Do you think 35mm film will completely go away?

cowfishrule

cowfishrule

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i was browsing around walmart last nite looking for something, and i walked down the wrong aisle. i happened to notice that there was very little 35mm film left.
this left me pondering... how much longer can 35mm film hold out? i know there will always be picture snobs that develop their own film, and that is all good. will it eventually be an "online order only" for 35mm film? has the digicam pwnd the film industry for evah?
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discuss.
 
kingsmith

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Yeah now adays its only small specialty shops and the big online retailers but 35mm will never die, whether or nor it really is better or worse its just more satisfying (for some) to be in a dark room and make all the adjustments by hand instead of by a computer. I will be buying a couple really nice projectors from my friends dad in a couple of years when he finally decides he is done with them, I cann't wait
 
bionicarm

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Already gone. A majority of your top professional photographers have gone strictly digital. If I'm not mistaken, it requires at least an 11 megapixel digital image to fully replicate the image you get on 35mm film. Since all the top-of-the-line professional digital cameras can accomplish this, pros are pretty much ditching their 35mm. 35mm isn't cost effective anymore. The high quality stuff is what, $5/roll? And that only gives you 36 pictures (tells you how long it's been since I've bought film)? Then you have to deal with loading the camera, worrying about film getting jammed, worrying about overdeveloping/undeveloping, damaging the cartridge, accidentally opening your camera back and exposing the film, etc. With digital, they're coming out with TERABYTE SD cards. You can store 500 - 2000 pictures on one little card. Take a picture and

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it up? No problem -- delete and take again. Better yet, take it home and Photoshop it to fix any imperfections.
Kodak recently announced it was scraping the majority of its 35mm line. I think they're even getting rid of most of the disposable camera line. Photo Processing Centers want to get rid of the 35mm processing equipment because it's too expensive to maintain.
The only situation 35mm still has an advantage is underwater images. However, Olympus recently released a new digital camera line where you can go down to 33ft. It's a 7 megapixel and supposedly takes pretty decent pictures.
Bottom line, I'd say you'll see less and less 35mm in the next couple years. The only ones that will use it are the diehard professional photographers, and the people who want the throw-away cameras they can take on vacations and special events (weddings, graduations, etc.).
 
socal57che

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What about 120? Will it go away as well? Will the

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medium format users turn digital? Blasphemy.

Well the filters strike again...hard-core ...lets see if that works...
 
salty blues

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I think 35mm film will exist at least a few more years and then some. Even digital music has not yet totally wiped out vinyl records. In the same way I don't think digital photography will completely do away with film.
 
cranberry

cranberry

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Originally Posted by socal57che
http:///forum/post/2807863
What about 120? Will it go away as well? Will the

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medium format users turn digital? Blasphemy.

Well the filters strike again...hard-core ...lets see if that works...
LOL... I got filtered saying p.harmacy. Does anyone know why you can't say that? For the life of me I can't think of a single connection.
 
socal57che

socal57che

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Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/2808020
LOL... I got filtered saying p.harmacy. Does anyone know why you can't say that? For the life of me I can't think of a single connection.
advertising people posting links to v i a gr a sales.
like the recent run of Nike threads
 
aquaknight

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One of the few things on 35mm's life-support, is printing. I bet if there was some medium for personal printing, where it wasn't a big buck laser print, or a bubble jet, where one 11"x7" photo-quality page print, drains the entire cartidge of ink
, 35mm would have been gone long ago.
 
kingsmith

kingsmith

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Originally Posted by AquaKnight
http:///forum/post/2808129
One of the few things on 35mm's life-support, is printing. I bet if there was some medium for personal printing, where it wasn't a big buck laser print, or a bubble jet, where one 11"x7" photo-quality page print, drains the entire cartidge of ink
, 35mm would have been gone long ago.
But you have to understand its the art of printing that will really keep it alive with true enthusiast. Printing a perfect picture from a negative, being able to realize everywhere you have to over/underexpose, what filter to get your contrast ect just by looking at a negative is trully an Artform, not that I consider myself an artist or big art buff by any means but I do appreciate such complicated and interesting things(much like keeping a saltwater tank)
 
maxalmon

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Originally Posted by KingSmith
http:///forum/post/2808152
But you have to understand its the art of printing that will really keep it alive with true enthusiast. Printing a perfect picture from a negative, being able to realize everywhere you have to over/underexpose, what filter to get your contrast ect just by looking at a negative is trully an Artform, not that I consider myself an artist or big art buff by any means but I do appreciate such complicated and interesting things(much like keeping a saltwater tank)
It's the printing process, printers will never be able to match the quality of a developed image from a negative, I can spot a printer image from a film image everytime....A great example is comparing an Ansel Adams original to one reproduced by anytype of printer, it simply can't reproduce the gradation of shadows and plays on light....
 
kingsmith

kingsmith

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Originally Posted by maxalmon
http:///forum/post/2809313
It's the printing process, printers will never be able to match the quality of a developed image from a negative, I can spot a printer image from a film image everytime....A great example is comparing an Ansel Adams original to one reproduced by anytype of printer, it simply can't reproduce the gradation of shadows and plays on light....
No thats what I'm talking about
 
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