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?

Glad I've still got access to the pro-lab in Raleigh to do my E6 - in by
9:00 out the same day.


No_name

Re: 35mm film, how much longer?

Well, if you shop around, you can find NOS GE & RCA tubes. The Russian
made ones are ok, but in the past I've had to go through a bunch of them
to find a good matched pair. Maybe their quality control has gotten better.


No_name

Re: 35mm film, how much longer?

Some of the digirati are hoping.


No_name

Re: 35mm film, how much longer?

Probably fairly low res jpeg at that price.


No_name

Re: 35mm film, how much longer?

It will be awhile before film disappears. I seep posts in the newsgroups all
the time indicating that somebody is shooting digital, but are no considering
film again for various reasons. A giant reason for me is resolution ... you
pay big dollars for big resolution currently ... and then you dollars get
coated by smoke residue and dust because of where you changed your lens (I do
not smoke!).
Nope ... not me. I like to shoot both though.
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Thomas T. Veldhouse

Re: 35mm film, how much longer?

Costco by my house indicates they will do a scan for 29 cents per slide. I do
not know any details as to resolution or bit depth, but it is a place to start
on a quest for an economical solution.
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Thomas T. Veldhouse

Re: 35mm film, how much longer?

And if I am going to pay for a scan, I want more than 24-bit color. 48-bit is
much more appropriate.
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Thomas T. Veldhouse

Re: 35mm film, how much longer?

Qualex is the choice of Costco in Minneapolis. A role of slide film costs
$4.19 [for E6 ... not sure if they do kodachrome]. The images are always
good, but they have a horrible tendency to damage the film or I often find
small hairs stuck in the emulsion. The only nice thing is the relatively fast
turnaround, which is about 10 days, or as little as 7 days. If I use Fuji
mailers, I can expect three weeks! A&I will turn around faster ... for a
price; as will Dale Labs.
I use mail order for most of my film anyway. At times, I shoot Kodak Gold 200
for simple family functions [or I just shoot digital] I will use Target, they
seem to do alright, but the paper is cheap. In house Costco 35mm film is
absolutely horrendous!
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Thomas T. Veldhouse

Re: 35mm film, how much longer?

This may be, but for sure, they must not hire today's teenagers to do their
work for them. I can't go to the local sandwich shop and order two
sandwiches without their employees screwing up the order. I order a pastrami
for myself and a roast beef for my wife, and we get two roast beefs with the
wrong condiments. Today's teenagers not only can't read and write, but they
can't listen and/or remember anything for more than 30 seconds. They have
achieved, "no child left behind", by leaving the whole school behind the
rest of the world........


William Graham

Re: 35mm film, how much longer?

If history is any indication there will be film available as long as
there are people who use film.
Now is the time to be around if you want very high quality vacuum
tubes. They don't come from GE and RCA anymore and the prices
are high but no worse than the 10x increase in the price of a car
since early 60's.
Kodak spun off its fine biochemicals and industrial chemicals
business units. They let the chemical spin off call itself 'Eastman
Chemicals'. Who knows - we have two Ilfords.


Nicholas O. Lindan

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