, and shipped the raw stock, or both. A little over a year ago, I experimented with Fuji Eterna 500, an ISO 500 tungsten balanced movie film. You can view some of the results he http://webwhat.home.comcast.net/Eterna.htm If you want a roll of the stuff, I can probably arrange it. I bought 200' at about 0.13 a foot. -- Michael Benveniste -- Spam and UCE professionally evaluated for $250. Use this email address only to submit mail for evaluation. |
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35mm film, how much longer?
Movie film has a black anti-static, anti-halation backing, called "rem-jet",
that is removed by the movie processing equipment. If you process it in ordinary minilab equipment, the backing can (and usually does) come off and gum up the works. If you process it in small tanks or rotary tubes, you can remove it by hand with gentle rubbing. Otherwise the differences between movie emulsions and ordinary camera emulsions are not critical. David Foy "Michael Benveniste" wrote in message ... "Michael Weinstein" wrote: But not the same emulsions. Remember the old Seattle Filmworks stuff: ends of motion picture film runs that they processed to negatives and slides. Absolutely awful. Seattle Filmworks had horrific quality control issues. I don't know if it was in the lab, the way they acquired, stored, and shipped the raw stock, or both. A little over a year ago, I experimented with Fuji Eterna 500, an ISO 500 tungsten balanced movie film. You can view some of the results he http://webwhat.home.comcast.net/Eterna.htm If you want a roll of the stuff, I can probably arrange it. I bought 200' at about 0.13 a foot. -- Michael Benveniste -- Spam and UCE professionally evaluated for $250. Use this email address only to submit mail for evaluation. |
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35mm film, how much longer?
I think a true worse case scenario is that you would need to buy film
through mail-order or internet sources. In other words, your local drugstore or department store might not carry them. If you live in a big city, you should still be able to find several choices, but I think more rural dwellers will need to go to sources that will ship film to them. The lack of local film sources could at some point mean shipping off your film for processing. Another option would be processing at home, simple for B/W and slightly involved for colour films. There will probably be several processing choices always in North America, though if you do not live near one you will need to arrange shipping. So basically, your D70 will give you instant gratification. If you really want to continue using film, at some point in the future your "gratification" will be greatly delayed, at least by a few days time. Ciao! Gordon Moat A G Studio http://www.allgstudio.com Tom Williams wrote: I have a D70s digital SLR, but recently I'm finding an attraction to going back to film. I'd like some professional estimations on how long 35mm film will still be available, and used in the U.S. Not necessarily main stream, but still fairly common? Thanks, Tom |
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35mm film, how much longer?
"Gordon Moat" wrote
I think a true worse case scenario is that you would need to buy film through mail-order or internet sources. In Cleveland we are there already. The last real camera store closed last year. There are still some Ritz/Dodds stores, but they sell digicams and frames. "'Kodachrome', what is that, is it for an Epson?" The Future is Now. The Future is Here. The Future is _not_ Fun. |
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35mm film, how much longer?
"Gordon Moat" wrote in message news:2EJDg.3530$W01.1472@dukeread08... I think a true worse case scenario is that you would need to buy film through mail-order or internet sources. In other words, your local drugstore or department store might not carry them. If you live in a big city, you should still be able to find several choices, but I think more rural dwellers will need to go to sources that will ship film to them. The lack of local film sources could at some point mean shipping off your film for processing. Another option would be processing at home, simple for B/W and slightly involved for colour films. There will probably be several processing choices always in North America, though if you do not live near one you will need to arrange shipping. So basically, your D70 will give you instant gratification. If you really want to continue using film, at some point in the future your "gratification" will be greatly delayed, at least by a few days time. Ciao! Since I presently buy all my film in packages of 20 rolls at a time from internet sources, It won't matter to me if the local stores stop carrying it. Of course, if I were a pro and had to travel to exotic far away places by air....then I might have a problem with that.....I would probably be forced to switch to digital.....But as a hobbyist, it really doesn't matter. |
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