Re: film not dead in 20 years....

[Paul Schliesser <paulsc@eos.net>]

>Kodak still makes film for Circuit Cameras and let's see, those went 
>out of production 40 or 50 years ago?????  It just shows that as long 
>as there is sufficient demand and a profit to be made, products will be 
>manufactured.

I think that biggest danger to the long term existance of film is the 
issue of the environment and chemistry. I understand that this is the 
main reason that there is now only one Kodachrome lab in North America 
(Kodachrome is the most complex film to process and uses the largest 
number of individual chemicals of any film that I know of). With 
increased concern and regulation, I think that this will be the thing 
that will eventually kill film for the masses. I also think that, long 
term, storing any kind of information on film or paper will start to be 
perceived as extravagant and wasteful.

I'm not saying that I'd like to see this, this is just my take on how I 
think things are going.

- - Paul