[Leica] The Future of the Film-Based Equipment Shop

[FSilberman@aol.com]

There will always be film, but I suspect film will become a small niche 
market in the future, something like what has happened to vinyl in the music world. 
Digital music (CD's) & digital film. The plus side is there will be lots of 
cool cameras out there people will be dumping. Prices are looking soft already 
for used gear.

Cheers,

Frederic

<<The film-based photo shop of the future (defined roughly as 2010) will be
something along the lines of this Philadelphia establishment.  It will
become an oasis for people only interested in something truly esoteric.  The
regular camera stores will have long since abandoned film and the requisite
equipment, since the profit returns would not justify either the footprint
or trained staff.  I can well imagine buying the M9 across a coffee table in
some living room.  Leica: the new face of Tupperware.>>
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