Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Many people still use film but the industry is seeing that most film use (almost 80%) is from disposable cameras. So, saying that much photography is still analog, is a bit of a misnomer unless you want to use Kodak Max 800 for your photographs. As far as darkroom work goes, it has been relegated to fine art. It's not a dying art, it's just an old one. So there are two facets of the analog discussion. Film and darkroom printing. Film is still being used for a good amount of peoples' normal photographs, but digital is still taking over by a large percentage jump every holiday season and every summer. The darkroom is a thing of the past that some people are keeping as a viable form of creating their art. It is not used commercially on a large scale at all, only for custom prints that discerning customers order, again this is the art world talking. Just because it's discussed here on the LUG does not mean that it is the norm. We are definitely not representative of most of the photo making world; if we were, famine, disease and war wouldn't be things that the world would be taking photos of. Most poor people don't own cameras, let alone Leicas. Some of us do... PhilFo