Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dante, Interesting thesis; though my own prediction is that sheet film formats, particularly 4x5 willl outlast 120 roll film, and long after 135. This is based primarily on my assumption that 4x5 film and camera are much easier and cheaper to manufacture in small quantity. In some sense, death of a format is not a well defined concept. I understand that 127 format is still used (http://www.frugalphotographer.com/cat02.htm) and perhaps even more arcane formats and processes. I think it will still be a long time (past our collective life time) before the last 135mm film is used, and much longer after that for sheet film. As long as a person's creativity responds emotionally to a medium, he/she will go to great length to procure the materials to work, to create, to express in that medium, long after the consumers, the advanced hobbyists and the professionals have moved on. For God's Sake, people are still oil painting, aren't they ? - - Phong Dante Stella wrote: > ... > My thesis is that the longest-lived film format will be 120 b/w, not > 135. And probably by quite a margin. > > http://www.dantestella.com/technical/tyranny.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html