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

Tom Williams

Re: 35mm film, how much longer?

And then there are some with feet in both camps. I've got film & digital
cameras, using them as I think appropriate to the work I want to do.
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me, but this is what I think. I am not the official spokes-person for
any Government, Commercial or Educational institution.
John


No_name

Re: 35mm film, how much longer?

I expect in the digital world of the future, there'll be a lot more
"Amish" hold outs.
It's not a bad anology btw, somebody still makes buggy's for the Amish
to buy.
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me, but this is what I think. I am not the official spokes-person for
any Government, Commercial or Educational institution.
John


No_name

Re: 35mm film, how much longer?

It hasn't been 30 years either. Digital sensors will grow to accommodate
demand and will be priced according the market. Time is all that is required.
The writing is on the wall. I wish it weren't so as I really love using slide
film.
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Thomas T. Veldhouse

Re: 35mm film, how much longer?

Psychological? Maybe the digirati wonder if they have spent
money wisely on a technology in flux [though that does not seem to
be an American trait]. And it isn't like the film camp doesn't
stick its finger in the binary eye. I think both sides
have doubts and cover them up with bombast.


Nicholas O. Lindan

Re: 35mm film, how much longer?

Don't bet the farm on that prediction.
There is no talk whatsoever about digital being able to even come close to
the quality of 4x5 or 8x10. Digital is certainly well on its way to
replacing film for consumer and advanced amateur applications, but studio
work with LF remains the domain of film.
Even in Medium Format, the cost of digital backs is still prohibitive.
And we have not yet seen whether there will be a backlash from advanced
amateurs and certain types of professionals (the kind that shoot landscapes
and other types of subjects that do not require instant availability of the
image to make today's publication deadline). There have already been
articles in the NY Times about some photographers who have complained that
there is a "sameness" about digital photos. One photographer said that just
about everybody was using the same 3 or 4 lenses. He began working with a
Speed Graphic and he was producing prints that were quite different than
those of pros that were shooting DSLRs.
Film has a distinctive look, analogous to videotape versus film for
television pictures.
I have no doubt that consumers will switch exclusively to digital. But it
would be a mistake to base a prediction for the entire range of photographic
uses based solely upon what consumers do. In 30 years, those photographers
that continue to use film will not be the equivalent of the backward Amish.


Jeremy

Re: 35mm film, how much longer?

The coffee and tea analogy is not really appropriate as they are concurrent.
A more appropriate analogy might be the horse and buggy being superceded by
the automobile. The process took about 30 years, but then it was largely
complete. Only the Amish hold out now.
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Thomas T. Veldhouse
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Thomas T. Veldhouse

Re: 35mm film, how much longer?

One has to wonder why, though it does seem to be the case. I drink tea, but
it doesn't mean I want coffee to go away. Some people just make no sense...
Peter


Bandicoot

Re: 35mm film, how much longer?

Bummer.
--
These are my views. If you've got a problem with it, you can blame it on
me, but this is what I think. I am not the official spokes-person for
any Government, Commercial or Educational institution.
John


No_name

Re: 35mm film, how much longer?

Emigrate!


Chris Loffredo

Re: 35mm film, how much longer?

I live in a city with an area population > 500,000. No one does B&W or
anything bigger than 120. I talk to the guys that use to do the
professional work and they are basically doing 120 as a favor.


BMW Rider

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