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?

Until there's no more demand for it. If there's enough shooters, there
will be someone who will provide the film. Probably Fuji.


No_name

Re: 35mm film, how much longer?

...
Probably another ten years on shelves in at least some stores.
But, with ready availability of goods via online shopping, inability to buy
locally will not be an issue. I haven't been able to get a replacement
diamond stylus for my stereo cartridge for well over two decades, but I can
get them online from several sources, and have them delivered overnight if
necessary.
Don't listen to all the Chicken Littles that predict that the sky is
falling.
Consumer film applications will shrink, simply because most consumers will
go digital (and, for consumer applications of photography, digital has
compelling advantages over film. Switching is the right thing for consumers
to do.) But there will be film and processing available for a long, long
time. It just may be that it won't be available at your local store.
Go ahead and buy yourself a good film camera outfit. If it ever becomes
obsolete (doubtful within our lifetimes) it'll be worth money as a
collectors' item. Besides, even if you got 5 year's use out of it ("worst
case scenario") how many digital cameras would you have purchased in that
same period of time?


Jeremy

Re: 35mm film, how much longer?

Let's see...
On foot.
Heading North:
Supermarket 5 min away, consumer color negative. Supermarket 10 mins
away, consumer color negative.
Heading West:
2 Supermarkets 10 min away, consumer color negative.
Heading East:
Nothing within 20 min.
Heading south:
Supermarket 10 mins away, consumer color negative. 2 Supermarkets 15 min
away, consumer color negative.
Drugstore 15 min away, consumer color negative & slide.
1 - hour lab 15 min away, good choice of negative, slide and B&W (only
35mm though).
For 120 format film or more specialized films (infrared, tungsten light
or orthochromatic), I need to ride my bicycle or take a bus for 25 min.
Film sure is dead!


Chris Loffredo

Re: 35mm film, how much longer?

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.


William Graham

Re: 35mm film, how much longer?

"Gordon Moat" <moat@attglobal.net> wrote
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.


Nicholas O. Lindan

Re: 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>


Gordon Moat

Re: 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
ends


David Foy

Re: 35mm film, how much longer?

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 here:
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.
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Michael Benveniste

Re: 35mm film, how much longer?

On 2006-08-12 17:47:21 -0400, Mike <mike@example.com> said:
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."


Michael Weinstein

Re: 35mm film, how much longer?

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.
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