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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. -- Ron Andrews http://members.hostedscripts.com/antispam.html "DaveHodge" wrote in message ... 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. |
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How long until governments shut down silver based film and paper due to pollution concerns?
There are several European countries that do not allow any discharge
from photofinishers. That hasn't stopped their business. -- Ron Andrews http://members.hostedscripts.com/antispam.html "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 |
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How long until governments shut down silver based film and paper due to pollution concerns?
The current government is more likely to sign legislation that makes it
illegal to use any less polluting form of picture making. -- http://www.chapelhillnoir.com home of The Camera-ist's Manifesto The Improved Links Pages are at http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/links/mlinks00.html A sample chapter from my novel "Haight-Ashbury" is at http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/writ/hait/hatitl.html "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 |
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How long until governments shut down silver based film and paper due to pollution concerns?
"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! |
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