Does anyone want a film factory?

Do you shoot film?

  • Yes, a film SLR is my main camera.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Yes, i have a film SLR that i use once in a while.

    Votes: 2 40.0%

  • No, i don't own an SLR

    Votes: 1 20.0%

  • No, it's far to expensive to develop/hard to get developed.

    Votes: 2 40.0%
  • Total voters
    5
  • Poll closed .
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Eyelight

Senior Member
Film will be here until a digital file can attain the same level or surpass the archival stability of film. of course as fewer and fewer people use film, it will become more expensive, so maybe we should buy a film factory.
 
AC016

AC016

Senior Member
480sparky said:
Film is alive and well. Just because one plant is closing does not mean impending doom on the industry as a whole.
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Sure, film is still used and companies like Lomo have revived it somewhat, i would say that it is a medium that will disappear in a few decades, if not sooner. It is not just one factory. Fuji has closed others. Kodak? Aside from closing factories, companies are discontinuing certain films, such as Velvia 100F 120. Lomo has also discontinued some of their films or are only releasing x amount of units.
 
AC016

AC016

Senior Member
Eyelight said:
Film will be here until a digital file can attain the same level or surpass the archival stability of film. of course as fewer and fewer people use film, it will become more expensive, so maybe we should buy a film factory.
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That's justt it. If fewer and fewer people use film, how will film companies stay in business? If they go out of business, who will make film? If no one is making film...... well, you get the point. As consumers, we have already seen the demise of Kodak. Fuji is slowly doing away with their film business. It not a matter of "if", but "when".
 
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480sparky

Senior Member
AC016 said:
....... i would say that it is a medium that will disappear in a few decades, if not sooner...........
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The same fate was predicted for vinyl recordings.
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Don Kuykendall_RIP

RIP :(
I worked in photo labs and even owned 2 lab/camera stores. The last company I worked for had 750 labs around the country. They are history at this point. Ben to a WalMart that has a photo lab in it lately? Most of the time you have to track down an employee because they don't have enough business there to keep someone in the lab all the time.

There will probably be a market for film for a while but it will continue to decline and only a few places will remain and film will be limited to only a few expensive brands.

As for vinyl I time I remember reading recently that there was only 1 company pressing vinyl now and they were at capacity. Good for that 1 place but it is still just 1 place.

No, I would never go back to processing/printing film. I love digital so much better.
 
AC016

AC016

Senior Member
480sparky said:
Straw man question.
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So no, Vinyl is not "dead", but i would say it is a niche market now (i have been to all the shops that sell second hand vinyl, my mom has a pretty big collection, so i know it's still out there). In regards to film, i would also say that it is somewhat of a niche market. It certainly is not mainstream anymore.

Interestingly enough, there are still recording labels who do produce some vinyl LPs; though, they are special editions. I found an interesting article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/arts/music/vinyl-records-are-making-a-comeback.html?pagewanted=all

So yes, it's still alive, but it's a niche.
 
AC016

AC016

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