Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I wonder whether 120 or 35mm film will be the more popular in the future. I would expect 35mm to be less interesting because it is so easily comparable in size weight and quality to digital. It would not surprise me if mf film continues to have a stronger following than 35mm in the long term. I almost never use 35mm now that digital is so good. I still use MF if I want high quality and scan the negatives. Frank --- Dan Post <dpost@triad.rr.com> wrote: > I noticed in the article that the company started > with a single man making > gelatine plates in his basement- obviously to meet > some demand. I am sure > that if there is a demand for film at all, the > market will somewhere, > somehow rise to the occasion and provide it. > The manufacturers of fine films continue in the > countries that were in the > former Soviet Union- I am sure that as more people > turn to the available > sources, that the survivors will more than meet the > demand. > On the other hand, there may come the day when roll > film goes the way of wet > plates, and glass gelatine plates (haven't seen > those in a few months!) but > usually the resulting technology is superior (I > would stress usually). > Perhaps some third world country can enter the world > market by making fine > photographic film... we can only wait and see. > > Personally, though I love splashing about in the > darkroom, there is an > appeal to doing digital- even with film, it is quite > easy and quick to scan > a photo or negative, and run a quick print off the > old Epson for the > children or grandchildren- other relative too, if > they ask nice! > I still have a primitive setup with an old Dimage > Dual Scan and an Epson > 1200, but the Media Street pigmented inks seem to > make both color and B&W > prints that are quite acceptable. Family and friends > are tickled pink to get > prints, and I definitely learning a lot about the > process. > > I longingly look at the Canon 10D- I have seen > prints from it, and I am > totally amazed (Not to mention the prints I have > seen from the Canon 1Ds > that a friend of independent means has obtained!) > It's hard to find fault with a 32X40 digital print > that is perfect in every > way, and not want the means to do them down in the > nasty little avaricious > recesses of ones heart! > > Whatever happens- I think that the creative spirit > of the folks on this > group will be the driving force, and that whatever > method of imaging is used > will be merely a tool. > Cheers. > Dan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Meino de Graaf" <meino@innerside.demon.nl> > To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 2:43 PM > Subject: [Leica] Ilford chapter 11? > > > > A nasty message see > > > > > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-5-1230067,00.html > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug > for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > more information >