Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Greeting to all. I've been lurking for a few days after finding Kyle's site, which led me here, so blame him. This "Traditional Irish Wake for Film" is getting depressing. Instead of worrying about the disappearance of film, worry about how you're going to pay for it as the market size shrinks and the price starts going up (and up and up). Tri-X will be around for 50 years, whether Kodak is making it or not, because there will be a substantial market for silver photography for at least that long, one large enough to interest somebody in continuing to provide it. There is money in avocations because people are passionate about them and will pay to play. Pick up a copy of "Model Railroader" magazine sometime. It's stunning how many small-to-medium size companies are involved in making stuff for the scale train people. The future market for silver photography will be many times the size of that market and will support a bunch of boutique and mid-size players. Maybe YOU will be one of them! ---- pld (no Leica because all of my money goes into airplanes: http://gallery.leica-users.org/Nifty-Aerials )